PSL Study: Literacy & Numeracy

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About this app

Practise for the three literacy and numeracy co-requisite tests for NCEA: Reading, Writing and Numeracy, all in one app.

Every student needs all three before they can get any NCEA certificate. PSL Study helps you practise a little at a time, then check you're ready with a full practice test.

Whatever your school calls them (the CAAs, the co-requisites, or lit and num), they're the same three tests: Reading US32403, Writing US32405 and Numeracy US32406. PSL Study is for Year 10 students sitting the literacy and numeracy corequisite for the first time, and for anyone in Year 11 to 13 resitting one.

Looking for the answers? Every question shows the answer and the working, after you've had a go. Past papers show you the questions. We show you how to answer them.

ALL THREE TESTS, ONE APP
Switch between Reading, Writing and Numeracy any time. Each has its own areas, practice tests and progress.

QUESTIONS THAT LOOK LIKE THE REAL THING
• Numeracy: everyday NZ maths. GST, KiwiSaver, phone plans, payslips, bus and train timetables, maps, rulers, graphs and probability. Typed answers follow the real test's whole number rule. On-screen calculator.
• Reading: real-world texts like job ads, safety notices, news stories, emails, opinion blogs, web pages and notices, with questions on all the skills the test covers, including spotting bias and comparing texts.
• Writing: guided writing tasks for emails, letters, reports, blog posts, profiles, explanations and opinion pieces. The app checks spelling, punctuation and structure on your phone and underlines problems without fixing them. It's honest about what a checker can't judge: you show where you made each point, review your writing with a marker's questions, and compare it with worked examples that explain every paragraph. Spot the problem drafts teach you what markers mark down.

PRACTICE THAT FITS YOUR DAY
• Quick 5: five questions from your weakest area, perfect for the bus
• A hint on every question, and "How to work it out" with the rule you need, never the answer
• A worked answer after every question, and a note on the slip if you got it wrong. Every answer explained, so the next one's yours
• Your mistakes come back until you get them right
• Free flash cards for quick facts and rules, built from your own mistakes
• Save any question to come back to
• Full practice tests, about 60 minutes like the real ones, answers hidden until the end
• A ready check, streaks and progress for each subject
• Send your progress to a teacher or parent from your own email app

FREE AND FULL VERSION
Free: 10 questions a day from any subject, plus a guided writing task. One payment of NZ$9.99 unlocks unlimited questions, every writing task and full practice tests. No subscription.

FOR PARENTS AND CAREGIVERS
No ads, no chat, no accounts, and we collect no personal information. Progress stays on the phone, and it works offline.

INDEPENDENT
PSL Study is made by PSL Software in Timaru. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by NZQA or the Ministry of Education. Every question, text and writing task is our own, written to practise the skills in NZQA's published specifications. Our ready marks are our own, not NZQA's.

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What’s new

Clearer answers and the new unlock screen.