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...

2.7carry out regular assessments that are fair, accurate and used effectively to plan an appropriate programme of work and inform learners of their progress.

Success in adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL provision in the learning difficulties and/or disabilities context means teachers...

2.7.1regularly assess and record learners’ progress in relation to the literacy, numeracy and language goals in their ILPs.
2.7.2use information gathered from the initial assessment process to write a profile of a learner’s strengths and needs which will serve as a baseline against which his or her progress in literacy, numeracy and language can be measured.
2.7.3set clear objectives against which progress can be measured.
2.7.4use the outcomes of assessment to determine future goals for literacy, numeracy and language.

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