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<p><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Discussion Announcement</span></font></u></b><u> <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear
Colleagues, <u><o:p></o:p></u></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'm
pleased to announce the following Guest Discussion, which will be held during
the week of </span></font><st1:date Month="2" Day="4" Year="2008">February 4,
2008</st1:date>.<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span style='font-weight:
bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Topic</span></font></u></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>: <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Strategies
for Innovation in Community College ESL<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Guest Participants</span></font></u></b>: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>JoAnn (Jodi) Crandall<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Professor and Director<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Language, Literacy and Culture Ph.D.
Program<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Director, Peace Corps Master's Intl
Program in ESOL/Bilingual Education<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>University of </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Maryland</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>Baltimore</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
color=black><span style='color:black'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font
color=black><span style='color:black'>County</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
color=black><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Forrest P. Chisman<span class=MsoHyperlink><u><font color=blue> </font></u></span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Executive Vice President<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=hl><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>CA</span></font></span><st1:PersonName><span class=hl>AL</span></st1:PersonName>
(Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy)<br>
<st1:State><st1:place>New York</st1:place></st1:State><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Recommended
preparations for this discussion</span></font></u>:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Passing the Torch:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Strategies for Innovation in Community
College ESL <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(Executive Summary) <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span class=GramE><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>by</span></font></span>
Forrest P. Chisman and JoAnn Crandall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CA</span></font><st1:PersonName>AL</st1:PersonName>
<st1:date Month="2" Day="20" Year="2007">February 20, 2007</st1:date><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>16 pages<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.caalusa.org/eslexecsummary.pdf">http://www.caalusa.org/eslexecsummary.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Passing the Torch:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Strategies for Innovation in Community
College ESL <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>(Full Report)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span class=GramE><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>by</span></font></span>
Forrest P. Chisman and JoAnn Crandall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><st1:date Month="2"
Day="26" Year="2007"><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>February 26, 2007</span></font></st1:date><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>163 pages<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.caalusa.org/eslpassingtorch226.pdf">http://www.caalusa.org/eslpassingtorch226.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><b
style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Excerpts
from the Executive Summary of <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Passing the Torch</span></i>:<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>[Adult education
English as a Second Language (ESL) instruction is an essential national education
service, but the outcomes of most ESL programs are by no means as great as they
should and can be <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>– </span></b>in terms
of learning gains, retention, and transitions to further education… p. 4]<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>[…According
to the NRS, the overwhelming majority of ESL students enter programs at the two
lowest levels, and NRS reports that only about 36 percent of ESL students
advance one level per year. Longitudinal research prepared for CA</span></font><st1:PersonName>AL</st1:PersonName>
by two community colleges indicates that only a small percentage of ESL
students are enrolled in programs for as long as four semesters (the equivalent
of two years or less) – either consecutively or at any time. As a result,
few ESL students experience significant learning gains from adult education ESL
programs. Moreover, only about 10 percent of non-credit ESL students make
transitions to credit ESL, and an even smaller percentage make transitions to
college academic or vocational programs. p. 5]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>[The problems of
learning gains, persistence, and transitions clearly call for serious attention.
Fortunately, at least some community colleges and other ESL providers have devised
innovative and effective strategies to address them. This report is based on a
two-year study of ESL service at community colleges by the Council for
Advancement of Adult Literacy (CA</span></font><st1:PersonName>AL</st1:PersonName>).
