Ingrid, 

 

Are these ESOL Literacy-level students able to read and write in their
home language?  If not, Florida practitioners have developed a placement
tool and a set of instructional standards designed for students who are
beginning to learn to read and write for the first time in any language.
You can find these documents at the Florida Department of Education,
Office of Adult Education website and the Florida Adult ESOL
Practitioners' Task Force website.

 

The method that Florida programs use to show learning gains for these
low-literacy level students is by using the benchmarks of the Literacy
Skills course.  When a student has "satisfactorily" mastered the
benchmarks of the course standards, the program provides documentation
of that "learning gain" to the state.  This course is not funded with
federal dollars, so we do not require the program to use a "major
standardized test" to show learning gains.   We do recommend that local
programs develop their own assessment procedures for use at their
program.  This is to ensure that all students are assessed using the
same procedures.  Some programs use textbook tests with portfolio work
to show student learning gains.

 

I would welcome hearing from other programs with literacy level
students.  This area is new ground for us, and we have a larger number
of students each year that are at the literacy level.  Any ideas from
others can certainly help.

 

Native Language Literacy Screening Tool

FL DOE WEBSITE:  http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/pdf/vocscr.pdf 

TASK FORCE WEBSITE:
http://www.floridaadultesol.org/Downloads/WordDocs/nativeLanguageLiterac
y.doc 

 

Literacy for Adult ESOL Learners course

FL DOE WEBSITE:  http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/dwdframe/ad_frame.asp 

TASK FORCE WEBSITE: http://www.floridaadultesol.org/studentSyllabi.html 

 

User Guide for Literacy Skills for Adult ESOL Learners course

TASK FORCE WEBSITE: http://www.floridaadultesol.org/userGuides.html 

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

Philip Anderson

Adult ESOL Program

Florida Department of Education

Tel (850) 245-9450


 

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From: Rodrick Beiler, Ingrid
[mailto:Ingrid.RodrickBeiler at montgomerycountymd.gov] 
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 10:08 AM
To: assessment at nifl.gov
Subject: [Assessment 1353] Pre- / post-testing options for
ESOLliteracy-level students

 

Hello 

I am looking for low-cost options for pre- and post-testing
literacy-level adult ESOL students. Does anyone have suggestions? It
does not need to be a major standardized test.

Thanks, 
Ingrid Rodrick Beiler 

Ingrid Rodrick Beiler 
ESOL Coordinator 
Linkages to Learning 
51 Monroe Street, Suite 1700 
Rockville, MD 20850 
Phone: (240) 777-1110 
Fax: (240) 777-1111 
ingrid.rodrickbeiler at montgomerycountymd.gov
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