Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i9THspa17275; Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:54:51 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:54:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <7b.36ebd922.2eb3dcfc@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: RKenyon721@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4472] Assessment Discussion List Guests X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5000 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 2379 Lines: 65 Hi All, Please note the following news from Marie Cora, Moderator of the NIFL-Assessment Discussion List. Rochelle Kenyon Moderator, NIFL-Learning Disabilities Discussion List _RKenyon721@AOL.com_ (mailto:RKenyon721@AOL.com) The Assessment Discussion List is offering a series of guests for you to have discussion with and pose questions to. All the guests have expertise in various areas of assessment processes and tools. Guests will join myself, the moderator, on the list for one week intervals. We will suggest that you take a look at certain background materials before each guest's appearance. If you have suggestions for either a guest or for a particular assessment topic (I can search out someone with expertise in that area), please do not hesitate to send me that information. Here is the schedule to date: November 8th thru 12th: Equipped for the Future (EFF), with Peggy McGuire, Senior Research Associate, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee. November 17th thru 23rd: Disability Accommodations in ABE, with Patti White, Disabilities Project Manager for the Arkansas Adult Learning Resource Center, and Arkansas Hub Project Coordinator for the National Institute for Literacy's "Bridges to Practice" training project. December 6th thru 10th: CASAS, with Jane Equez, Director of Development and Certified Trainer, CASAS, San Diego, CA. December 13th thru 17th: Test Development and Administration, with April Zenisky, Director of Computer-Based Testing Initiatives, and ABE Test Developer, Center for Educational Assessment, University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Coming in January, February, and March of 2005: -BEST Test and BEST Plus -TABE -Family Literacy -Developing Performance-Based Assessment (PBA) -Writing -Math Please let me know if you have suggestions for either topics or guests!! To subscribe to NIFL-Assessment, visit: _http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/nifl-assessment/assessment.html_ (http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/nifl-assessment/assessment.html) Thanks! marie cora Moderator, NIFL Assessment Discussion List, and Coordinator/Developer LINCS Assessment Special Collection at _http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/_ (http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/) _marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com_ (mailto:marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com)
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