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Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:141] Einstein, Merrifield and accountability
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Dear Ralph:
Einstein said, " Not everything that can be counted counts and not
everything that counts can be counted." Juliet Merrifield warns us in Focus
on Basics and in Contested Ground that what's counted becomes what counts.
When it comes to accountability we need to be in agreement about what
counts beyond test scores and GEDs. Have any states moved beyond the
traditional ways to measure outcomes? What has been the experience of ABE
practitioners participating as stakeholders/partners in the development of
the performance standards required by the Workforce Investment Act?
Were you able to advocate to include the kind of growth and learning that a
test doesn't show but that as a practitioner you know occurs in your ABE
classroom? What would capture what counts to you and your students - keeping
in mind that to be acceptable to funders, the measurement method will have to
fit into a computer program and be applicable across programs and learners?
Anne Serino
Lynn, MA
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