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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'>Karen, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>I really appreciate your helpful
thoughts. Your voice is one that I will share with our ad hoc committee,
so they can hear from someone with similar issues. I heartily agree with
you about trying to meet student goals instead of state mandates. Thank you
for pointing out the need for flexibility in testing and not to test students
too much. That is exactly what we are grappling with now, and the purpose of
convening an ad hoc committee of practitioners is to sort this out and make a
recommendation to the state. We are considering the recommendations from
the publisher of TABE <st1:stockticker w:st="on">CLAS</st1:stockticker>-E and we
are trying to determine whether their recommendations will fit our programs,
and if so, how they can fit best.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>We currently have in place a state
assessment policy that requires programs that offer <u>federally funded</u> <st1:stockticker
w:st="on">ESL</st1:stockticker> courses to assess students in both reading and
listening with the CASAS. There are exceptions to this with students in the
lowest level of the NRS levels. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>The state assessment policy also allows
programs that offer the federally funded <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESL</st1:stockticker>
course to use BEST Plus and/or BEST Literacy. We do not require that
programs assess students with both BEST Plus (listening and speaking) and BEST
Literacy (reading and writing). <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>I hesitate to speak on behalf of the
publishers of CASAS, TABE <st1:stockticker w:st="on">CLAS</st1:stockticker>-E
or BEST to say what their viewpoints are on this question of how many skill
areas the state should require programs to test students in, but they are well
aware of our policy and we have had many conversations about it that have been
very helpful. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>The primary reason we think it is
important to test students who are enrolled in the main <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESL</st1:stockticker>
course we offer (federally funded) in both reading and listening is that we
have found that the majority of the <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESOL</st1:stockticker>
population we serve has more difficulty with their listening skill than their
reading skill. The reading test scores among our students across the
state are consistently higher than the listening scores. There are
exceptions, yes. But overall, the trend points to a strong need for the <st1:stockticker
w:st="on">ESOL</st1:stockticker> population in <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State> to be able to understand spoken
English. If we were to put in place a policy that advanced and reported
students based solely on a reading score, we would be seeing students exit the 6
<st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESL</st1:stockticker> levels faster. In
addition, we would be seeing students who are still weak in the listening
skill, but we would be unable to serve them with our federal funds because they
had exited out of the 6 <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESL</st1:stockticker>
levels. We believe that by having a policy that requires programs to
report student scores and to move them from one NRS level to the next based on
the lower of the two scores, we are ensuring that students are able to get the
most comprehensive education possible. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Maybe I should have expanded by saying
that Florida has several other types of courses for <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESL</st1:stockticker>
that do not need to use tests that are approved for reporting to the NRS.
Testing for these courses is handled differently. These are courses that
are funded with state dollars only, and they are: Literacy Skills for
Adult <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESOL</st1:stockticker> Learners (for
non-literate students), Academic Skills for Adult <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESOL</st1:stockticker>
Learners (for students that are above Advanced <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESL</st1:stockticker>),
Workplace Readiness Skills for Adult <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESOL</st1:stockticker>
Learners (for employed students with classes held at a place provided by the
employer), and Citizenship (to prepare for taking the USCIS Naturalization
test). The Adult Education Workplace Readiness course allows the school
and the employer to choose the method of assessment that best fits the employer’s
needs. A contract between the student, school and employer is drawn up, and
when the terms of the contract are met, the state pays an established amount to
the school for the expenditure of its resources. Of course, there are
other types of workplace educational services provided through schools that are
funded entirely by the employer, and these are not funded through adult
education.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Bottom line is that while we provide flexibility
in assessment policy for state-funded courses, for the main course that is
federally funded and which moves students through 6 levels with cut off scores
at different points, we have required that programs that use CASAS must test
students in both reading and listening to report a placement level and to show
progression. There are exceptions to this with students in the lowest
level of the NRS levels. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>You can find our assessment Technical
Assistance Paper and the additional <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESL</st1:stockticker>
courses we offer at our <a href="http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/adult_ed.asp">adult
education</a> web page, <a href="http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/adult_ed.asp">http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/adult_ed.asp</a>.
<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>By the way, I know the Crawfordsville,
IN, area well – I grew up in <st1:State w:st="on">Illinois</st1:State>
but my grandmother was from <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Indiana</st1:place></st1:State>
so I had lots of relatives there. I think you have lots of covered
bridges, right? There is a Crawfordville in <st1:State w:st="on">Florida</st1:State>
(no s), about 20 minutes from <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Tallahassee</st1:place></st1:City>.
