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Literacy and Numeracy unit standards
Current
January 2022 - Revision of Literacy and Numeracy unit standards
NZQA National Qualifications Services (NQS) revised the current Literacy and Numeracy unit standards.
The Ministry of Education has developed new Literacy and Numeracy standards as part of the change package for the National Certificates in Educational Achievement (NCEA) (refer below for more information). Therefore they were not reviewed but were revised to prolong their currency, for review when the Ministry’s new standards are introduced. The next planned review date is 2025.
The revision addressed known issues, including transferring the standards to the new format and removing the reference to the digital assessment tool from standards 26623 and 26624.
The revised standards are available at Domain - Work and Study Skills (nzqa.govt.nz).
Details are available in the Revision and rollover of Work and Study Skills unit standards change report.
Further information is available from nqs@nzqa.govt.nz.
Proposed new assessment standards
As part of the National Certificate in Educational Achievement (NCEA) Change Package, new English-medium Literacy and Numeracy assessment standards have been developed by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and are being piloted during 2021. Further information is available at the MoE’s Citizen Space website.
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Completed review
May 2017 – Review of Literacy and Numeracy unit standards
Details are available in the May 2017 Review of Literacy and Numeracy unit standards change report.
Contact
For more information and/or comments regarding these unit standards, please email: nqs@nzqa.govt.nz.