Re-sit

Following the National Teacher Workforce Action Plan (Action Plan) - LANTITE trial, Education Ministers agreed from 2025 there will be no test limits for candidates sitting the LANTITE. The trial showed removing test limits and providing better feedback led to more candidates sitting the test and meeting the standard, and the changes were received positively from candidates and higher education providers.

This change will allow all candidates to continue to improve their personal literacy and numeracy skills to ensure they can meet the required standard. Higher education providers continue to play a key role in supporting their students to meet the standard. Please refer to https://www.education.gov.au/teaching-and-school-leadership/literacy-and-numeracy-test-initial-teacher-education and the FAQ page for relevant information.  

This provides students with reasonable opportunity to demonstrate that their personal literacy and numeracy skills are equivalent to the top 30 per cent of the adult population. 

Please refer to the definitions below:

• an enrolled ITE student, defined as ‘a person who is enrolled in an accredited ITE course, either undergraduate or postgraduate’.
• a prospective or unenrolled test candidate, defined as ‘a person who is not currently enrolled in an accredited ITE course.’

You only need to demonstrate once that you have met the standard for each test component (literacy and numeracy). Test results are transferrable and do not expire. If you sat the test and have met the standard for one test component, you only need to register for and re-sit the test component that you were unsuccessful in. If you sat the test as a prospective/unenrolled candidate and have met the required standard of one component of the test prior to enrolment, you will not be required to re-sit that component after enrolling.

You will need to re-sit the full test component if you have not reached the overall standard for the component. Results from individual sub-domain(s) are not transferrable between tests.

If you have successfully met the literacy or numeracy test standard as part of the limited implementation which took place in August and September 2015, or as part of the NSW BOSTES’ requirement in February 2016, you will not need to resit the test component that you have passed. The results from these sittings are still valid.

If you do not meet the standard after your first or second attempt, you are advised to talk to your higher education provider to request support to help you reach the standard before registering to sit the test a second or third time.