The study draws on the authors’ extensive knowledge of and exposure to
dozens of community colleges and ESL programs through other studies, but it is
based primarily on an in-depth examination of the innovative strategies adopted
by five community colleges identified by ESL experts and their peers as
exemplary in their provision of adult ESL service... p. 5]<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><a
href="http://www.caalusa.org/pathways-outcomes/pathways-outcomesfull.pdf"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none'>PATHWAYS & OUTCOMES: Tracking ESL Student Performance</span></font></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><span class=GramE><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>by</span></font></span>
Steven <span class=SpellE>Spurling</span>, Sharon Seymour, and Forrest Chisman<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>CAAL January 2008<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>212 pages<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><a
href="http://www.caalusa.org/pathways-outcomes/pathways-outcomesfull.pdf">http://www.caalusa.org/pathways-outcomes/pathways-outcomesfull.pdf</a><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><br>
Note: Alternate printing/display option for this title:<br>
<a
href="http://www.caalusa.org/pathways-outcomes/pathways-outcomes1-tochapt2.pdf"><span
class=GramE>pathways-outcomes1</span> chapters 1 to 2.pdf</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.caalusa.org/pathways-outcomes/pathways-outcomes2-chapt3-5.pdf"><span
class=GramE>pathways-outcomes2</span> chapters 3 to 5.pdf</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.caalusa.org/pathways-outcomes/pathways-outcomes3-chapt6-8.pdf"><span
class=GramE>pathways-outcomes3</span> chapters 6 to 8.pdf</a><br>
<a
href="http://www.caalusa.org/pathways-outcomes/pathways-outcomes4-chapt9-10.pdf"><span
class=GramE>pathways-outcomes4</span> chapters 9 to 10.pdf</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This report is a
longitudinal study of adult ESL services at the City College of San Francisco
(CCSF). Its primary aim is to help those who plan and design community college
ESL programs assess and develop effective services. But it will also help those
who offer adult ESL services in other institutional settings, and policymakers
and funding organizations. The authors note that <span class=SpellE>CCSF's</span>
ESL program has features in common with many other community college programs,
and point to the model's importance because so many ESL professionals across
the country consider it to be "exemplary." It is both "a typical
case and a best case of adult education ESL in the </span></font><st1:country-region><st1:place>United
States</st1:place></st1:country-region>." This groundbreaking report
contains a wealth of highly detailed research information and analysis. It may
well be the most comprehensive, in-depth research ever conducted on any adult
ESL program. It is based on College records tracking all students over a
seven-year period <span class=GramE>who</span> first enrolled in <span
class=SpellE>CCSF's</span> credit and non-credit ESL programs in 1998, 1999,
and 2000. More than 38,000 non-credit and some 6600 credit ESL students make up
the "cohort" that was examined. The primary focus is on persistence,
learning gains, and transition to credit studies, and on the success in credit
courses of non-credit ESL students. Major attention is given to the various
features of <span class=SpellE>CCSF's</span> ESL program that affected student
outcomes and pathways -- such as terms and hours of attendance, and program
design and policy. <span class=SpellE>CCSF's</span> substantial data on
"stop-outs" is also presented and analyzed in depth. The report is
organized to serve the needs of various kinds of readers. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Related resources of interest</span></font></u>:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Challenges in Assessing for Post-Secondary
Readiness<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Policy Brief<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>by</span></font></span> Daryl F. <span class=SpellE>Mellard</span>
and Gretchen Anderson <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Division of Adult Studies, Center for Research on Learning, University
of </span></font><st1:State><st1:place>Kansas</st1:place></st1:State><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Month="12" Day="4" Year="2007"><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>December 4, 2007</span></font></st1:date>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>This Policy Brief examines the major assessments in use today to
measure adult learning gains and determine student placements - e.g., BEST,
CASAS, TABE, COMPASS, ASSET, and ACCUPLACER – in terms of their uses and
how they well they align with postsecondary education entry requirements.
Special attention is given to the GED. The authors identify several problems
and challenges as well as recommendations to resolve them. <b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><a
href="http://www.caalusa.org/content/assessmentmellard.pdf">http://www.caalusa.org/content/assessmentmellard.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Transitions:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Linkages between Adult Education and Community Colleges<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Multiple resources from CA</span></font><st1:PersonName>AL</st1:PersonName>
(Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><a href="http://www.caalusa.org/publications.html#trans"><font
color=black><span style='color:windowtext'>http://www.caalusa.org/publications.html#trans</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;
mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Transitions to Post-Secondary Education<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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12.0pt'>Multiple resources from NCS</span></font><st1:PersonName>AL</st1:PersonName>L
(<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy)<o:p></o:p></p>
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12.0pt'><a href="http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=106">http://www.ncsall.net/index.php?id=106</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Marie Cora</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="mailto:marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com"><font
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>NIFL Assessment Discussion List Moderator</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/assessment">http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/assessment</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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