Thank you Jane, Jim and Linda.  This information is very useful.
 
All the Best,
 
Meta Potts 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: jeguez at casas.org
To: contentstandards at nifl.gov
Sent: Thu, 31 Aug 2006 7:20 PM
Subject: [ContentStandards 244] Re: Mid-week with CASAS guest speakers


Hi Meta,
So good to hear from you! For many years, CASAS has been providing guidance to states and local programs that are using EFF with CASAS assessment. With the introduction of the CASAS Basic Skills Content Standards, we believe that it may now be easier for programs to make this connection to EFF. Washington State has recently completed a study comparing CASAS Content Standards to EFF, and various programs in Hawaii and several other states have been successfully integrating the two systems for some time.
 
Regarding your question about portfolio assessment, CASAS has been working together with California’s EL Civics programs and the California Department of Education to successfully implement “additional assessments”.  These assessments are performance-based portfolio assessments which complement the required standardized assessments.  They were created to assess priority leaner objectives based on statewide student needs assessments – see Relationship Between California EL Civics Objectives and CASAS Competencies at: http://www.casas.org/Downloads/more.cfm?mfile_id=3561&bhcp=1
 
Each objective is linked to language and literacy content standards at specific instructional levels and linked to appropriate performance (additional) assessments. The results of these performance assessments and CASAS standardized assessment help to inform instruction and improve programs.  The performance assessments encompass listening, speaking, reading, and writing tasks in demonstrated performances, portfolios, and projects. To view the objectives, supporting language and literacy standards, and performance assessment go to: http://www.casas.org/elc/index.cfm?fuseaction=elc.home
 
EL Civics learners and teachers are excited because they are connecting student goals with standards, instruction, and assessment. A number of California EL Civics programs have received awards - whose students are making a difference in their communities - because their students have demonstrated ways in which they are using their newly acquired English skills to interact with and enrich the communities in which they live. http://www.casas.org/Downloads/more.cfm?mfile_id=4303
 
Regards,
Jane Egüez (jeguez at casas.org), Jim Harrison (jharrison at casas.org), and Linda Taylor (ltaylor at casas.org) 
www.casas.org 800-255-1036 x125
 
 



From: contentstandards-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:contentstandards-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of mwpotts2001 at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2006 11:56 AM
To: contentstandards at nifl.gov
Subject: [ContentStandards 235] Re: Mid-week with CASAS guest speakers
 
Hi Jane, Jim and Linda,
 
Now that a table has been developed, listing correspondences among EFF Levels, NRS, ABE and ESL Educational Functioning Levels and CASAS Scores for both ESL and ABE, how do you propose using this table as a guide for programs who are mandated to use CASAS and who are also mandated or simply want to use EFF?
 
Also, are any of the states with whom you are working using portfolio assessment? If so, can you give us a brief overview of how they compile their evidence to show gains?
 
Thanks, and I miss seeing you.
 
Meta Potts
Focus on Literacy
Glen Allen, VA
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: akohring at utk.edu
To: contentstandards at nifl.gov
Sent: Wed, 30 Aug 2006 2:39 PM
Subject: [ContentStandards 234] Mid-week with CASAS guest speakers
Greetings all,
 
We are now mid-week in our discussion with our CASAS guests (Jane Eguez,
Jim Harrison, and Linda Taylor) on the CASAS Basic Skills Content
Standards Project.  We've learned something about the background and
research behind the project, heard from a couple of the states involved
with the project, and know about some of the next steps.  We've also
generated a more general discussion around next steps/processes for
states applying or implementing the content standards that they've
developed.
 
If you have missed part of this discussion or need to catch up, you can
check the public archives at:
http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Contentstandards by clicking on
"Read Current Posted Messages".
 
You still have time to participate in the current discussions or ask
additional questions of our CASAS guests so feel free to send in your
questions or input!
 
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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