The National Standards for Adult Literacy and Numeracy
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The standards describe adult literacy and numeracy within the definition expressed in A Fresh Start:
'the ability to read, write and speak in English and to use mathematics at a level necessary to function at work and in society in general.'
The standards provide a map of the range of skills and capabilities that adults are expected to need in order to function and progress at work and in society. A separate set of standards has been produced for each of the basic skills of literacy and numeracy.
Literacy covers the ability to:
- speak, listen and respond
- read and comprehend
- write to communicate.
Numeracy covers the ability to:
- understand and use mathematical information
- calculate and manipulate mathematical information
- interpret results and communicate mathematical information.
Separate curricula have been developed and published for literacy and for numeracy.
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