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 hBEGgMm24200; Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:42:22 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2003 11:42:22 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <300BEB3101730B459922DE1D3B4AED890EE48E@hobbes2.cal.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: "Miriam Burt" <miriam@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9721] Two New Pubs from NCLE on ASsessment and Accountability and Adult English Language Learners X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2456 Lines: 47 New Web Document on Assessment and Accountability Question: What happened on May 16, 2003? Answer: NCLE sponsored a symposium on Assessment and Accountability Issues in adult ESL Instruction http://www.cal.org/ncle/accountability/ Presenters and topics included: · Cheryl Keenan, U.S. Department of Education's Director of Adult Education and Literacy, -- The Department's vision for accountability · Mark Kutner, AIR -The National Assessment of Adult Literacy (NAAL) · Bob Bickerton, Director of Adult Education, state of Massachusetts-MA's ESL curriculum and learner performance standards · Carol Van Duzer, National Center for ESL Literacy Education - The NRS and ESL accountability · Dorry Kenyon, Center for Applied Linguistics - What the research says about about assessing language learners in valid, reliable, and appropriate ways. · Regie Stites, SRI International - Equipped for the Future standards · Linda Taylor, CASAS - The CASAS ESL assessment system · Suzanne Grant, Arlington Education and Employment Program, the REEP Writing Assessment · Dorry Kenyon, Center for Applied Linguistics - The BEST Plus (oral assessment) This Web document is available on line on NCLE's Web page at http://www.cal.org/ncle/accountability/ The document includes links to presenters' powerpoints, and to other relevant sites. NCLE also has a new brief: New Q & A Discusses Four Assessment Issues Raised by the National Reporting System (NRS) As the field of adult English as a second language (ESL) instruction moves towards content standards, program staff and state and national policy makers need to be able to make informed choices about appropriate assessments for adult English language learners. In NCLE's new Q & A, Valid, Reliable, and Appropriate Assessments for Adult English Language Learners, Dorry Kenyon, Director of Language Testing at CAL, and Carol Van Duzer, Adult ESL Assessment Specialist at NCLE, examine these concepts from a language testing perspective as they apply to the NRS. This document can be downloaded on NCLE's Web site at http://www.cal.org/ncle/digests/langassessQA.htm, Or, if you prefer, contact NCLE at the address, phone, fax, and email below and we'll send you a copy. Miriam ****** Miriam Burt National Center for ESL Literacy Education Center for Applied Linguistics 4646 40th Street NW Washington, DC 20016 ncle@cal.org (202) 362-0700, ext. 200 (202) 363-7204 (fax) www.cal.org/ncle
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