How does it work?(paper-based)

Careerforce creates a new paper-based assessment in The Tool every three months.

This is downloaded from The Tool as a PDF document.

The PDF is emailed to a designated literacy coordinator in each company.

The literacy coordinator forwards this email to the trainers / assessors within the company.

How does it work?(paper-based)

How does it work?(paper-based)

• The assessment is ‘non-adaptive’ – it doesn’t adapt the questions to the learner’s responses like the online version

• It has a range of questions from Step 2 – Step 5 on The Progressions

• Careerforce only uses the ‘snapshot’ assessment (around 15 – 17 questions). A full diagnostic assessment has about 30 questions.

• It takes about 20 – 30 minutes from start to finish.

• You can go back over questions and, unfortunately you can skip questions. Unanswered questions or incompletely

answered questions don’t score.

How it works – making a book

When printing out the PDF:• Layout – Print Type - 2-sided• Finish – Staple - 2 position left

so that it opens up like a book so…. the learner sees the text on the left side and the related questions on the right side.

How it works – making a book

When printing out the PDF:• Layout – Print Type - 2-sided• Finish – Staple - 2 position left

How it works – making a book

How it works – some typical questionsunderlining text

Please send in the text pages as well as the answer pages for marking.

What happens with the results?

• The information must be kept confidential and used for educational purposes only.

• They are used by workplace trainers to match theirtraining support with the trainee’s learning needs.

• They are used by Careerforce - to improve their training and assessment resources- to improve their support for trainees, trainers and assessors.

• They are used by the Tertiary Education Commission - for general statistics on adult education in NZ- to inform tertiary education policy.

Online:The learner can retrieve the report instantly after completing the assessment.

Paper-based:The report is available after the learner’s responses have been loaded into The Tool (2 – 3 weeks later).

Response to Assessment Results

Step 5 & 6 self-directed learningorganise study group / study buddy

Step 3 & 4 organise study group / study buddy use embedded literacy resources schedule more 1-1 time

post-assess (Step 3) at end of programme

Step 1 & 2 integrate training with a literacy programme coordinate training with literacy tutor post-assess at end of programme

Use Careerforce embedded literacy resourcesCreate embedded literacy resources

(Progressions red book)

Form a group on Pathways Awarua

Investigate a literacy programme with a TEC approved literacy provider

English Language Partners Workplace Programmes(for trainees with English as a second language)

Form a group on Pathways Awarua Create embedded literacy resources(Progressions red book)

Use Careerforce embedded literacy resources