About Literacy - Reading
Literacy is a foundational skill that enables access to further learning, develops important life skills, and allows people to fully engage in work and in their communities.
Learners credited with Literacy - Reading standards can:
- make sense of written texts
- read written texts with critical awareness
- read written texts for different purposes.
Literacy and Numeracy co-requisite
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Standard and assessment specifications
2025 assessment specifications
Assessment resources and past assessments
Literacy - Reading assessment resources
Past assessments, specifications, exemplars, and assessment schedules and reports
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Past digital assessments
Prepare for your upcoming assessment by practising on past Literacy - Reading papers
Past assessments
Tools and more resources on NCEA.education
Teaching Literacy
Information about embedding Literacy across the curriculum and effective practices
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Determining readiness
Guidance on determining if ākonga are ready to sit a Literacy assessment
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