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 g79MYTX05806; Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:34:29 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 9 Aug 2002 18:34:29 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <NGBBJDHKPMGKJEBFMDKOGEACCEAA.dbaycich@literacy.kent.edu> 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: "Dianna Baycich" <dbaycich@archon.educ.kent.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:177] crosspost X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1135 Lines: 32 Hi, This is part of a message posted by Nancy Hansen on the NLA list. What are your comments on what she says about testing for low literacy adults and timed testing? As *I* have made abundantly clear in the past, one of the issues that *I* have is "proper assessments ... for low literacy adults". I am encouraged to read that terminology is right *in* there. It's a critical issue as far as I'm concerned. I feel required testing with inaccurate tools is an insurmountable roadblock to offering to *all* citizens the right to read. Our adults deserve something better that will, on a more *real* level, assess "their skills and knowledge. But don't get me started. I will jump on a soapbox again and speak a piece of my mind about timed testing! Thanks for sharing this important message. Nancy Hansen, E.D. Sioux Falls Area Literacy Council Sioux Falls, SD sfliteracy@mcleodusa.net Dianna Baycich Ohio Literacy Resource Center Research I Bld. 1100 Summit St. Kent State University PO Box 5190 Kent, OH 44242 1-800-765-2897 ext. 27841 "I have one share in corporate earth, and I am nervous about the management." E.B. White
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