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 h5BLqQC03950; Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:52:26 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 17:52:26 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20030611170917.02b882f0@pop.utk.edu> 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: Brenda Bell <bsbell@utk.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2370] Re: Future of EFF X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 5595 Lines: 131 Allan - and others: Thank you for these clarifying questions. First, some background: WIA reauthorization is in process. The House passed their version of the bill, and the Senate is expected to begin working on their version this summer. (Perhaps someone else on this list has more definite information and will post it). The Senate will most likely not adopt the House version and will create a different piece of legislation, so the two versions of the bill will go to the Conference Committee for the final version to be agreed upon. In response to your specific questions: No, the National Institute for Literacy's funding for EFF has not stopped. We expect the EFF Center for Training and Technical Assistance at the Center for Literacy Studies to receive funding for one more year, the 2003-04 federal fiscal year. By September, 2004, the EFF Center will be self-sufficient - or, at least not dependent on funding from NIFL. The Assessment Consortium's contract runs through April 2004, during which time we will complete our major pieces of work. Additional work may continue through SRI. As you know we have just completed piloting 60 performance assessment tasks in programs in five states (thanks to the good work of your colleagues in Washington state!). This summer the data is being analyzed and in the fall we will make available the RWU assessment prototype. The EFF Institute on Standards-Based Instruction and Assessment in Reading and Math, August 25-27, will provide an excellent opportunity for state agencies and organizations to learn more about what EFF has to offer, with regard to your comment about federal requirements. For more information on the Institute, go to cls.coe.utk.edu/eff2003. Let me know if you have other questions. Brenda Brenda Bell, Associate Director, Center for Literacy Studies Co-Director, EFF Assessment Consortium Management Team, EFF Center for Training and Technical Assistance office/voice mail 865-974-6654 fax 865-974-3857 bsbell@utk.edu At 01:34 PM 6/11/03 -0400, you wrote: >Brenda: > >Perhaps I missed what the Congress finally did with the reauthorization of >WIA, but has government funding for EFF been stopped, finally and >officially? And how will this affect the EFF Assessment Project now that >they are completing review of their reading tasks, and now that the feds >are stating that we all must use standardized tests? > >Allan French >South Seattle Community College > >-----Original Message----- >From: Brenda Bell [mailto:bsbell@utk.edu] >Sent: Thursday, June 05, 2003 1:55 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list >Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2345] Re: uture of EFF > > >Jeannette and Bonnie (and others), > >EFF is committed to a long and healthy future! The EFF Center for Training >and Technical Assistance, located here at the Center for Literacy Studies, >does not have any plans to reduce our work after the formal NIFL funding >ends in 2004. We are engaged in securing additional sources of funding and >want to work with states and organizations to find mutually beneficial ways >of continuing the work of implementing EFF. > >We will continue to work with states like Maine, where you live, whose >fiscal realities have meant a change in staffing. EFF staff will >participate in the Maine Summer Institute in a few weeks -- and we know >that our partners in Maine remain solidly supportive of EFF and are >planning to continue to integrate EFF into professional development >opportunities in the state. > >Thank you for your support and for raising these concerns! > >Brenda Bell >EFF Management Team >Center for Literacy Studies > >At 03:44 PM 6/5/03 -0400, Bonnie Fortini wrote: > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > >Hello Jeanette and all, > >I, too, am distressed by the cuts in funding and human resources that will > >impact the continuing formal integration and implementation of EFF into > adult > >education programs and beyond. Given the source of EFF (real people > >living real > >lives) it will never disappear, sort of following the tradition that > >everything > >that went into EFF was recognized and validated rather than having been > >"invented." I've long held the belief that EFF belongs in K-12 as well as > >adult education and hope that the connections along those lines here in > Maine > >will continue to be looked at and strengthened. Having the 4-EFF > listserve to > >reach out to others for input and reaction will be a great help, and I join > >Jeanette in hoping to have this valuable resource continue. > >Bonnie Fortini > >bfortini@msln.net > > > >Quoting Jeanette Baldridge <ginet_b@hotmail.com>: > > > > > The recent silence has been discouraging, and I wrote to > > > > > > Meta off the list asking if anyone else was experiencing severe > cutbacks in > > > > > > funding for EFF initiatives and training as we are here in Maine. I'm > > > surprised that there has been no mention of similar situations. After > years > > > > > > of struggling with EFF ideas and practices, the postings on this list, as > > > well as the many knowledgeable people presenting workshops here in Maine, > > > have helped to make EFF an intrical part of our small program. I do not > > want > > > > > > to see this valuable teaching philosophy disappear because trainers and > > > resources can no longer be funded. > > > > > > I look forward to reading the postings on this list every day. I hope it > > > will continue. > > > > >Delete | Reply | Reply to All | Forward | Redirect | Blacklist
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