Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.0.Beta5/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id KAA29709; Mon, 7 Dec 1998 10:15:08 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 7 Dec 1998 10:15:08 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s66bab72.003@cal.org> Errors-To: lmann@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Miriam Burt <miriam@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:2727] RE: CASAS -Reply X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 4.1 Agnes Precure wrote that CASAS was originally developed for ESL populations. I don't believer that this is quite accurate. Whereas the listening test was developed for ESL learners, weren't the reading and the math tests originally developed for native speaker (ABE) learners? Can someone from CASAS verify this? Miriam Burt National Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education Center for Applied Linguistics 4646 40th Street NW Washington, DC 20016 visit NCLE on the World Wide Web at www.cal.org/ncle
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Tue Jan 11 2000 - 13:27:28 EST