The LASP is designed to pick up where the NSW DEC's Personalised Learning and Support Signposting Tool (PLASST) leaves off; the PLASST points to areas where a student needs support, and the LASP provides a process and format for more specifically assessing needs and designing support structures. As a result, the LASP is a quality form of evidence of adjustment for the Nationally Consistent Collection of Data: School Students with Disability (NCCD), which is now mandatory in all schools.