Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fA22VD026150; Thu, 1 Nov 2001 21:31:13 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2001 21:31:13 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.2.2.20011101213039.00a3cb80@postoffice.worldnet.att.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Ronna G. Spacone" <rgspacone@worldnet.att.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:1889] Steps Forward Reported X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.2 Status: O Content-Length: 3585 Lines: 42 The latest issue of e*literacy, a monthly electronic newsletter from the National Institute for Literacy, is now available at: www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/01_11_01.html. The table of contents and one article about the National Academy of Science's Board on Testing and Assessment and the first meeting of its new Committee on Quality Measures for Alternative Assessments of Adult Literacy. This was an important step in making it easier for states to use Equipped for the Future (EFF) standards and still meet the reporting requirements of the National Reporting System (NRS). CONTENTS: NICHD-NIA-NIFL INVEST $3.3 MILLION IN ADULT AND FAMILY LITERACY RESEARCH NIFL AND LEARNING DISABILITIES ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE NEW COLLABORATION NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TAKES ON ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENTS OF ADULT LITERACY LINCS UPDATES GRANTS AND FUNDING INFORMATION LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: CONGRESS MOVES FORWARD ON EDUCATION FUNDING BILLS LITERACY IN THE NEWS: GED CHANGES COMING IN JANUARY COMING SOON: PREVIEW OF UPCOMING NIFL PUBLICATIONS CALENDAR: NOVEMBER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS ********************************************************* NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES TAKES ON ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENTS OF ADULT LITERACY On October 27, the National Academy of Science's Board on Testing and Assessment convened the first meeting of a new Committee on Quality Measures for Alternative Assessments of Adult Literacy. This was an important step in making it easier for states to use Equipped for the Future (EFF)standards and still meet the reporting requirements of the National Reporting System (NRS). Sponsored by the Division on Adult Education and Literacy (DAEL) of the Department of Education's Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE)and NIFL, the Committee is conducting an independent review of the state-of-the-practice in order to provide guidance on the design, development, and administration of performance assessments that can lead to the reporting of valid and comparable results on the NRS. DAEL will draw on the work of the Committee to issue guidance to State Directors of Adult Education who use alternative assessments to measure and report learning gains through the NRS. NIFL will draw on the Committee's work to assure that performance assessments developed to measure progress on EFF Standards are consistent with quality standards put forth by DAEL and of the highest quality. This project complements field research currently underway in the EFF/NRS Joint Data Collection Project, which aims to improve NRS level descriptors for ABE and ESL for each of the EFF Standards. Taken together, both projects provide the quality tools needed for states to use EFF Standards and performance assessment methods to validly and reliably measure and report learning gains on the NRS. The Committee is chaired by Bob Mislevy, a member of the Board on Testing and Assessment and a national expert in assessment design. Other members of the committee bring expertise in assessment design, particular content domains (such as reading and math), and knowledge of adult literacy field. They are: Judith Alamprese, Lyle Bachman, Bob Bickerton, John Comings, Susan Cowles, Neal Schmitt, and Catherine Snow. Leaders from EFF and the Department of Education also participated. For more information on this committee and its work, visit: http://www4.nas.edu/webcr.nsf/5c50571a75df494485256a95007a091e/3abc212fd2247 60085256ada004c76a8?OpenDocument For more information on EFF standards, visit: http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff/.
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