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From: Ann Woody <annwoody@texas.net>
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Subject: [NIFL-ESL:4601] Re: BEST/CASAS tests
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I know this is not an original question, but I've just changed e-mail
accounts and would like to unsubscribe from (and then Resubscribe to) this
list serve.
Thanks very much.
Ann Woody
annwoody@texas.net)At 07:46 PM 6/16/00 -0400, you wrote:
>
>Sherry,
>
>Robert Pinhero has posted the websites for both BEST and CASAS earlier this
>week.
>
>Information on the Casas, including purchasing information, is found at
>http://www.casas.org/.
>
>Information on the BEST is available on the Center for Applied linguistics
>website at http://www.cal.org/public/bestest.htm. CAL is presently
>planning a new electronic version of the BEST--one that will discriminate
>levels of proficiency than those measured by the current test. Some of
>this information is pasted below.
>(You can find fuller information on the existing test, including ordering
>information, on the web site.)
>
>Marianne
>
>>From the CAL website:
>
> Computer-Assisted Oral Assessment
> for Adult English Language Learners
>
> FUNDER:
>
> U.S. Department of Education, Office of Vocational and
>Adult
> Education
>
> CAL is developing a prototype for a performance-based
>computer-assisted oral
> assessment instrument for adult English language learners
>that is based on the Basic
> English Skills Test (BEST). The goal of this phase of the
>project is to build a prototype
> of this instrument, not a working test, that will be a
>more adaptable assessment
> instrument. It will make use of technology to allow
>sufficient items to cover a variety of
> proficiency levels and content domains (including family,
>community, and workplace)
> and to prevent test memorization by students while
>remaining practical to administer.
> The prototype will be in accordance with the requirements
>of the National Reporting
> System and with the needs of local programs to provide
>data on learner progress and
> achievement for comparison across programs within and
>across states. Such data will
> serve as a tool for programs to use in dealing with
>issues of accountability. In addition,
> CAL will draft a description of a print-based version of
>the instrument and discuss its
> uses and limitations. The prototype of the assessment
>will be completed in June, 2000.
>
> The BEST was developed during the early 1980's by the
>Center for Applied
> Linguistics (CAL) as a means of assessing the English
>language proficiency of
> immigrants and refugees who were entering the United
>States at that time. The BEST
> contains two parts, an oral interview section and a
>literacy section. This test was
> original in that it made use of authentic survival
>language situations, such as asking for
> directions, counting money, and telling time. In
>addition, it discriminated well at lower
> English proficiency levels.
>
> CONTACT PEOPLE:
>
> Project Director: Dorry Kenyon
> Test Content Specialist: Carol Van Duzer
> Language Test Development Coordinator: Jill Wooddell
>
> For more information about this project, contact:
>
> Jill Wooddell
> Carol Van Duzer
> Center for Applied Linguistics
> 4646 40th St. NW
> Washington, DC 20016-1859
> Tel. (202) 362-0700
>
> Learn more about CAL's current test development projects
>and available testing
> materials.
>
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> Last Updated: 11/3/99, more information at
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> Sherry Migdail
> <shermigd@erols. To: Multiple recipients of
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> com> <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>
> Sent by: cc:
> nifl-esl@literac Subject: [NIFL-ESL:4575]
Re: BEST/CASAS
> y.nifl.gov tests
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> 06/16/00 04:19
> PM
> Please respond
> to nifl-esl
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>
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>
>
>
>The Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington DC was working with a
>newer
>version of BEST - try them.
>SR Migdail
>
>Jennifer Pour wrote:
>
>> I'm looking for where to buy the newest version of the BEST and to
>examine
>> CASAS for possible adoptions at our adult ed ESL program.
>>
>> Does anyone know where I could order these tests?
>>
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Jennifer Pour
>> Lutheran Settlement House
>>
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