Hello Diana and all,

CTB McGraw-Hill's TABE (Test of Basic Adult Education) Complete Language Assessment System - English (see http://ctb.com/products/product_summary.jsp?FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=1408474395292718&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=1408474395213825&bmUID=1256141523179) was published in 2007.  It comes in 4 levels, each with 2 alternate forms, and has a 16-item Speaking section (in addition to Reading, Listening, and Writing), that you could administer by itself.

If you shared more about the setting you work in, along with any reporting requirements, it would  be easier to make more meaningful recommendations.

Michael
 
Michael A. Gyori 
Maui International Language School 
www.mauilanguage.com




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From: Diana Siemer <esol.siemer at gmail.com>
To: assessment at nifl.gov
Sent: Tue, October 20, 2009 4:13:14 PM
Subject: [Assessment 2236] Adult Basic Oral Survival English Skills - a test?

To Whom it May Concern:

I need a brief oral assessment vehicle that will answer - yes or no - that an adult for whom English is not his/her first language has gained Basic Oral English Survival Skills. I am trying to please non-ESOL superiors, hence the impossible request. What is the best thing out there? Would it be CAL's BEST test - short form, which I know is an old standard, or is there a better, more recently created vehicle? How about the ESLOA from Reader's Press? I'm familiar with the BEST, but never used the ESLOA. Thank you for any help or advice anyone can give.
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Diana Siemer
ESOL Program Coordinator
410-522-2668
dsiemer at cc-md.org



      
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