Beverly,

CASAS Content standards may be used with any CASAS reading, listening, and (eventually) math series.  The Employability Competency System (ECS) will be coded to our content standards in the very near future.

Jane Egüez
CASAS Director Program Planning
jeguez at casas.org
www.casas.org
800-255-1036 x125

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From: contentstandards-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:contentstandards-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Beverly Davis
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 1:34 PM
To: The Adult Education Content Standards Discussion List
Subject: [ContentStandards 214] Re: Questions on CASAS Basic SkillsContent Standards Project

I would like to know if CASAS plans on developing CASAS Content 
Standards for the ECS series?


Kohring, Aaron M wrote:



>We have over 50 new subscribers to the list- so welcome to you all.

>Hopefully to get us started as I know it's not fun to be the first

>poster! - I have some of my own questions for the CASAS team with us for

>this week's discussion.

>

>In addition to the content standards for CA, NY, MA, AZ, MD, and FL that

>you mention reviewing as part of this project, can you tell us what

>other state and National adult education content standards were

>reviewed?  Are the Consortium partners planning to adopt a common set of

>content standards?  Based on the outcomes of this project, will the

>CASAS assessments need to be updated or modified?

>

>Thks,

>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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