Assessment framework - ACER

LITERACY AND NUMERACY. TEST FOR INITIAL TEACHER. EDUCATION STUDENTS. Assessment framework Department of Education and Training TABLE OF CONTENTS. Introduction ..6. Overview ..6. Background ..6. The Australian Core Skills framework ..7. The Programme for International Assessment of Adult Competencies ..7. Literacy framework ..9. Definition of literacy ..9. Balance between reading and technical skills of writing ..10. Reading ..10. Text medium ..10. Text format ..11. Text Text length and number of Topics ..13. Complexity ..13. Reading Processes ..14. Technical skills of Content ..17. Stimulus and Numeracy Definition of numeracy ..20. Numeracy content ..21. Numeracy processes ..22. Use of calculators and other mathematical Level of difficulty of the Test's literacy and numeracy items ..25. Establishing the target difficulty range of the test items ..25. Defining standards of personal literacy and numeracy for new Range of difficulty of test items.

numeracy should be broadly equivalent to those of the top 30 per cent of the adult population. Development of the assessment began with drafting of the framework, with reference to relevant international and national programs and assessment literature. Australia is …

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