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Canadian Council on Learning launches free online literacy assessments

Practitioners and individual learners can test literacy skills,  get immediate results

At www.ccl-cca.ca/literacyassessment, literacy practitioners can access prepared assessments or develop their own tests using an item data bank, and administer them to clients in an online or print format.

“Assessment enables individuals to understand their strengths and where they need improvement, and allows practitioners to develop programs to respond to individual learners needs,” said Dr. Paul Cappon, President and CEO of the Canadian Council on Learning. “Unlike traditional assessments which can be expensive and time-consuming, our assessments are free and easy to use. We encourage literacy groups to use echo.ccl-cca.ca to supplement their current testing methods.”

Each assessment includes reading passages and multiple-choice questions based on frameworks used by the 2003 international Adult Literacy and Lifeskills Survey (ALL). Test-takers receive immediate results including a list of their strengths and weaknesses, their literacy levels, and literacy resources to assist them.

Developed in consultation with literacy organizations throughout Canada, CCL’s literacy assessments are powered by Echo, a complete system developed by CCL for creating and distributing assessments.

“As the national literacy coalition advancing literacy and essential skills across Canada, Movement for Canadian Literacy fully supports the development of tools which are aimed at building capacity within the field and which have at their heart the development and advancement of adult learners,” said Melody J. Paruboczy, Executive Director of Movement for Canadian Literacy.

Literacy in Canada

Free Literacy Self-Assessment

CCL has also developed a free, confidential self-assessment for Canadians who wish to measure their literacy proficiency independently. To access the self-assessment, visit www.ccl-cca.ca/literacyassessment.

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The Canadian Council on Learning is an independent, not-for-profit corporation funded through an agreement with Human Resources and Social Development Canada. Its mandate is to promote and support evidence-based decisions about learning throughout all stages of life, from early childhood through to the senior years.

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