Guidance Documents

Good Practice Guidance in Skills Check and Initial Assessment

In order to provide further support to users of all the revised trial versions of the tools, the “Good Practice Guidelines in Skills Check and Initial Assessment” has been developed.

You can download a PDF version of the document here.

The booklet contains information about the whole skills check (previously referred to as ‘screening’) and initial assessment process, together with advice about best practice drawing on practitioner experience.

The Learning Journey

This document is a simple guide to the various stages of the learning journey. It illustrates each of the stages, using the DfES definitions, and provides narrative explanation.

You can download a PDF version of the document here .

Assessment and Learning Guidance Booklets

This collection of short guidance documents looks at how the assessment process can best be managed at different stages in the learner’s journey into and through further education sector provision. It considers how tools to determine literacy and numeracy abilities and needs can be used to best effect within a learner centred process.

You can download a PDF version of the documents by selecting a link below:

1. High Quality Assessment Processes: Guidance for Managers
2. Using Skills Checks
3. Initial and Diagnostic - A Learner Centred Process
4. Individual Learning Plans
5. Assessment for Learning

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