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 iBFKQHU06498; Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:26:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:26:17 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05100304bde64b82fa5d@[67.192.254.245]> 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: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:827] CAAL ESL PAPER RELEASED X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 7836 Lines: 152 Colleagues, On Monday the 13th, I posted the following message on the various NIFL listservs shown above. Being a member of all of these listservs, I should have received the message on each listserv myself, but when I double-checked this today, I found that I have received no such messages. I believe the posting actually went went awry due to NIFL security. Thus, I'm reposting the message now. I should stress that NIFL security doesn't permit attachments, so unfortunately I am unable to attach the PDF file to this message. But you can get it by going to the CAAL web site (www.caalusa.org, item 7 in the left homepage column). Should anyone have any trouble accessing the document please let us know with an e-mail to my assistant, bheitner@caalusa.org. Cheers, and happy holidays to you all. New York, NY (12-13-04) - The Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy has today released working paper number 7 in its series of working papers on adult education and community colleges. The paper is titled ADULT ESL AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE. Its authors are JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall of the University of Maryland and Ken Sheppard of the National Foreign Language Center. The main body of the report is 21 pages in length. It is a kind of primer that looks at some of the key issues in community college ESL programming. The full report contains four appendix items including profiles of exemplary ESL programs in five community colleges. A foreword to the paper notes that "ESL is one of the fastest growing areas of need in the community college -- for two kinds of students, ESL adults with basic literacy deficiencies and adults who were well educated in their home countries but need help with their English skills. Most colleges...offer several different types of ESL programs for both groups, but there is little solid understanding of variations and challenges in their management, faculty, curriculum, and assessment. The paper calls for research in several areas -- with the end goal of improving program placement, expanding service, and easing transitions from ESL instruction to GED or college degree and job training programs." Working paper 8 in this series is scheduled for release later this month. It is tentatively titled FORGING NEW PARTNERSHIPS: Adult and Developmental Education in Community Colleges (Hunter Boylan and associates, National Center for Developmental Education). Then, following two years of task force meetings and other work, CAAL's final summary project report is scheduled for release in January or February. It will contain recommendations for adult education, community colleges, and state and federal government. Funding support for CAAL's community college project, and for publication of its related papers, has been provided by McGraw-Hill Companies, the Ford Foundation, Verizon, Inc., the Lumina Foundation for Education, the Nellie-Mae Foundation, Household International, and Harold W. McGraw, Jr. ADULT ESL AND THE COMMUNITY COLLEGE is available in PDF format, along with all other titles in this series, at the CAAL Web site, www.caalusa.org. For the new publication, go to item 7 in the left column of the home page. The other titles (working papers 1 to 6) are listed below: 1. ADULT BASIC EDUCATION & COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN FIVE STATES: A Report from the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System (CASAS) to the Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy. A comparison of selected program characteristics of community college and non-community college programs in five states (Oregon, California, Iowa, Connecticut, and Hawaii) based on comparable data collected by CASAS. Published September 2003. 2. ADULT EDUCATION & LITERACY IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN MASSACHUSETTS: A Case Study for the Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy, by Martin Liebowitz. Massachusetts is a state model in which jurisdiction is based in the State Department of Education. The study describes the way the state's adult education system works and assesses the distinctive role of community colleges in the overall statewide context. Among other variables, institutional factors related to effective performance are identified and assessed, as are strategies for building closer linkages and transitions between adult education programs and community colleges. Published March 2004. 3. THE ROLE OF COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN STATE ADULT EDUCATION SYSTEMS: A National Analysis by Vanessa Smith Morest with Kery Charron, Annika Fasnacht, and Daniella Olibrice of the Community College Research Center of Teachers College at Columbia University.An introduction to the report notes that the study "brings together information on adult education and literacy gathered from several sources, including interviews with state directors of adult education across the country and the National Reporting System (NRS)." The report examines the structure of adult education in the U.S. with special attention to the role of community colleges. Published April 2004. 4. ADULT EDUCATION & LITERACY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGES IN KENTUCKY. Documentation and analysis of the initiative by the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to create a seamless transition between adult education, developmental education, and degree programs at community colleges. The state's initiative aims to construct an articulated course structure, funding and governance system, transition to postsecondary education and job training, and credit system operated jointly by colleges and other providers. Study by CAAL's Forrest Chisman in cooperation with the Kentucky Adult Education Council on Postsecondary Education and the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. Published May 2004. 5. THE ILLINOIS COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM & ADULT EDUCATION by Suzanne Knell and Janet Scogins of the Illinois Literacy Resource Development Center, with assistance from the Illinois Community College Board, 113 pages. The study investigates the same characteristics as the Oregon study. Because Illinois recently transferred responsibility for adult education from its Board of Education to its Community College Board, special emphasis is placed on what considerations led the state to make this change, what difference the change makes in state policy and local programs, and what major implementation issues the state and colleges are facing. In Illinois, 77 percent of adult education and literacy learners are served by community colleges. Illinois is the largest U.S. state in which a community college authority administers adult education services. Published July 2004. 6. OREGON SHINES! Adult Education and Literacy in Oregon Community Colleges. In Oregon, adult education and literacy programs are governed by the state's community college board and by state legislative mandate community colleges provide most of the adult education and literacy service in the state. The study discussed state level policies, management, funding, staff training, quality control measures, the population served, and learning gains. It also examines the management, structure, quality and outcomes of programs managed by selected colleges, with attention to how well they are integrated into mainstream instructional and student services provision by the colleges, how well they are linked to developmental education, and whether (and how) they lead to transitions to enrollment in community college or related degree and job training programs. This 84-page study is by Sharlene Walker and Clare Strawn. Published October 2004. -- -- Gail Spangenberg President Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 46th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610 www.caalusa.org
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