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 j9RIpCG25614; Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:51:12 -0400 (EDT) Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:51:12 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <b312b7a8.51f01ab1.819de00@mirapointms3.wayne.edu> 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: Jennifer Lynn Harper <au2825@wayne.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:11186] Re: Measuring outcomes X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mirapoint Webmail Direct 3.5.6-GR Status: O Content-Length: 1445 Lines: 43 Thanks Don for that insight. I will check out the website you posted. This is very fascinating stuff! Thanks again, Jennifer ---- Original message ---- >Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2005 09:34:02 -0400 (EDT) >From: DonMcCabe@aol.com >Subject: [NIFL-ESL:11184] Re: Measuring outcomes in literacy programs >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> > >In a message dated 10/25/2005 2:38:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, >au2825@wayne.edu writes: >"...We will not be setting >up an actual literacy service, but we need to add certain >components to our written proposal: ex. how we will measure >outcomes. We are trying to find ways of measuring outcomes. We decided >that it is best for literacy students to set their OWN >goals..." > >When people do not know what it is that they don't know but need to know, >they can't set realistic goals. On the other hand, as the literacy expert you >can determine what specific word recognition problems exist using such tools >as AVKO's "Suggested Order for Diagnosis and Remediation of the Simple, Fancy, > and Insane Words." > >This is free up on the spelling.org (www. in front of course) website. Go >the website, click on freebies, click on The Teaching of Reading and Spelling: >a Continuum from Kindergarten through College. Find the appropriate >chapters and click on them. The entire book (all 62 chapters) is up there. > >Don McCabe
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