With regard to your questions, adult education directors in Maine 
recently had the opportunity to participate in a seminar on "Unwrapping 
the Standards" that presented a format and protocol for understanding 
standards and linking them to instruction/assessment.  The approach is 
one developed out of the Center for Performance Assesment, Englewood, 
CO, and was brought to our state through a collaboration with our 
Department of Education and our state's LRC, the Center for Adult 
Learning and Literacy.  While the workshop focused on the standards 
being revised in Maine that cover K-12 and adult high school diplomas, 
it was interesting to note that many in attendance saw a direct link to 
the EFF standards, and the process involved in "Unwrapping" is 
reminiscent on the process used in developing the EFF standards 
themselves.  It involves looking at the essential skills and knowledge 
needed to meet a standard, determining what successful demonstration 
looks like, and connecting that information to instruction and 
assessment through curriculum development. The Center for Performance 
Assessment has a website <www.MakingStandardsWork.com> that might have 
more specific answers to some of your questions.  It would tseem that 
practitioners who are familiar with EFF standards development would 
have a relatively easy time of understanding how to integrate standards 
and instruction.

Bonnie Fortini
Machias Adult & Community Education
Machias, ME 04654



> I am interested to hear from others about:

>

> 1) what skills, knowledge, training, other professional development you

> think or have seen to be needed in order for educators/trainers to

> implement the standards successfully?

>

> 2) Describe the nature of training you are using or have seen used: How

> long does training and/or preparation for implementing standards take?

> How much training is needed? What forms of training work best? Is

> self-study a feasible option for learning how to implement the

> standards? What about distance learning? What are the associated costs?

> Is the available training affordable, convenient, effective?

>

> 3) What if any other programmatic/organizational implications other than

> professional development/qualifications (e.g. funding/resources,

> organizational leadership/commitment, program structure, performance

> outcome expectations, etc) may need to be addressed in order to

> successfully implement the standards?

>

> 4) Have you had any experience with educating/training young adults (21

> or below) using EFF standards and if so, did you see any differences

> relevant to teaching and learning with young adults in comparison to

> older adults?

>

>

>

>

>

> I look forward to hearing from some members of this list.

>

>

>

> Thanks!

>

> Mindy Detzler

> National Youth Employment Coalition

> Washington, D.C.

> md at nyec.org

>

> http://www.nyec.org

>

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