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The Initial Assessment is in line with the updated Core Curriculum and also tracks the functional skills standards. It provides a clear indication of a learner’s current English and mathematics level.

The Diagnostic Assessments provide a percentage score and produce an interactive ILP which highlights skill gaps and directs a learner to the appropriate resources they need to fill those gaps.

bksb’s interactive Learning Resources provide teaching and learning for the essential underpinning knowledge in all the subject areas of English and mathematics.

Following the Learning Resources which are used to close an identified skill gap, confirmation of competency can be gained via the interactive bksb Skill Checks.

The scenarios present learners with situations where they can apply the knowledge they have gained to everyday situations, providing a vital link from underpinning knowledge to application.

These learning resources are set in a vocational context to give relevance to learning. The bksb range currently covers 30 different popular vocational subjects from entry 3 to level 2.

Helping tutors of Pre-Entry learners to identify where to start, these assessments are based on the Adult Pre-entry Curriculum Framework. They can help assess adult learners from Milestones 1 – 8.

The interactive ICT Initial Assessment, covering entry level 3 to level 2, has been designed to assess users against the ICT functional skills criteria through a series of tasks in each application.

The ICT resources are based on the Microsoft Office 2003, 2007 and 2010 versions. They are short tasks for the learner to complete supported by information packs to teach any gaps.

The bksb initial assessment in ESOL has been designed to identify ESOL learners’ levels in the three skills of reading, writing and listening while also offering a predicted grade for speaking based on the results.

Quick and concise, interactive, self-marking assessment that identifies the ways in which individuals or groups of learners prefer to learn. Uses VAK theory (Visual, Auditory, Kinaesthetic).

The PLTS Assessment comprises of an interactive initial assessment and 6 evidence-generating activities designed to develop the skills needed to gain and retain a job.

The bksb Quick Check is an interactive screener to identify those learners who might benefit from a comprehensive dyslexia assessment administered by a qualified dyslexia specialist.