The National Foundation for Educational Research (NfER) says that from the start of the next academic year a sample of schools will help it gather feedback from teachers and children about the testing process.
The organisation, awarded a £10m contract in April by the Department for Education to develop the tests, also confirmed that questions will have a strong focus on assessing children's literacy and maths skills.
The baseline tests were announced last year by the government as a way of assessing children's progress throughout primary school.
But the plans have come in for criticism from academics, education experts and early years leaders, who say testing at such a young age is unreliable.
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