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Hi Donna,

 

It is nice to hear from you. I can see how myemail would have led to your question. I accidentally hit the sendbutton before I had fully finished composing my email!

 

I said:

 


>>I would imagine that many stateswill adopt them while others may need to reference 9-12 high school standardsespecially for their adult high school diploma programs.


 

I would have added “also” after“may” in the above sentence. I meant to say that reference to 9-12high school standards may also be necessary in addition to the basic skillcontent standards.

 

The basic skills of reading, writing, math, listening,and speaking are the focus of most adult educationefforts. In addition to helping learners improve their basic skills, theadult credit diploma programs also help learners to earn high school creditstoward graduation. The curricula in these programs tend tomirror that of the regular high school. Therefore, in addition to thebasic skill content standards, adult credit diploma programs may be expected tohave additional content standards in areas like science, social studies, arts(visual/performing), world languages, etc.

 

I hope this clarifies my comment. The contentstandards that CASAS is developing most definitely address the expectations forsecondary levels functioning with respect to the basic skills. CASASassessments also measure student abilities well into the adultsecondary levels. The High Adult Secondary NRS level for reading and mathbegins at 246 on the CASAS scale. Level D CASAS assessments measure studentperformance into the high 250s (may be even a little higher). As an aside, theGED test which is a goal/outcome for many learners is attainable to thosefunctioning at lower NRS levels i.e. the ABE High Intermediate and the LowAdult Secondary levels. Many of these learners squeak through the GED withminimal pass scores but then face challenges with postsecondaryentrance/success. I would anticipate that students with higherabilities (i.e. the High Adult Secondary level - CASAS scale 246 andhigher) are even better prepared to enter/succeed in postsecondarysituations.

 

You raise a whole other topic with high school exittesting. It raises questions about:

(i)                which of the standards are measured on theseexit tests (i.e. just basic skills or also science, social studies, etc.);

(ii)              how they are measured (e.g. selectedresponse versus constructed response; problem solving-applied performance focusversus non-contextual/abstract academic subcomponent focus); and 

(iii)            the level of mastery that is expected (10th,11th, or 12th or even 9th grade standards).

 

 Ajit

AjitGopalakrishnan 

 

 

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From:contentstandards-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:contentstandards-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Donna Chambers
Sent: Tuesday, August 29, 20068:32 AM
To: The Adult Education Content Standards Discussion List
Subject: [ContentStandards 218]Re: Questions on CASAS BasicSkillsContentStandards Project


 

Ajit wrote that states may need to reference 9-12 highschool standards for their adult high school diploma programs.  Does thismean that CASAS does not align with common 9-12 standards at thelow and high ASE levels?  Is the intention to do so,especially with the math standards?  This is an important concern forstates that are dealing with high stakes testing for competency determinationin issuing diplomas.  Thanks.  


 


Donna Chambers


 


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From: AjitGopalakrishnan 


To: 'TheAdult Education Content Standards Discussion List' 


Sent: Monday, August 28,2006 8:09 PM


Subject: [ContentStandards217] Re: Questions on CASAS Basic SkillsContentStandards Project


 


Aaronasked: 


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

content standards?  

Here aresome thoughts from a state perspective. 

Connecticut is a member of the CASAS NationalConsortium and the CASAS Policy Council. Several CASAS states have a stronghistory of working together on various aspects of the assessment developmentprocess (e.g. competency validation, item writing, field-testing, assessmentresearch) as well as adopting common standards (e.g. the CASAS competency list,assessment series, training expectations, and local/state assessment policies).

It wasthe National Consortium of States that requested CASAS to coordinate the effortto develop these basic skill content standards. in order to better supportteachers to integrate competencies and content standards into theirinstruction. 

For overa year now, the reading and listening content standards developed as part ofthis project have been disseminated to practitioners in Connecticut with the goal of enhancing theteaching and learning process. 

I wouldimagine that many states will adopt them while others may need to reference9-12 high school standards especially for their adult high school diplomaprograms.

 

CASAS isfirst a consortium of states 

We hopeto adopt the standards that are being developed here. 

 

-----OriginalMessage----- 
From:contentstandards-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:contentstandards-bounces at nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Kohring, Aaron M 
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2006 2:00PM 
To: contentstandards at nifl.gov
Subject: [ContentStandards 212]Questions on CASAS Basic Skills ContentStandards Project 

We haveover 50 new subscribers to the list- so welcome to you all. 
Hopefully to get us started as Iknow it's not fun to be the first 
poster! - I have some of my ownquestions for the CASAS team with us for 
this week's discussion.

Inaddition to the content standards for CA, NY, MA, AZ, MD, and FL that
you mention reviewing as part ofthis project, can you tell us what 
other state and National adulteducation content standards were 
reviewed?  Are the Consortiumpartners planning to adopt a common set of 
content standards?  Based onthe outcomes of this project, will the 
CASAS assessments need to beupdated or modified? 

Thks,
Aaron 

 

AaronKohring 
Coordinator, LINCS Literacy &Learning Disabilities Special Collection 
(http://ldlink.coe.utk.edu/)
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