Core Skills Profile for Adults

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Australian Council for Educational Research
19 Prospect Hill Rd, Camberwell, VIC, Australia 3124

Registration queries: 
Blanca Camacho
Senior Project Director
+61 3 9277 5498

Administration queries: 
Rebecca Simpson
Project Officer
+61 3 9277 5761

How can the Core Skills Profile for Adults help my organisation?

The CSPA is a flexible assessment with wide applicability for use across training organisations, in employment and for government.

For small, medium and large training organisations, the assessment delivers

• high quality data on an individual's Literacy and Numeracy capacity and suitability for training or employment, fully aligned to the leading national standard (ACSF)


• evidence that can be used to provide additional support improving individual learning and as a consequence course completions


• clear information on how to build and tailor programs to attract, engage and retain students, apprentices and trainees empowering them to complete their courses


• information to help evaluation and management of learning resources and support; in terms of teacher readiness to close skill gaps, time required and teaching resources


• results that facilitate decision making on additional courses to include in their portfolio to address gaps in LLN


• data and benchmarks of required/existent levels of Core Skills for cohorts pursuing further studies


• the ability to distinguish programs and promote LLN support services on offer to students

For business and industry, the assessment

• identifies gaps in Core Skills and the capacity to screen potential employees to offer individual support and up-skilling


• increases the employability of staff and organisational competitiveness 


• provides results that help to judge the future supply, oversupply and skills shortages for workforce development planning

At the national level, the CSPA offers

• the potential for standardisation of instruments used at state and national levels


• the ability to better address the LLN skills required to drive productivity and support growth in the national economy