Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id e9DE97921291; Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:09:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000 10:09:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000501c0351e$58053080$2b4cf80d@2000.com.cwep> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Meg P. Wise" <cwep@nni.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:296] Re: Standards-Based Reform on EFF list X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 3431 Lines: 100 ----- Original Message ----- From: Barbara Garner <Barbara_Garner@jsi.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Friday, October 13, 2000 7:31 AM Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:295] Standards-Based Reform on EFF list > I've been asked to post this. Check back to Volume 3, Issue C, on > Standards Based Reform for an overview. > ************ > If you're interested in EFF or in standards-based reform in general, > > Regie Stites is going to respond to questions about the Equipped for > the Future (EFF) Standards and > standards-based educational reform on the NIFL-EFF electronic > discussion list. Subscribe via the NIFL/Lincs website at > http://nifl.gov. > > Regie Stites is an Educational Researcher in the Center for Education > and > Human Services of SRI International. Dr. Stites is a specialist in > literacy > studies with a background in cultural anthropology and applied > linguistics. > He received his Ph.D. in Education from the University of California, > Los > Angeles in 1992. Prior to coming to SRI, Dr. Stites was a Research > Associate > in the National Center for Research on Standards and Student Testing > (CRESST) > at UCLA and a Senior Researcher in the National Center on Adult > Literacy and > International Literacy Institute at the University of Pennsylvania. > He also > has experience as a college instructor and as a teacher of English to > > speakers of other languages in the USA and in the Peoples Republic of > China. > His current research focuses on applications of educational > technology and on > assessment and policy issues in literacy and adult basic education. > > Dr. Stites was an advisor to the Mayors Commission on Literacys work > on the > EFF Citizen/Community Member Role Map. He is the author of the 1999 > Focus on > Basics article: A User's Guide to Standards-Based Educational Reform: > >From > Theory to Practice, located at: > <http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/fob/1999/regiestites.html>. > He is now assisting EFF in planning assessment development and > validation > processes. > > Here's the format for this activity: > > 1. NIFL-4EFFers, please post your questions for Regie no later than > 10/17. > > 2. Regie will post his responses on a few different occasions, 10/17 > to 10/23. > > 3. Regie has also agreed to continue as a participant in an open 4EFF > > discussion, 10/23 to 10/29. > > Here's a short list of topics that Regie Stities and I think are of > interest > to the NIFL-4EFF Discussion List and that he would enjoy discussing > with us. > Please post your questions for Regie in these areas: > > - the role of assessment in standards-based educational reform > - ways of judging the validity of an assessment > - differences between 'traditional' and performance-based assessment > - aligning instruction and assessment with the EFF Standards > > Regie will also respond to questions about the role of technology in > > supporting learning aligned with the EFF Standards. > > Post your questions for Regie by October 17th. > > Thanks, > Ronna > > Ronna G. Spacone > NIFL-4EFF List Moderator > rgspacone@aol.com > Phone 202.338.2703 > > ****************************** > > Barbara Garner phone (617) 482-9485 > World Education fax (617) 482-0617 > 44 Farnsworth Street e-mail bgarner@worlded.org > Boston, MA 02210-1211 >
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