BEST Literacy is a competency-based assessment that measures adult English language learners’ ability to read and write in a variety of functional literacy tasks. Tasks include reading dates on a calendar and words and abbreviations on a train schedule, reading prices and classified advertisements, finding phone numbers in a list, writing a check, and composing short written communications. It may be administered individually or to groups of learners and requires a maximum testing time of 1 hour. Before purchasing, find out more about BEST Literacy.

BEST Literacy Test Packets (Forms B, C and D)
BEST Literacy has three parallel forms that measure survival-level skills and work-related language commonly used in the United States. Each packet includes 20 Examinee Test Booklets and 20 corresponding Scoring Sheets. Order here.

BEST Literacy Test Manual Updated for 2008
The 2008 edition of the BEST Literacy Test Manual provides test administrators, test scorers, program administrators and other interested individuals with comprehensive information about administering, scoring, and interpreting forms B, C and D of BEST Literacy.

The test manual contains updated National Reporting System (NRS) and Student Performance Level (SPL) scale score ranges, additional background and technical information, and refinements to procedures for scoring the note writing section Order here.

BEST Literacy Technical Report New!
The BEST Literacy Technical Report describes the development of BEST Literacy including three studies pertaining to its field testing, equating and standard setting. The 124-page report concludes with evidence for BEST Literacy’s reliability and validity. Order here.

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