Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Adult and Community Learning
How effective are teaching, training and learning?

In effective self-assessment, teaching, training and learning are evaluated by the extent to which tutors...

2.2use initial assessment to provide an accurate basis on which to plan an appropriate programme of work.

Success in adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL provision in the adult and community learning context means tutors...

2.2.1discuss learners' prior educational experience and achievements with them.
2.2.2ask learners to self-assess their present levels of competence.
2.2.3use standardised materials to gain a clearer understanding of the learner's profile in relation to the different aspects of literacy, numeracy and ESOL.
2.2.4arrange for specialist assessments to be carried out where there are indications that the learner has a specific learning difficulty.
2.2.5discuss learners' aspirations with them.
2.2.6use all of the above to arrive at an individual or group learning plan that is agreed with the learner(s).
2.2.7adopt an approach that is sensitive to the anxieties of learners who may have had little or no previous formal education, or who may be newcomers to education in the UK.

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