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 iAO24vQ14583; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:04:57 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 21:04:57 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <1101261593.413666644.475.sendItem@bloglines.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: PHCSJean.2163953@bloglines.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:763] 2nd-3rd GE plateau for ABE? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain Status: O Content-Length: 935 Lines: 25 Hi colleagues. Last night I was reading an article by a tutor who commented "People who can't read well consistently test at the second or third grade level regardless of age or schooling." Do you see validity in that? Have you seen that in your centers? I know as a past elementary teacher that there's a huge step up in that level. I'm wondering what the barrier could be for our students if this is indeed the plateau they hit the wall at. The article isn't from a scholarly publication, but one I found on a database (maybe even Google Scholar--check that out if you haven't yet) so I'm not sure who validated this besides the author, but it does seem to be a plausible hypothesis. I'd love to know what you think. The article: McKinney, Martha. At a loss for words: The desperate world of adult non-readers. ETC. Summer 2001, p 168-171 Thanks! Jean Marrapodi Providence Assembly of God Adult Learning Center Providence, RI
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