FAQ - Educational
The Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool is an online adaptive tool primarily designed to provide robust and reliable information on the reading...
Thu, 26 Apr, 2018 at 3:01 PM
The Youth option is aimed at learners aged between 15 and 25 years of age. It was developed to improve engagement with younger learners who may not have bee...
Thu, 26 Apr, 2018 at 3:05 PM
It can be used for either one; but in actual fact it’s not the assessment that’s formative or summative, it’s how and when the information from the assessme...
Thu, 26 Apr, 2018 at 3:04 PM
Data from the Assessment Tool will be used by educators to monitor progress of learners in programmes that receive funding for literacy and numeracy. This l...
Thu, 26 Apr, 2018 at 3:06 PM
The purpose of assessing a learner initially is to identify their skills. However, a learner who is placed at Step 6 in an initial assessment will not need ...
Thu, 26 Apr, 2018 at 3:09 PM
We know that ITOs do not deliver training, but they do arrange training through employers, PTEs and ITPs. Assuming the PTEs and ITPs use the Assessment Tool...
Thu, 26 Apr, 2018 at 3:13 PM
It is the role of the educator to explain to the learner that this is not a pass or fail test. It is an assessment that will help educators to strengthen th...
Mon, 30 Apr, 2018 at 9:29 AM
A number of items designed to assess numeracy knowledge are context free in the sense that they do not sit within an authentic situation. These include, for...
Mon, 30 Apr, 2018 at 9:34 AM
The Assessment Tool has been designed to find out where a learner sits on the progressions in reading, writing, numeracy and vocabulary. Information about s...
Mon, 30 Apr, 2018 at 9:37 AM
No. Listening, speaking, reading, writing and numeracy demands are embedded in many of the tasks that adults need to undertake in real life across a wid...
Mon, 30 Apr, 2018 at 9:37 AM