Good morning,

I thought I'd send out a quick summary of the responses so far to the query 
about What are States doing with Standards?

Renee Sherman provided us with a link to the Adult Education Content 
Standards Warehouse project, funded by the Office of Vocational and Adult 
Education, that was designed to help states
progress in the development, and alignment of state content standards.
http://adultedcontentstandards.org

Arizona- update provided by Miriam Kroeger:
Have standards in Reading, Writing, Math, Science, Social Studies, 
Citizenship, ESOL (renamed ELAA- English Language Acquisition for Adults), 
and Technology.  Miriam also described the process for us that AZ went 
through for revising their standards.

Oklahoma- update provided by Pam Blundell:
Pam shared with us information on their three-year training plan that OK is 
using to introduce directors and teachers to EFF content standards and 
standards-based instruction.  Their plan introduces standards gradually- 
first Reading, then Math, and next Writing.

Texas- update provided by Don Seaman:
TX is in the second year of a three-year project in the development of 
Content Standards, Benchmarks, Learning Activities, etc. Don highlighted 
the major activities to date as well as plans for the remainder of the 
project.  TX adopted 5 of the 16 EFF Standards: Reading, Writing, Speaking, 
Listening, and Math.

This is just a very brief summary- if you wish to read through the full 
text of any of these postings, you can go the Content Standards Discussion 
List archives at any time: 
http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/contentstandards/2006/date.html

Can any other States share with us what they are doing?

Aaron


At 08:54 AM 3/28/2006 -0500, you wrote:

>Greetings all,

>

>After reflecting on postings from the past week on National Standards, I

>reviewed questions that subscribers have sent to me about Standards, in

>general.  The most common question appears to be: What are States currently

>doing with Standards?

>

>What is the process that States have gone through when developing or

>creating Standards, adopting or adapting existing Standards (such as

>Equipped for the Future or other Standards), or combining/linking 2 or more

>sets of standards?  What have been the major challenges in this

>process?  What have been the benefits?  What changes have you seen in your

>adult literacy programs as a result of the process?

>

>Are any States willing to share with us?

>

>Thanks,

>Aaron

>

>

>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

>

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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