Announcement

Please join the National Institute for Literacy Assessment Discussion List 
(http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Assessment) for a discussion on

Teaching and Assessing with EFF

Date: January 9 through 13, 2006

Guests: Aaron Kohring, Peggy McGuire, Regie Stites, and EFF Center Staff 
and Consultants.

Aaron Kohring is a Research Associate at the Center for Literacy Studies, 
University of Tennessee, and is Coordinator of the Equipped for the Future 
Websites and Moderator of the NIFL Content Standards Discussion List.

Peggy McGuire, M.A., is a Senior Research Associate and Equipped for the 
Future National Consultant at the Center for Literacy Studies, The 
University of Tennessee.

Regie Stites, Ph.D., is Program Manager of the Literacy and Lifelong 
Learning, Center for Education Policy, SRI International in Menlo Park, 
CA.  Dr. Stites assists EFF in planning assessment development and 
validation processes.

Our discussion will focus on the EFF Assessment Framework, and how EFF 
assessments are developed for classroom use.

Suggested preparations for this discussion:

Go to the homepage of the EFF Collection at
http://eff.cls.utk.edu/default.htm
Ask yourself: what do I know about EFF?

Click on Standards (left-hand toolbar)
(http://eff.cls.utk.edu/assessment/standards.htm)
Ask yourself: what are standards? what's the difference between EFF 
standards and competencies?

Click on Guides (left-hand toolbar)
http://eff.cls.utk.edu/assessment/guides.htm
Ask yourself: what are EFF Performance Continua and how can I use this in 
my classroom?

Click on Assessment Resource Collection (square red button)
(http://eff.cls.utk.edu/assessment/default.htm)
Ask yourself: what makes EFF assessments different from other types of 
assessment?

Click on Assessment Tools (left-hand toolbar)
(http://eff.cls.utk.edu/assessment/assessment_tools.htm)
Ask yourself: is the Read With Understanding Assessment appropriate for my 
students' needs?

Thought-provokers:

1. Pick any EFF standard, read its definition, and imagine what it would 
look like if you were actually assessing the application of the integrated 
skill process described in the standard's definition.

2. How often do you feel a need to look for evidence that learning has 
happened? How does the nature of the evidence you are looking for change as 
you look for learning within the space of one class session, one week, one 
week, one course, one year, and so on.

Please join us!

marie cora
Moderator, NIFL Assessment Discussion List, and
Coordinator/Developer LINCS Assessment Special Collection at
http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment
marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com



Aaron Kohring
Coordinator, LINCS Literacy & Learning Disabilities Special Collection 
(http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/)
Moderator, National Institute for Literacy's Content Standards Discussion 
List (http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Contentstandards)
Coordinator, Equipped for the Future Websites (http://eff.cls.utk.edu/)

Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee
EFF Center for Training and Technical Assistance
Phone:(865) 974-4109 main
           (865) 974-4258 direct
Fax:   (865) 974-3857
e-mail: akohring at utk.edu