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 iB6LUGH07476; Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:30:16 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2004 16:30:16 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <s1b46bc1.061@ontario-mail.tvcc.cc> 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: "Mona Curtis" <MCurtis@tvcc.cc> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:10634] Re: "advanced" students:GED, or what? X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise Internet Agent 6.5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1396 Lines: 47 We have quite a few students in similar positions. In our program, we can keep them as ESL and report gains in Reading and Writing. Mona Curtis ESL Coordinator Treasure Valley Community College 650 College Blvd. Ontario, OR 97914 www.tvcc.cc 541-881-8822 x 316 fax 541-881-2747 >>> maryk@clear.lakes.com 12/05/04 10:25AM >>> For the first time ever, we have a few students in our 4-level community-based program who are testing at CASAS SPL 8, and we're uncertain what to do with them. The solution that would allow for state-mandated documentation of level advancement is transitioning them to GED, but, A) their actual reading level is much lower than their CASAS score would indicate -- 3rd grade NS materials are a challenge; B) none of these current students have academic goals beyond our program; and, C) their real needs are oral fluency, social skills and job- or child-related reading and writing. So my 2 questions are, if we go the GED route, what texts and/or software have you found useful in making this (huge) transition? -- and, what are the rest of you doing with your non-college-bound ESL population that has reached the top of the CASAS or other state-mandated scale (and cannot, therefore, show further documented progress that counts toward program funding)? Thanks in advance for all suggestions and wisdom. Mari Kylo Austin Community Ed/ABE/ESL
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