I got my first exposure to teaching <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESOL</st1:stockticker>
in the <st1:country-region w:st="on">US</st1:country-region> in a small rural
area of IL (<st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Kankakee</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Community College</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>), with migrant
farmworkers, in 1988. What an experience!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Verdana><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Franklin Gothic Medium Cond"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium Cond";color:blue'>Phil</span></font><font
color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=blue face="Franklin Gothic Medium Cond"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Franklin Gothic Medium Cond";color:blue'>(850)
245-9450</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Burger,
Karen [mailto:kburger@cville.k12.in.us] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Saturday, <st1:date
Year="2008" Day="01" Month="11" ls="trans" w:st="on">November 01, 2008</st1:date>
<st1:time Minute="26" Hour="3" w:st="on">3:26 AM</st1:time><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> The Assessment Discussion List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Assessment 1449] Re:
TABE <st1:stockticker w:st="on">CLAS</st1:stockticker>-E</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 color=black
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:black'>Phil,</span></font><font face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Although I have not yet
looked into the TABE <st1:stockticker w:st="on">CLAS</st1:stockticker>-E, I
find it interesting that your state is looking at <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESOL</st1:stockticker>
testing with regard to how to level learners and which skill areas must be
assessed. Our state policy allows for some flexibility in this for
the following reasons. First, if it is a workplace project, and the
employer is requesting instruction in a specific skill area, then that is the
area assessed and used for leveling the learner. Also, some of our
programs are very small, have limit resources, staff, space and
materials. This can make it difficult to assess learners in all
areas. Particularly in listening because of the type of testing
environment that it requires. Further, there are times that a
learner may have the goal to improve skills in a certain area. Again, the
goal would be set and the learner would only need to be assessed in that
area. I hate to see too much restriction that gets in the way of
providing classes that suit our learners needs. Sometimes it would seem
that we test our people to death, don't you think? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>We are thankful that our
state leaders have chosen to provide us with good structure and
flexibility in the assessment policy. Otherwise, there are some programs
that would find it difficult to comply with and would not be able to
report, or could not afford to serve some of our <st1:stockticker w:st="on">ESL</st1:stockticker>
poplulation. Good luck!<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Karen Burger<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Professional Development
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>Adult Education
Professional Development Project<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>(765) 362-8158<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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href="mailto:kburger@cville.k12.in.us">kburger@cville.k12.in.us</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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12.0pt;margin-left:.5in'><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
assessment-bounces@nifl.gov [assessment-bounces@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of <st1:PersonName
w:st="on">Anderson, Philip</st1:PersonName> [Philip.Anderson@fldoe.org]<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Friday, <st1:date Year="2008"
Day="31" Month="10" ls="trans" w:st="on">October 31, 2008</st1:date> <st1:time
Minute="03" Hour="13" w:st="on">1:03 PM</st1:time><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> The Assessment Discussion List<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Assessment 1448] Re:
TABE <st1:stockticker w:st="on">CLAS</st1:stockticker>-E</span></font><font
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman"'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Kimberlee,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>I’m
glad to see your posting, since we at the state adult education office in <st1:State
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State> are asking
similar questions. <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Florida</st1:place></st1:State>
has an ad hoc committee on assessment that is working on a set of
recommendations to the state office on the adoption of TABE <st1:stockticker
w:st="on">CLAS</st1:stockticker>-E. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=3 face=Calibri><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in'><font size=2 color=navy
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Verdana;color:navy'>Local
programs may purchase and use the test if they choose to do so for
informational purposes, such as to guide instruction, and for purposes that are
not related to documentation for state and federal adult education
grants. But until the FL Department of Education State Board approves
TABE <st1:stockticker w:st="on">CLAS</st1:stockticker>-E to be used for
reporting any placement or progression based on test results to the state or
the federal National Reporting System (NRS).</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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our statewide conference in September, we had a session on how to select tests
for adult education programs that was well attended. I developed an
in-house guide and checklist on test selection, which we provided to the
participants. I would be glad to send it offline to any one that requests
it. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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McGraw Hill also provided us a planning/test selection tool they developed. You
may wish to request a copy of it from Dan Gall, <a
href="mailto:Dan_Gall@ctb.com">Dan_Gall@ctb.com</a>, or Stephanie Seemann, <a
href="mailto:Stephanie_Seemann@ctb.com">Stephanie_Seemann@ctb.com</a>.
They have been very responsive to our queries.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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primary issue we are grappling with as a committee is whether to recommend that
the state assessment policy mandate that programs must assess adult <st1:stockticker
w:st="on">ESOL</st1:stockticker> students in more than one skill area, and to
report on the lowest score of the skill areas tested. </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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can see our current state assessment technical assistance paper online at the <a
href="http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/adult_ed.asp" target="_blank">adult
education webpage</a> of the Florida Department of Education, <a
href="http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/adult_ed.asp" target="_blank">http://www.fldoe.org/workforce/adult_ed.asp</a>.
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font
size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'> Bryant,
Kimberlee [mailto:kbryant@tcsg.edu] <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Thursday, <st1:date
Year="2008" Day="30" Month="10" ls="trans" w:st="on">October 30, 2008</st1:date>
<st1:time Minute="17" Hour="13" w:st="on">1:17 PM</st1:time><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> <st1:PersonName w:st="on">assessment@nifl.gov</st1:PersonName><br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Cc:</span></b> Marie Cora<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [Assessment 1446] TABE <st1:stockticker
w:st="on">CLAS</st1:stockticker>-E</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Hello Everyone,</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>I’ll keep this short.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>Since TABE <st1:stockticker w:st="on">CLAS</st1:stockticker>-E
was recently approved for use by OVAE, have any states adopted it for use in
FY09? Or are planning to in FY10?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>If so, would you be willing to share
the issues/concerns that came up during this process (crafting the state assessment
policy, training local program staff members, etc.)? </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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advice could you give to other states?</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in'><font size=1 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Regional Education Coordinator</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:Arial'>Instructional Services/Office of
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w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType> System of <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place
w:st="on">Georgia</st1:place></st1:country-region></span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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