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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Are these ESOL Literacy-level students
able to read and write in their home language? If not, <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>The method that <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State> 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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Native Language Literacy Screening Tool<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>TASK FORCE WEBSITE: <a
href="http://www.floridaadultesol.org/Downloads/WordDocs/nativeLanguageLiteracy.doc">http://www.floridaadultesol.org/Downloads/WordDocs/nativeLanguageLiteracy.doc</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Literacy for Adult ESOL Learners course<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="http://www.floridaadultesol.org/studentSyllabi.html">http://www.floridaadultesol.org/studentSyllabi.html</a>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>User Guide for Literacy Skills for Adult
ESOL Learners course<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>TASK FORCE WEBSITE: <a
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Beiler, Ingrid [mailto:Ingrid.RodrickBeiler@montgomerycountymd.gov] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, July 10, 2008
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<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> assessment@nifl.gov<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Assessment 1353] Pre- /
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<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>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.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Ingrid
Rodrick Beiler</span></font> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold'>Ingrid Rodrick Beiler</span></font></b>
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<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ESOL
Coordinator</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Linkages
to Learning</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>51
Monroe Street, Suite 1700</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Rockville,
MD 20850</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Phone:
(240) 777-1110</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Fax:
(240) 777-1111</span></font> <br>
<font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>ingrid.rodrickbeiler@montgomerycountymd.gov</span></font>
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