Passing the Literacy Skills Test

About Bruce BondJim Johnson

Jim Johnson is an Honorary Fellow of Nottingham Trent University where until his retirement he led the English team in the Department of Primary Education. Bruce Bond has been involved in writing editing observing reviewing and trialling the QTS Literacy Skills Tests for over 10 years. He has also been closely associated with the national development and evaluation of the Initial Teacher Training pilots in individual learning plans mentoring and teaching observation and practice. /par1/After attending Goldsmiths and Rolle College in the late 1960s he built up over 30 years of experience teaching English and literacy in the SEN primary secondary and further education sectors before becoming an educational consultant and author of literacy assessments. /par1//par1/Since 2000 other projects have included authoring and editing: Key Skills Communication assessments; Functional Skills English standards and assessments; and the university entry level assessment project in Mozambique. This involved travelling throughout the country working with teams of teachers and lecturers compiling standardised English objective tests./par1/ /par1/Bruce Bond is currently an associate member of AlphaPlus Consultancy Ltd.