Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id f1IGOE907805; Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:24:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2001 11:24:14 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3A8FF5D7.F2F16D93@snet.net> 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: Aileen Halloran <aileenh@snet.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:5580] Re: Citizenship Testing Changes X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (Win95; U) Status: O Content-Length: 2054 Lines: 35 I'm from Ct and I'm wondering if these changes will occur in other states or is this just in Illinois? Peggy Dean wrote: > At the January 26 meeting of the Citizenship Educators Interest Group, > facilitated by the Adult Learning Resource Center in Des Plaines Illinois, > an INS Supervisor announced that a series of procedural changes have just > been released concerning the dictation and reading portions of INS > naturalization testing. The changes include the following points: > * The key to determining that a dictated sentence is > acceptable or passing will be the ability of a "reasonable person" to > decipher the meaning of the sentence. This will permit phonetic spelling. > Punctuation and capitalization will not disqualify a sentence as long as it > does not affect its meaning. > * If an applicant is unable to write the sentence read by the > adjudicator, a second sentence will be read for dictation. If the applicant > is unable to write that sentence, a third and final sentence will be given. > Only one correctly written sentence is necessary to pass. > * In order to reject all attempts made by an applicant to > write the dictation sentence(s), a supervisor must review the writing and > agree that they fail to accurately communicate their meaning. > * Applicants will be asked to read one sentence. If they are > unable to read the sentence given, a second sentence will be selected by the > adjudicator. If the applicant is unable to read the second sentence, a > third and final sentence will be designated. > * The Chicago district will continue to use the list of 30 > sentences that have been designated as the only source for dictation and > reading testing. > These changes are now in effect in the Chicago district. We understand that > their implementation is system wide. The response to the changes by > applicants has been very positive. If you have questions, contact Peggy > Dean, at the Adult Learning Resource Center, 847-803-3535. >
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