LNAAT resources

LNAAT resources

This section provides a range of resources to help you support learners with literacy and numeracy, including: the Learning Progressions, Starting Points, capability building workshop videos, Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool (LNAAT) and National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA) literacy and numeracy credits, and Initial Teacher Education (ITE) guidance.

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The Learning Progressions – LNAAT

This page gives a brief overview of the Learning Progressions and how to find out more about them.
Last Updated 14 May 2026

Starting Points: supporting the Learning Progressions – LNAAT

This page introduces the key Starting Points resources that sit alongside the Learning Progressions for Adult Literacy. 
Last Updated 14 May 2026

Aligning the LNAAT with NCEA literacy and numeracy credits

This page offers an overview of how to align the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool (LNAAT) with the National Certificate of Educational Achievement (NCEA), and a useful document you can download.
Last Updated 14 May 2026

Guidance for Initial Teacher Education Providers – LNAAT

This page has information, links and application forms to help you use the Literacy and Numeracy Adult Assessment Tool (LNAAT) in English-medium primary Initial Teacher Education (ITE). 
Last Updated 14 May 2026

Workshop: Knowing what to do with diagnostic results from the LNAAT

This page presents a recording of a 2018 workshop on using the diagnostic results from the Literacy and Numeracy for Adults Assessment Tool (LNAAT), along with background information.
Last Updated 14 May 2026

Workshop: Mining LNAAT data to make organisational decisions

This page presents a recording of a 2018 workshop on using data to inform organisation-wide decision-making, along with background information.
Last Updated 14 May 2026