Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills
Work-based Learning
How effective are teaching, training and learning?

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

2.4use forms of assessment that are suitable for the courses and programmes being followed.

Success in adult literacy, numeracy and ESOL provision in the work-based learning context means trainers in the training centre and in the workplace...

2.4.1assess learners for progress towards their goals in literacy, numeracy and ESOL as well as their vocational goals.
2.4.2ensure there are clear links between assessment activity and targets set in ILPs and in progress reviews.
2.4.3use assessment methods that are suited to the particular programme requirements, for example key skills requirements in Apprenticeships.
2.4.4use assessment methods that are efficient, so that valuable time during workplace visits or during off-the-job training is not wasted.
2.4.5use imaginative methods that capture the practical, competence-based ethos of work-based learning.

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