Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g3JKobu24149; Fri, 19 Apr 2002 16:50:37 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 19 Apr 2002 16:50:37 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <3CC08381.8AC0F60E@sri.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Regie Stites <regie.stites@sri.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:103] Re: assessment tool X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary="Boundary_(ID_KaGd5zdNmXTBBIUezt7E2w)" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.78 [en] (Win98; U) Status: O Content-Length: 2080 Lines: 62 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Kevin, When you say you are looking for information on "oral assessments" do you mean assessments of speaking and listening? If not these skills, what do you want to assess? Is it an oral interview format that you are interested in? Would the examinees be English language learners? Answering the above questions may help people on the list to respond to your request. Regie Stites "Behroozi, Jaleh" wrote: > --------- > > We have been working with a local manufacturing > > company doing workplace education. Last summer we did a needs > > assessment and now we are trying to build a tool for oral > > assessment based on this. The tool is not a criteria for > > advancement, but for class placement. I am trying to do a > > good job, and build a fair test, although I feel like I'm > > doing the devil's work. > > > > I would like to look at some other tools, but I don't > > want to lose two weeks time waiting for "sample" material > > that may or may not be good/applicable/useful. If you have > > any suggestions that would be great. What good oral > > assessments have you found? What was good about them? What > > bad ones? What was bad about them (so I can avoid > > incorporating the same mistakes). > > > Kevin --Boundary_(ID_KaGd5zdNmXTBBIUezt7E2w) Content-type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name=regie.stites.vcf Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-disposition: attachment; filename=regie.stites.vcf Content-description: Card for Regie Stites begin:vcard n:Stites;Regie tel;cell:(510) 325-3968 tel;fax:(650) 859-3375 tel;home:(510) 339-8905 tel;work:(650) 859-3768 x-mozilla-html:FALSE url:http://www.sri.com/policy/cep/literacy org:SRI International;Center for Education Policy adr:;;333 Ravenswood Avenue;Menlo Park;CA;94025; version:2.1 email;internet:regie.stites@sri.com title:Program Manager fn:Regie Stites, Ph.D. end:vcard --Boundary_(ID_KaGd5zdNmXTBBIUezt7E2w)--
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