Donna, Marie and Everyone,
 
You can get these documents on the NRS web site. http://www.nrsweb.org.
Look under What's New.
 
Larry Condelli
NRS Project Director

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From: assessment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:assessment-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of Marie Cora
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 4:28 PM
To: 'The Assessment Discussion List'
Subject: [Assessment 849] Re: NRS Guidelines for DL


Hi everyone,
 
You will notice that the attachments Donna mentions were not attached!
(Thanks Donna!!)  We are trying to avoid sending attachments via the
emails because some people's systems are not prepared to handle this
type of thing.
 
I am working on having the documents Donna talks about posted at the
same site where the rest of the information for this discussion is.
I'll let you know as soon as they are up there.  In the meantime,
perhaps some of you are already aware of the new guidelines or have
access to them.
 
Thanks,
Marie Cora
Assessment Discussion List Moderator
 
 
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From: assessment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:assessment-bounces at nifl.gov]
On Behalf Of Cornellier, Donna
Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2007 4:09 PM
To: The Assessment Discussion List
Subject: [Assessment 848] Re: Questions for discussion
 
Hi Marie,
 
I've attached the new NRS Guidelines for Distance Learning that were
sent out to State Directors on June 6, 2007 with a memo from Cheryl
Keenan.  The distance education policy includes a definition of distance
learners, guidance on how to measure contact hours for the learners, and
describes assessment and reporting requirements which are summarized in
the memo.  It will be an interesting discussion around how states
implement these policies, and you have posed some great questions below.
 
Thanks,
Donna Cornellier
Massachusetts NRS Trainer  
 
 
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From: Marie Cora [mailto:marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com] 
Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2007 10:34 AM
To: Assessment at nifl.gov
Subject: [Assessment 834] Questions for discussion
Hi everyone,
 
It's very quiet out there!  I've had many new subscribers join our List,
so I know this is of interest to you all.   I know you have questions
and I know you have experiences to share.  Please post them now!
 
Here is one of my questions for this discussion, which actually has
already been asked within the suggested preparations by our guests
Shannon and Jennifer:
 
Post-testing:  How is this done?  How do you get that important
follow-up measure from students?  I have experience in DL within
professional development only (not with ABE/ESOL students) - and I know
how difficult follow-up is with the professional population.  The same
goes for regular classroom-based programs - getting full test scores can
be really hard.  So I am extremely interested in hearing from folks
about the strategies and methods they use to get DL students to complete
the full cycle including the post-test.
 
Do federal requirements allow for any flexibility/creativity in this
regard?  Can you use formative assessment and other types of measures to
help demonstrate achievement?
 
Do Project IDEAL states do their assessment in the same way, or are you
able to alter your approach depending on certain things (levels of
funding; timing; some F2F ("face-to-face")/no F2F; staffing; etc)?
 
Thanks!!


Marie Cora
 
 
 
Marie Cora
marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com <mailto:marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com> 
NIFL Assessment Discussion List Moderator
http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/assessment
Coordinator, LINCS Assessment Special Collection
http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/
 
 
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