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InitialInitial
AssessmentAssessment
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
An overview of the assessment process
Initial assessment
Initial assessment administration
Curriculum levels
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
National Qualifications Framework
10
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
What is initial What is initial assessment?assessment?
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
Initial assessmentIt will help identify a learner’s skills against a level or levels within the national standards for literacy or numeracy.
It provides the information needed to decide a starting point for the learner.
It is the benchmark from which learning progress can be measured.
It can identify learners who may need extra support.
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
How much time will be How much time will be needed?needed?
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
Initial assessments are not tests and are not timed.
Learners should be encouraged to finish in their own time and not to rush.
50–60 minutes should be adequate.
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
Under what conditions Under what conditions
should the assessment should the assessment
take place?take place?
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
A room or somewhere the learners can
work undisturbed
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
How should the assessments How should the assessments
be introduced to learners?be introduced to learners?
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
The purpose of the initial assessment and how the results will be used to help the learner.
It is not a test and the results are confidential.
Learners should answer as many questions as they can.
They can take as long as they like, there are no time limits.
If a question is too hard leave it out.
ExplainExplain
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
What should you do whilst What should you do whilst
the learners are completing the learners are completing
the assessment ?the assessment ?
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
Make sure everyone is able to answer the questions.
Check learners are not struggling.
If someone is struggling or having difficulty answering the questions, give them the opportunity to stop.
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
What needs to be done at What needs to be done at
the end of the assessment?the end of the assessment?
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills
Mark the answers.
Add up the learner’s total score.
Use the table to find the level attained.
Record total and level on the assessment.
Give feedback on the results.
Make sure the feedback is given one-to-one and in confidence.
Skills for Life Support for World Class Skills