Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Learners with Learning Difficulties and/or Disabilities
How effective are teaching, training and learning?

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

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 learning difficulties and/or disabilities context means teachers...

2.2.1take account of learners’ prior skills, knowledge and experience.
2.2.2carry out comprehensive and accurate initial assessments of learners to determine the level at which they are working, their strengths and their needs in relation to literacy, numeracy and language.
2.2.3use the outcomes of initial assessments to provide a starting point for the development of literacy, numeracy and language goals in learners’ ILPs.
2.2.4ensure that learners with specific learning difficulties and disabilities can, where necessary, have their needs assessed by specialists.

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