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The OECD’s Centre for Educational Research and Innovation (CERI) is undertaking a two-year international study of exemplary teaching and assessment for adults with basic skill needs. The study, entitled ‘Improving teaching and learning for adults with basic skill needs through formative assessment’, aims to achieve a better understanding of ‘what works’, for whom and under what circumstances, and will identify policy levers to improve the quality of provision for this group. This background report for England was prepared as an input to the OECD study. The report offers an introduction to policy and programs in adult basic skills in England, concentrating on those pertinent to assessment practices - formative assessment in particular. Most of the report is devoted to a compilation and abridgement of original source material, including national surveys, reports and commentary, together with National Research and Development Centre for Adult Literacy and Numeracy (NRDC) research reports and summaries. This represents a small selection of available literature aimed at presenting a representative sample of materials for readers to assess for themselves.