Preparing for the Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC)

Get help with preparing learners for the new Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC) — the new credential replacing the GED for Canadian adults seeking a secondary equivalency.

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Explore our Preparing Learners for the Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC) online guide, designed to build teachers’ knowledge and help you support learners. We’ll help you get up to speed with the digital, content, and cognitive complexity changes your learners will need to prepare for with CAEC.

Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll find in this comprehensive guide:

  • Explicit skills lists and readiness tools to identify your learners’ skills and determine their readiness to take the CAEC tests.
  • Test overview to help you get familiar with the unique features, demands and requirements of the CAEC and how to effectively prepare learners.
  • Subject overviews and teaching tips on each of the five CAEC test subjects: reading, writing, math, science, and social studies.
  • Templates, curriculum plans, and lesson routines to help you develop your own test preparation courses and workshops.

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“It’s helpful to see each element of the question broken down explicitly in order to identify areas of relative strength and weakness (i.e., understanding when an answer is recorded, being able to determine the amount of information required for each question, and so on).”

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Resource Library

When educators incorporate relevant technology into adult-education teaching and learning, they enhance the relevance, responsiveness and reach of their programs. 

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Useful Apps

The AlphaPlus list of Useful Apps presents comprehensive reviews that cover how the apps could be used for literacy and numeracy learning and to support engagement and motivation.

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Case Studies

Explore our case studies to see how Ontario literacy practitioners apply digital technology to support learners and enhance professional learning for staff and volunteers.

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