All trainees working towards Qualified Teacher Status (QTS) must pass a computerised literacy skills test. The test is designed to ensure they have a sound grasp of literacy skills such as spelling, punctuation and grammar and can apply these in practice. This book outlines all of the test requirements and the essential subject knowledge candidates will need. This Third Edition is updated throughout and now includes a full practice test. Written by one of the authors of the skills tests, from the AlphaPlus Consultancy, this text is an accurate, up-to-date and comprehensive practice tool for the literacy skills test.
This book helps the reader:
- familiarise themselves with the skills and knowledge to be tested
- fully understand the format and structure of the literacy skills test
- know what to expect on the day of the test
Jim Johnson is an Honorary Fellow of Nottingham Trent University where, until his retirement, he led the English team in the Department of Primary Education. Bruce Bond has been involved in writing, editing, observing, reviewing and trialling the QTS Literacy Skills Tests for over 10 years. He has also been closely associated with the national development and evaluation of the Initial Teacher Training pilots in individual learning plans, mentoring, and teaching observation and practice. /par1/After attending Goldsmiths and Rolle College in the late 1960s, he built up over 30 years of experience teaching English and literacy in the SEN, primary, secondary and further education sectors before becoming an educational consultant and author of literacy assessments. /par1//par1/Since 2000 other projects have included authoring and editing: Key Skills Communication assessments; Functional Skills English standards and assessments; and the university entry level assessment project in Mozambique. This involved travelling throughout the country working with teams of teachers and lecturers compiling standardised English objective tests./par1/ /par1/Bruce Bond is currently an associate member of AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd.
Title: Passing the Literacy Skills Test (Achieving QTS Series)
Author: Bond, Bruce, Johnson, Jim
ISBN: 9780857258793
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Publisher: SAGE Publications Ltd
Publication Date: 2012-06-22
Number of Pages: 128
Weight: 0.2405 kg
The information is presented in a very accessible way. It explains the basics and includes many examples. This is a book which will support a trainee teacher prepare for the literacy test and help to develop their knowledge spelling, grammar and comprehension. -- Lesley Binns * Dyslexia Review *
