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From: "Peter MacMonagle" <Peter_MacMonagle@cpcc.cc.nc.us>
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Subject: [NIFL-ESL:2713] RE: CASAS
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Hello again,
I'll tag onto these messages for this conversation.
My resident CASAS expert has just explained to me that the test was developed in California to take a "snapshot" of an adult learner's competencies. The large ESL population merely assisted the test's entry into diagnosing the adult ESL learner's language needs. Rather than curriculum driven, the need for the test was driven by agencies who operated oustide the school system and needed a way of determining what they needed to teach the adult learner.
The test, the diagonistics and the list of competencies are designed to be a springboard to teaching. All this may be obvious to many of you, but it does clarify for me that when I use a test in an adult classroom I am not trying to tie it to what the student may or may not have learned in junior high school.
As I learn to use the content analyses and diagnostics myself, I hope to be better able to meet the specific needs of my adult learners - ESL or not.
Peter
Peter MacMonagle
Workplace Basic Skills Instructor
Central Piedmont CC: Charlotte, NC USA
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>>> "LANETTE S VAN" <lsvan@dmacc.cc.ia.us> 12/04/98 01:10PM >>>
Date: Fri, 4 Dec 1998 10:25:28 -0500 (EST)
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From: "Janet Blake" <blakej@mail.seminole.cc.fl.us>
To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>
Subject: [NIFL-ESL:2706] RE: CASAS
I have only heard of CASAS mentioned in the context of ESOL.
>>> "Teresita Marchisello" <litcat@cruzio.com> 12/03 9:32 PM >>>
Myra Baum wrote:
I believe CASAS was designed for a population whose first language is English,
and not an ESL population. Can anyone confirm this?
Myra Baum
I don't think so. We always use CASAS as one of our assessment tools for our ESL classes. It is my understanding that CASAS is intended for ESL assessment. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Teresita Marchisello
Watsonville Adult School
Watsonville, CA
CASAS has multiple components for the different populations we serve
in Adult Basic Education. In Iowa, we use it in literacy and
pre-GED/GED instruction as well as for ESL. In our particular
program, we're also using it at some sites with special needs adult
learners.
The life skills identified by CASAS are applicable to the needs of
many adult learners in ABE. In a learner-centered program, they
provide a base from which adults can identify/clarify their goals and
the needed literacy skills - reading, writing, numeracy, English -
can be taught.
Lanette Van
Des Moines Area Community College
Adult Literacy Program
Ankeny, Iowa
lsvan@dmacc.cc.ia.us
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