Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.9.3/8.9.0.Beta5/980425bjb) with SMTP id RAA00607; Mon, 22 Nov 1999 17:06:01 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 22 Nov 1999 17:06:01 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3839BEF7.DA1F17E@access.mountain.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Sandra Walsh <swalsh@access.mountain.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:2572] Re: NIFL-FAMILY digest 1071 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; U) Status: OR The address given for this is not working. Please check to see if it is correct. nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov wrote: > NIFL-FAMILY Digest 1071 > > Topics covered in this issue include: > > 1) Focus on Basics > by "Nancy Sledd" <nsledd@famlit.org> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Sun, 21 Nov 1999 11:06:46 -0500 > From: "Nancy Sledd" <nsledd@famlit.org> > To: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> > Subject: Focus on Basics > Message-ID: <002301bf343a$69013ea0$640f8dd0@patrick.famlit.org> > > I have tried to post this message on the listserv about three times now, and > it never appears back on my computer. So, if this has already appeared on > the list, please accept my apologies...Nancy Sledd > > The newest issue of Focus on Basics, on standards-based education, is > now available on NCSALL's website, at > http://www.gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall > > In the issue, Regie Stites provides an overview of standards-based > education, defining performance standards, content standards, and > opportunity to learn standards. > > Sondra Stein of the National Institute for Literacy (NIFL) writes > about this history of Equipped for the Future (EFF), and its role in > system change on the national level. > > Jane Meyer discusses her Canton, Ohio, Evenstart program's use of a > standards-based approach, explaining that EFF has made it much easier > for everyone involved--learners, teachers, and administrators---to > articulate clearly what they are accomplishing. > > Jim Carabell, from Vermont, describes his slow conversion to a > standards-based approach in the article "Confessions of a Reluctant > Standard Bearer". > > Math teacher Esther Leonelli writes about how she became involved in > the math standards movement, and presents examples of math activities > that represent values embodies in the NCTM math standards. > > In an interview with Brian Kane, of Washington state, we learn about > the challenges and rewards of implementing a standards-based approach > on the state level. > > Focus on Research looks at the action reseach being done by three > sets of teachers in Tennessee, Kentucky, and Virginia, as they > struggle to develop methods to document learner outcomes that can be > useful at a system level. > > Barbara Garner > ****************************** > Barbara Garner phone (617) 482-9485 > > ------------------------------ > > End of NIFL-FAMILY Digest 1071 > ******************************
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