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 g4MLFTO23655; Wed, 22 May 2002 17:15:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 17:15:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <2E3AC3356942D511B8A30008C7AAAC08A64B2A@WDCROBEXC10> 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: "Behroozi, Jaleh" <Jaleh.Behroozi@nifl.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:119] What's New on LINCS X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2655.55) Status: O Content-Length: 2171 Lines: 47 Check out the following additions to LINCS posted on: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/whats_new/whats_new.html --New National Research Council Report on Assessment for Adult Education On Monday, May 6, 2002 the Board on Testing and Assessment of the National Research Council released a new report that will be useful to everyone concerned about how to measure and report results that matter in adult learning. Jointly commissioned by the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) and ED's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE), the report was designed to provide both agencies with background information on how to set quality guidelines for alternative assessments. The report, Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues, summarizes proceedings of a Workshop, held December 12-13, 2001, that brought together experts in educational measurement and assessments with experts in adult education service delivery. For more information go to: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff/report_assess_02.doc --A fact sheet on learning disabilities has been added to the NIFL Facts and Statistics page --Migrant education even start program and others have been newly added to the LINCS Grants Database of over 400 grants and funding resources. The Migrant Education Even Start program is designed to help break the cycle of poverty and improve the literacy of participating migratory families by integrating early childhood education, adult literacy or adult basic education (including English language training, as appropriate), and parenting education into a unified family literacy program. Application deadline is July 5, 2002. --Built to last: why skills matter for long-run success in welfare reform is one of the new additions to the LINCS Materials Database. This review of recent research on welfare-to-work strategies shows that the most successful programs have focused on employment but made substantial use of education and training. Jaleh Behroozi Soroui National LINCS Director National Institute for Literacy 1775 I street, Suite 730 Washington DC, 20006 Phone: 202/233-2039 FAX: 202/233-2050 www.nifl.gov/lincs
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