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.
Interactive Learning Resources provide teaching and learning for the essential underpinning knowledge in all the subject areas of English and mathematics.
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.
bksbLIVE, our fully hosted, online platform provides a learner-centric solution for functional skills success, providing a highly intuitive interface within which students can navigate through their learner journey. All bksb assessments and resources can be accessed from this one place, anywhere, anytime..
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.
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 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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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).