[Assessment 1068] Re: TABE TrainingFrederick W. Gibson fgibson4 at student.gsu.eduTue Nov 20 11:41:48 EST 2007
Hello everyone: A dededicated Website to ESL assessment would be: http://www-esl.info/ Assessment by testing is just away to give all of the testing centers in the United State an opportunity to rob (steal money) all of the public and private school system of money spent on testing. Most of the test given have some type of bias or does not adequately represent what is being assessed. Thanks Fred Gibson GSU -----Original Message----- From: "Cindi Al-Tamari" <caltamari at gmail.com> To: "The Assessment Discussion List" <assessment at nifl.gov> Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:47:01 -0800 Subject: [Assessment 1065] Re: TABE Training Hi everyone, I am at graduate student at Fort Hays State University. Currently I am taking a course in assessment and I had a few questions pertaining to assessment of ESL adult learners. I have been reading this listserv since the beginning of the semester, and have found a lot of good information but not as much as I was hoping pertaining to assessment of adult ESL learners. I would greatly appreciate your input on the following questions: 1) How does assessment of adult ESL students vary from assessment of K-12 ESL students? 2) Should there be, or is there, one standard of assessment of adult ESL students or should the assessment vary according to the students motive for studying English? (Communicative purposes vs. academic purposes)? 3) Are there any web sites or previous posts from this listserv that you suggest for more information on adult ESL assessment. 4) What is your view of standardized tests such as the TOEFL etc...Do you feel these tests adequately assess ESL students true level of competency in English? Where do these tests fall short and how can they be improved? Thank you, Cindi ------------------------------- National Institute for Literacy Assessment mailing list Assessment at nifl.gov To unsubscribe or change your subscription settings, please go to http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/assessment Email delivered to fgibson4 at student.gsu.edu
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