[NIFL-ESL:2727] RE: CASAS -Reply

From: Miriam Burt (miriam@cal.org)
Date: Mon Dec 07 1998 - 10:15:08 EST


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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
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