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 iANJQQQ01469; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:26:26 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 14:26:26 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s1a31dec.009@fg-pdx01.pt-home.us.future-gate.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: "Katrina Hinson" <khinson@future-gate.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:758] Re: LD Assessment X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 2060 Lines: 54 I have a question regarding Assessment that's not directly related to LD...but I think is a good question none the less. The school I work at, uses TABE as it's intake assessment and they are to be post tested every 6 months and no earlier than every 50 hours of instruction. What happens when you have students that are enrolled in a program for several years and actually memorize the different forms of the test? Most commonly, our students are tested on 7D and 8D on a rotating basis, so by the time someone has been there for 2.5 years they've seen the same assessment test more than once. It seems to me it becomes less valid the more they see it - especially when their TABE level increases yet their ability in the classroom setting definitively contradicts what the TABE says they should be able to do. What do you do? <Anyone?> We also have students that we know have LD but no documentation and little to no funding to get them tested. What then? Katrina Hinson >>> prwhite@MadisonCounty.NET 11/23/04 1:27:50 PM >>> The Office of Vocational and Adult Education (OVAE) initiated a series of meetings over a year ago to encourage state adult education systems to address policies regarding service provision for adult students with learning disabilities. I'm wondering if any states have questions regarding assessment issues....intake (TABE?), screening for LD, instructional and testing accommodations, referring for diagnosis, etc.....that could be addressed via this discussion group. I have been involved with the development of policies regarding LD and adult education in Arkansas for ten years and can address some of the questions. Other states (Ohio leaps to mind) have also developed state policies in this area. Our policy manual is online at http://aalrc.org/resources/ld/policyManual/index.aspx, although it is in the process of a few minor changes that should be online soon. Any questions or comments? Patti White Disabilities Project Manager Arkansas Adult Learning Resource Center prwhite@madisoncounty.net
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