Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g7DFO7X26372; Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:24:07 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2002 11:24:07 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20020813152011.25150.qmail@web13908.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Sherry Royce <sjroyce@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:182] Re: Assessment X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 2472 Lines: 68 Jennifer: I used a standardized QOLI (Quality of Life Inventory. in a recent study. It is a 32 item short test that can be administered individually or as a group. It asks students to reply to 16 questions that measure their satisfaction with their lives. Question asked for each of the follow areas are: How important is this area (i.e. learning)to your happiness? How satisfied are you with this area (i.e.learning: The areas represented are: Health; self-esteem; money; work; goals and values; children; play; learning; creativity; love; home; friends; relatives; neighborhood; and community. It can be hand-scored and used individually or compared with a standardized sample very similar to our ABE population or to others in your group. There is also room at the end for comments. I know this is not exactly what you asked about but it is a easy to administer for any level student and their answers provide a jumping off place to address goals and challenges. The author is M. Frisch (1994) and it can be obtained from NCS (National Computer Systems) PO Box 1416 Minneapolis, MN 55440 800-627-7271 or www.ncs.com. Sherry sjroyce@comcast.net --- Jennifer Anderson <JAnderson@jcplin.org> wrote: > Greetings, > > My name is Jennifer Morrow with the Johnson County > Public Library Adult Learning Center. I am in the > process of starting an open enrollment GED group > whose focus will be how help students use skills > needed for the GED test in a practical way in their > roles as family members, workers and community > members. I have decided not to assess them with any > standardized test upon entry to the group because I > don't think I could accurately track level gains > with an open enrollment situation. I plan to have > ongoing student reflection and goal setting as a > means of assessing the student progress but I don't > know if that will be enough to make my group grow > and respond to the learners' needs. Does anyone > have an open enrollment group of any kind? What > kind of assessment do you use? How do you assess > how activities are going? Do you keep student > reflections? What kind of facilitator assessment do > you use? Any information or resources would be > greatly appreciated! > > Thanks! > > Jennifer Morrow > Assistant Program Coordinator > Johnson County Public Library > Adult Learning Center __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? HotJobs - Search Thousands of New Jobs
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