Return-Path: <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id h68IpeC00649; Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:51:41 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2003 14:51:41 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <B3EFE59E2F73A84CB656C770840643030122F5@fegsmail4.fegs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Hacker, Emily" <EHacker@fegs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-technology@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-TECHNOLOGY:2918] Assessment Web Site X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 2757 Lines: 61 News from NIFL: NOT THE USUAL KIND OF ASSESSMENT. "Assessment Strategies and Reading Profiles" is a new web site funded by NIFL's Partnership for Reading project, through a grant to the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy. The web site is for adult education practitioners on the DIAGNOSTIC assessment of reading. As an interactive site, teachers are able to find out about a learner's reading strengths and needs when they enter a learner's scores on a few reading sub-skills. The learner is matched to one of 11 groups of ABE participants from the Adult Reading Component Study (ARCS) who show a similar pattern of scores. Information about the matched ARCS group highlights the focus of instruction for the learner being assessed. The site also offers a mini-course in reading, resources and references to research. The ARCS was a study done by NCSALL researchers that assessed the reading and language skills of nearly 1000 adult learners in seven states. The researchers grouped these learners based on the similarity of their reading profiles, yielding a rich portrait of the types of readers found in adult education classes. The "Assessment Strategies and Reading Profiles" site has more information about the ARCS. Try the site http://www.nifl.gov/readingprofiles/ and give us your feedback Rosalind Davidson Research Associate National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy Harvard Graduate School of Education Nichols House Cambridge, MA 02138 ************************************************************ Emily Hacker Moderator - NIFL Technology Director, Learning Technologies F.E.G.S (212)366-8122 ehacker@fegs.org ******************************************************************* Please List Your Job Openings with FEGS at (212)366-8039 If You Are interested in Making a Donation to FEGS to Help Us Continue To Provide Essential Crisis Support Services, please contact Gail Magaliff, COO at (212)366-8551 or send an e-email to gmagaliff@fegs.org PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT www.fegs.org ************************NOTE************************************** The information contained in this email message is intended only for use of the addressee(s) named above. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify us by tel (212-366-8400), and discard the original message. Thank you for your cooperation. *******************************************************************
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