[NIFL-ESL:8231] Re: intake placement instruments

From: Abigail Tom (abtom@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Oct 16 2002 - 15:23:32 EDT


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Why can't you use the Best?  We use it to assess reading and writing and use
a short interview for oral skills.  Abbie Tom

--Abbie Tom
  Durham Technical Community College
  Durham, NC, USA
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>From: Cheryl Pyburn <cpyburn7@yahoo.com>
>To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov>
>Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8230] intake placement instruments
>Date: Wed, Oct 16, 2002, 2:57 PM
>

> Hi everyone.
>
> Any ideas about what to use for an initial placement
> instrument since we can no longer use the BEST for
> ESOL placement?  Right now our counselors are placing
> students in classes based on a short conversation and
> some sample writing; however, this doesn't seem to be
> working -- students are being placed in classes that
> are too low for them.
>
> What do other learning centers use?  Thanks.
>
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> Operation Bootstrap
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