Signing up – LNAAT
Signing up – LNAAT
This page tells you what you need to know to start using the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool (LNAAT).
This page tells you what you need to know to start using the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool (LNAAT).
Who can use the LNAAT?
The primary purpose of the LNAAT is to inform teaching and learning. To use it, professional educators must be associated with a group of learners. Therefore, we have made access available to organisations who are delivering programmes, rather than independent educators, researchers, or members of the general public.
We understand the LNAAT may appeal to professional educators who are not associated with a group of learners but may be training, preparing curriculum material, and teaching others. However, we have now limited access to the LNAAT to educational organisations and their staff.
How do you access the LNAAT?
To access the LNAAT, your organisation will need to:
- Decide on an organisation administrator and key contact.
- Complete the LNAAT Acceptable Use Agreement.
- Apply for an Education Sector Logon (ESL) role as an organisation administrator of the LNAAT. (Note: It may be useful for your organisation to have two or more people with this role.)
- Apply for ESL educator roles for each staff member who will use the LNAAT.
You’ll find more information on the Acceptable Use Agreement and ESL requests below.
What does the organisation administrator role involve?
Organisation administrators are users of the system who have special privileges relating to reporting, viewing users and reports, and creating organisational groups. The organisation administrator can control the access privileges of educators by creating organisational groups and assigning learners and educators to them.
Depending on the type of organisation, the administrator may be a manager, an IT administrator, a department or faculty head, or a tutor. Organisations can decide to have more than one organisation administrator in the LNAAT.
To help make your decision, an organisation administrator with skills in these areas would be advantageous:
- experience with the export/import features of an organisation’s Student Management System (SMS)
- ability to manipulate learner National Student Number (NSN), demographic and grouping data in Excel
- knowledge of organisations’ grouping structures for learners
- a supportive relationship with educators
- expertise in assessment and reporting
- expertise in literacy and numeracy.
The Acceptable Use Agreement
The purpose of this agreement is to clearly state how the LNAAT can be used by your organisation, and to outline the principles of acceptable use. Maintaining acceptable standards of use will promote confidence and trust in using the LNAAT and the assessment information created by it. It is your organisation’s responsibility to ensure that contact details for the key contact are current.
The agreement requires these details:
- chief executive name, email and signature
- organisation name
- organisation number (EDUMIS ID)
- organisation type
- name and email of your key contact
- name and email of your selected organisation administrator.
Acceptable Use Agreement (PDF 148 KB)
Access and use of data (PDF 95 KB)
Send your signed Acceptable Use Agreement by email or post to:
Customer Contact Team
The Tertiary Education Commission
PO Box 27048
Wellington 6141
New Zealand
Email: customerservice@tec.govt.nz
Apply for ESL roles for the LNAAT
Organisation administrators and educators will always need to log on to the LNAAT via their ESL.
Organisation administrators and educators will also need to submit ESL applications to the Ministry of Education to have their ESL profiles created – or updated if an ESL profile already exists.
ESL logon request form (PDF 437 KB)
Please send completed forms to the Education Service Desk for processing (contact details are on the ESL form).
How can I request access to LNAAT data for research purposes?
We recognise there will be interest across the sector in the data gathered through the LNAAT. Organisations or individuals can express interest in obtaining access to data by submitting an expression of interest. You can also download more information about accessing and using data below.