Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h48MWiC07741; Thu, 8 May 2003 18:32:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 18:32:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000001c315b1$43a11250$1a01a8c0@cccchs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8938] RE: Performance assessment X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 1192 Lines: 28 I think this can be valuable for assessing for your own purposes. But it's also a requirement to have a standardized test accepted for state purposes. I use the BEST up to about a level 4, and also the CASAS reading test as assessments, once in October/November and again in April/May. Sylvan Rainwater . mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org Family Literacy Coordinator Clackamas County Children's Commission/Head Start Oregon City, Oregon -----Original Message----- From: nifl-esl@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-esl@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Sarah Polley Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2003 3:18 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8937] RE: Performance assessment We have faced the same assessment issues. We also have three levels of adult ESL. We used to use the BEST test. We have now gone to our own assessment that is loosely based on our intermediate curriculum, but incorporates objectives from all three levels. We use this test as our placement test, and give it again at the end of the semester to measure improvement. We have to keep writing new tests, but we are able to better measure student achievement, and it is a more accurate tool for placing students in our program.
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