The Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool

The Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool

The Assessment Tool:• What is it?• Why do we have it?• What are the options?• Things to consider

A workshop for Trainers and Assessors

http://www.careerforce.org.nz/Workplace-Health-and-Disability-Training-governance.html

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What do you know already?

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• Developed for the Tertiary Education Commission bythe NZ Council for Educational Research.

• Used nationwide and administered by: Institutes of Technology and PolytechnicsWānangaPrivate Training Providers Industry Training OrganisationsSome large workplaces

• Normal part of enrolment in all Levels 1 – 2 qualifications (from 2014).

Workplace Training

What is it?

• A web-based interactive tool using ‘adaptive’ software - mostly multi-choice answers to select from.

• Paper-based (non-adaptive) versions are available.

• It is not a pass or fail assessment- it’s about finding where the learner’s literacy and numeracy skills are at.

• It maps the learner’s results to “The Progressions”- literacy and numeracy skills matrices that progress from Step 1 – Step 6.

• Four assessments currently available on the Tool:- Reading- Writing- General Numeracy - Vocabulary (designed for adults at Step 1 or below).

What is it?

2014

Required for our Level 2 enrolments only

Use when appropriate at Level 3- When a trainee is new to tertiary education - When you feel the trainee can go straight to Level 3- When you want to be sure you are not setting up your trainee to fail.

The Ministry of Education / Tertiary Education Commission:• To ensure successful outcomes in adult education

• To improve the learning experience for NZ adults

• To identify best practice in training provision

• To ensure adults can progress into higher levels of training

• To inform future funding for tertiary education

Why do we assess for literacy and numeracy?

To find what works best !

Our Sectors:• To ensure successful outcomes for our training programmes

• To improve the learning experience for our trainees

• To identify the best ways we can support workplace learning

• To inform how we resource training and development in the future


To be the best we can be !

Our Sectors:• To ensure successful outcomes for our training programmes





The Health, Community Care, Cleaning and Pest Management Sector:• To ensure successful outcomes for our training programmes





To be the best we can be !

What are the options:

- Online

- Paper-based

Assessment Tool

http://www.careerforce.org.nz/Workplace-Health-and-Disability-Training-governance.html

Trainee signs up for Industry training

Trainee completes the paper assessment

Sent to Careerforce with Training Agreement

Careerforce processes Training Agreement.

Trainee completes the online assessment

Trainee has access to instant results and full report from Assessment Tool

Once a week Careerforce imports results from Assessment ToolOnline login

code sent to Literacy Coordinator

Trainee’s answers entered into Assessment Tool

Paper-based Assessment

Online Assessment

Literacy Report on iPortalIncludes:- Learner’s name- Step score- Login code (to retrieve full report from Tool website)

https://assess.literacyandnumeracyforadults.com/Login.aspx



Trainee signs up for Industry training

Trainee completes the latest paper assessment

Careerforce processes Training Agreement and generates new (or verifies existing) National Student Number (NSN) Trainee

completes the online assessment

Trainee has access to instant results

Trainee details loaded into the Assessment Tool (with NSN)

Once a week Careerforce imports results from Assessment Tool

Every three months a new paper-based assessment is created and sent to designated Literacy Coordinator. Also posted onto the Careerforce website.

Assessment sent to Careerforce with Training Agreement.

Trainee details loaded into The Assessment Tool (with NSN)

Online login code sent to Literacy Coordinator- Auto-email from Computer System

New Training Agreement includes trainee’s permission to share literacy assessment results with company and Careerforce (for educational purposes only).

Trainee’s answers entered into Assessment Tool

Paper-based Assessment

Online Assessment

Jan-Mar

Reading2014 Q1

Apr-Jun

Reading2014 Q2

Jul-Sep

Reading2014 Q3

Oct-Dec

Reading2014 Q4

Literacy Report on iPortalIncludes:- Learner’s name- Step score- Login code (to retrieve full report from Tool website)

Paper-based codes expire permanently

in 60 days

Online codes expire 6

months after they are

generated

Things to consider for 2014: (overall)

- designated “Literacy Coordinator” for Careerforce to liaise with(can be existing Training Coordinator)

- process to disperse login codes from literacy coordinator to relevant educators involved in training (confidentiality considerations)

- process to retrieve and store full diagnostic reports from the Assessment Tool website.

(if desired)

Things to consider for 2014: (paper-based)

- process to disperse latest paper assessment to educators/assessors

(sent as a PDF to the literacy coordinator every 3mths)

- policy and process on keeping scanned copies of the completed paper assessment in trainee records

(if desired)

Note: Careerforce will be shredding the paper assessments once the literacy report goes to iPortal

Things to consider for 2014: (online)

- process to disperse login codes from literacy coordinator (to the educator/assessor) to the trainee (confidentiality considerations)

- policy on when/where a trainee can login and do the online assessments.

e.g. - in the workplace on work time- at home on their own computers

- process to follow up to ensure the assessment has been done

(use login code to check that it’s completed and retrieve the full diagnostic report)

Assessment Tool

Documents

The Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool