Assessment Tool News and Updates
Scheduled Outages
There are no scheduled outages at this time.
Learners will not be able to complete online assessments during this time.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. If you have any queries related to this outage please contact the Assessment Tool Service Desk at assessforadults@nzcer.org.nz.
Latest News
February 2012: TEC has provided further information outlining expectations for use of the assessment tools and assessment areas for monitoring and reporting, click How to use the TEC Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Tools to view this document for download.
The Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool is continuing to make a big impact on the assessment processes in a variety of tertiary organisations. A number of organisations using the Assessment Tool have had the opportunity to conduct assessments with their learners. Remember to contact the Assessment Tool Service Desk on assessforadults@nzcer.org.nz if you have any questions about the operational aspects of the Assessment Tool.
Click here to read case studies from organisations who are using the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool.
Enhancements
The latest version of the Assessment Tool was released on March 18th 2012. Please see below for details:
Recent Enhancements within the Assessment Tool include:
- Changes to the Organisation Name and Assessment Name data displayed when viewing Learner Details assessment results from another Organisation
- National Student Number now added to the .CSV export of a Gain Report.
The Gain Report was made available to organisations in May 2011. Find out more.
The Snapshot Assessment was made available to organisations on February 7th, 2011. Find out more.
The Vocabulary Assessment was made available to organisations on November 15th, 2010. Find out more.
For full Release Notes see below:
Assessment Tool enhancements - March 2012 (PDF, 194 kB)
Assessment Tool enhancements - August 2011 (PDF, 945 kB)
Assessment Tool enhancements - July 2011 (PDF, 673 kB)
Assessment Tool enhancements - May/June 2011 (PDF, 320 kB)
Assessment Tool enhancements - November 2010 (PDF, 1 MB)
Assessment Tool enhancements - September 2010 (PDF, 296 kB)
Assessment Tool enhancements - August 2010 (PDF, 2 MB)
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