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 i1AJDgI22207; Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:13:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:13:42 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <Law9-F30iA5zbRgRVSg0003e2f1@hotmail.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: "Marie Cora" <mariecora@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:337] Hello!/TABE Challenges X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2604 Lines: 50 Dear Assessment List, I am very pleased to introduce myself as your new List moderator. I also presently coordinate the NIFL Special Collection in Assessment (have you visited there yet!?: http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/). My hope is that this Listserv can and will interact with the Collection so that these two invaluable resources can move forward in tandem. A brief note about who I am: I have an M.Ed. in TESL; I've worked in the U.S. and overseas; I've been in professional development since the late 1980's; I've developed and maintained community-based partnership programs whose teachers were all volunteers; most recently I worked for SABES (System of Adult Basic Education Support), the professional development system for Massachusetts ABE, as their assessment specialist. So now that that is out of the way! I have been following a thread of conversation on the new aaace/nla list regarding the TABE. A couple of posts note that it is not reliable; a couple of posts also note that they are approaching things differently - opting to use scale scores rather than GLEs for example. Here is a post from me in reply: Yes, the TABE can be quite problematic - the locator also can be unreliable which then of course affects the rest of the testing process. The Assessment Discussion List would be a great place to carry on - I have seen a handful of posts regarding the TABE here. I do know that a number of states are moving toward using scale scores because they are just more accurate. For some further readings on the TABE, you could go to the NIFL Special Assessment Collection and click on Teacher/Tutor Resources under Assessment Types. Under that same area is a link to Adventures in Assessment which also has a number of articles written about the TABE. Finally, the Massachusetts professional development website (SABES: http://www.sabes.org/assessment/) also has information about the TABE, and also discusses using scale scores. Off the top of my head, these are a few resources - I'm sure others out there have more to share. So I would love to continue this conversation here - I know folks have a lot to say. Are others having similar difficulties with the TABE? How are you dealing with this? Are others moving toward using Scale Scores? Why? How is that getting on? Looking forward to your posts, marie cora NIFL Assessment List Moderator _________________________________________________________________ Keep up with high-tech trends here at "Hook'd on Technology." http://special.msn.com/msnbc/hookedontech.armx
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