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 j95HQFG10562; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:26:15 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 13:26:15 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20051005172404.13064.qmail@web34714.mail.mud.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: Nancy Hansen <sfallsliteracy@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:1250] RE: New Computerized Literacy Tests X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 3110 Lines: 112 Hello Marie, For those who are new to the assessment and testing topic, please tell us what the two following organization abbreviations mean: <<...ETS and researchers from AIR are right now looking at the alignment of the NRS levels with these tests. ...>> I also have a question to those who test using computers: Do you find the skills of the learner who has had next to NO exposure to computers and LITTLE literacy skills are accurately being portrayed via this style testing? I have men and women in our adult literacy program who had never sat down at a computer - much less used a mouse before. I cannot imagine that their extensive life skills would be evaluated appropriately when they hit and miss at the computer - sometimes even striking incorrect keys. Nancy Hansen Sioux Falls Area Literacy Council sfallsliteracy@yahoo.com --- Marie Cora <marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com> wrote: > Hi Debbie, > > Yes, the TALS is already approved for use with the > NRS - but actually, > I'm unsure if that test (paper/pencil version) is > still available. > Anyone? I'll also see if I can find out about that. > > What is in process presently is the approval for > using the two new > computerized versions (PDQ Profile Series and the > Health Activities > Literacy Test) for the NRS. ETS and researchers > from AIR are right now > looking at the alignment of the NRS levels with > these tests. From > there, these two groups make the necessary > adjustments, or approve the > use, or reject the use. The info I was able to find > out is that this > process should be completed during this fall. > > It is my understanding that staff at AIR who are in > charge of the NRS > are the folks who ultimately make the decision to > approve a particular > test for use, or not. > > mariE :) > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-assessment@nifl.gov > [mailto:nifl-assessment@nifl.gov] On > Behalf Of Debbie Yoho > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:51 AM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:1243] RE: New Computerized > Literacy Tests > > >From Maria: > > "The TALS is acceptable to the NRS... It would > appear that > these can be used for the NRS - I believe that this > is the effort in > motion right now: to give the official OK for use > with the National > Reporting System." > > Maria, can you clarify? Is the TALS already > approved for the NRS, or is > this only in process? And if in process, do you > know when a decision > may > be made? And by the way, who approves which tests > are allowed for NRS > purposes? Thanks. > > "Turning Pages into Possibilities", Debbie > > Deborah W. Yoho > Co-moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv > Executive Director, Greater Columbia Literacy > Council > Past President, SC Adult Literacy Educators > 2728 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29205 > 803-765-2555 Fax 803-799-8417 > dwyoho@earthlink.net > > GCLC is a community service of Volunteers of America > of the Carolinas. > > > > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
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