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 fAIMf7007384; Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:41:07 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2001 17:41:07 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <41200111018224215670@rconnect.com> 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: "Theresa Pruett" <said@rconnect.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:6727] Re: funders wanting measurements X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; X-Mailer: EarthLink MailBox 5.05.11 (Windows) Status: O Content-Length: 2227 Lines: 38 ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Katherine Bombach brings up a very good point about the fact that good testing requires a certain amount of time must pass for accurate re-take. For example, many standardized tests can only be given to a person once every six months. You might want to check with your local community colllege to see what their policy is on giving their Entrance test such as the ASSET or COMPASS. In fact, there is something I believe called digression which is actually the fact that if a person takes a test several times in a short period even if they have the same knowledge their scores will actually go down. You may have a better chance of showing it is invalid to test so frequently than actually trying to convince them to use a teacher-designed curriculum based test. Terry Pruett-Said ESL instructor NE Iowa CC ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=US-ASCII <HTML><HEAD> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.3105.105" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face="Times New Roman" lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF">Katherine Bombach brings up a very good point about the fact that good testing requires a certain amount of time must pass for accurate re-take. For example, many standardized tests can only be given to a person once every six months. You might want to check with your local community colllege to see what their policy is on giving their Entrance test such as the ASSET or COMPASS. In fact, there is something I believe called digression which is actually the fact that if a person takes a test several times in a short period even if they have the same knowledge their scores will actually go down. You may have a better chance of showing it is invalid to test so frequently than actually trying to convince them to use a teacher-designed curriculum based test.</FONT></FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Pruett-Said</DIV> <DIV>ESL instructor</DIV> <DIV>NE Iowa CC</DIV> <DIV><FONT face=arial,helvetica><FONT face="Times New Roman" lang=0 size=3 FAMILY="SERIF"></FONT></FONT> </DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_84815C5ABAF209EF376268C8--
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