National Adult Literacy Database

This document offers an updated version of the literacy skills assessment used by Project READ Literacy Network in Ontario’s Waterloo-Wellington region since the mid-1990s. The updated document is aligned with the five levels of the Literacy and Basic Skills (LBS) Learning Outcomes Matrix.

The revised document includes a wider range of assessment activities to meet the needs of adult learners. The author has also included sections that explain how the activities are linked to the matrix and how they can be used in an assessment; the conditions recommended for their use; and ways to modify assessment activities to better meet the needs of learners and practitioners.