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 gBJDG2X07349; Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:16:02 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 08:16:02 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <se017ecb.020@MAIL.NYSED.GOV> 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: "Bert Smith" <BSMITH@mail.nysed.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:8399] Re; NYSPLACE Assessment X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5.5 Status: O Content-Length: 593 Lines: 16 Just a caution about NYSPLACE. Many ESL educators in New York State do not like the NYSPLACE when used as an assessment instrument. NYS Ed. Dept will be discontinuing its use for the NRS as a result of the latest Federal review(problems with validity). A workgroup is looking at possible repacements but has just begun its work. Regards, Bert C. Smith Even Start Family Literacy New York State Education Department 518 474-8940 Bsmith@mail.nysed.gov "The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be ignited"--Plutarch 46-120 A.D. >>> eslmax@hotmail.com 12/17/02 06:03PM >>>
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