Resources

 Assessment Webinar Series

Understanding the Difference Between Task-Based and Skills-Based Assessment 

The Right Choice: Choosing Assessment Tools and Methods

Measuring Progress: Choosing Assessment Tools to Measure

Tracking Learner Achievement in Relation to Learner Goals – Goal Completion

Developing an Assessment Strategy & Using Assessment Results to Inform Agency Targets

Task-Based Assessment: A Case Study From Entry to Exit

 Learning with Swagger

This resource is available with necessary qualifications or training. This soft-skills assessment tool will help you to

• assess the various soft skills of your learners/clients, including self-confidence
• apply strategies to help your learners/clients increase their soft skills and potential literacy levels or employment readiness
• learn some strategies that can be applied in employment/literacy workshops/class rooms to help increase learner/client’s soft skills

 Assessment Database

 Initial Assessment A Policies and Best Practices Guide for Literacy and Basic Skills

This guide draws on the information gained during 4 working group meetings facilitated for Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) practitioners in 2024.

Section One “Developing Assessment Policies” includes information that can be used to develop assessment policies for LBS organizations and assessors.

Section Two “Assessment Best Practices” includes assessment best practices covering all stages of the assessment process.

In addition to this document, an Assessment Database was developed. It lists 35 initial assessment tools available to LBS assessors. This database with annotation can be accessed here.

 ESKAGO Apprenticeship Self Assessment (Fillable PDF)

ESKAGO Apprenticeship Self Assessment (Fillable PDF)

 Common Assessment of Basic Skills (CABS)

The Common Assessment of Basic Skills (CABS) tool is an assessment guide centred on task-based learning demonstrated through real-life tasks. CABS 2026 includes a guide for CABS interviews and assessments, skills for coaching learners and indexed activities aligned with the three levels of OALCF.

 English Proficiency Assessment

The Literacy Link Eastern Ontario (LLEO) English Proficiency Assessment is designed to determine the assessment level for learners entering Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) classes. The assessment is structured into two levels, with the second section only administered if a learner successfully completes the first. Please note: This assessment was designed to accompany the LLEO English for Work books and group activity guides. However, this assessment could apply to any English proficiency learner joining am LBS class in Ontario to determine an assessment level for reporting.

Assessment Guidelines

• Instructor Role: Instructors may explain directions to help learners understand questions but should avoid providing the correct answers.
• Assistance: Learners may use devices for translation exercises and personal identification to complete document-use tasks.
• Spelling: Accurate spelling is not required for Level 1, provided the instructor can understand the intended words.

Link to English for Work 2 resources