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 IAA21171; Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:37:48 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 08:37:48 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <v04210107b4604676a429@[129.81.14.50]> 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: "Lawrence N. Powell" <powell@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:2573] Re: NIFL-FAMILY digest 1071 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: OR The correct address is: http://www.gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/ >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 > > ****************************** Lawrence N. Powell Department of History Tulane University New Orleans, LA 70118 (504) 862-8622 (504) 862-8739 FAX
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