Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id PAA27307; Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:45:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 15:45:02 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s843e5b0.067@cal.org> Errors-To: listowner@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: "Fran Keenan" <fran@cal.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:3802] new Focus on Basics now on the web X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5 Status: RO Content-Length: 1738 Lines: 49 from Barbara Garner: The newest issue of Focus on Basics, on standards-based education, is now available on NCSALL's website, at http://www.gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall In the issue, Regie Stites provides an overview of standards-based education, defining performance standards, content standards, and opportunity to learn standards. Sondra Stein of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) writes about this history of Equipped for the Future (EFF), and its role in system change on the national level. Jane Meyer discusses her Canton, Ohio, Evenstart program's use of a standards-based approach, explaining that EFF has made it much easier for everyone involved--learners, teachers, and administrators---to articulate clearly what they are accomplishing. Jim Carabell, from Vermont, describes his slow conversion to a standards-based approach in the article "Confessions of a Reluctant Standard Bearer". Math teacher Esther Leonelli writes about how she became involved in the math standards movement, and presents examples of math activities that represent values embodies in the NCTM math standards. In an interview with Brian Kane, of Washington state, we learn about the challenges and rewards of implementing a standards-based approach on the state level. Focus on Research looks at the action reseach being done by three sets of teachers in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia, as they struggle to develop methods to document learner outcomes that can be useful at a system level. Barbara Garner ****************************** Barbara Garner phone (617) 482-9485 World Education fax (617) 482-0617 44 Farnsworth Street e-mail bgarner@worlded.org Boston, MA 02210-1211
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