Hey, Sarah, well done on the digest!  There's a lot of good reference
information in there.  

 

MaryAnn

 

MaryAnn Florez

Project Director

Adult Education Professional Development Center

D.C. LEARNs

1612 K Street, N.W. Suite 300

Washington, DC 20006

202/331-0141, x25 (tel)

202/331-0143 (fax)

www.dclearns.org/aepdc 

mflorez at dclearns.org  

 

 

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To work with Washington, D.C. literacy programs, learners, and supporters to
strengthen adult, family and children's literacy services, and present a
strong, unified voice on the importane of literacy as an investment in the
community.

 

D.C. LEARNs' literacy calendar lists significant literacy events or
deadlines, as well as a selected number of regional and national events that
may be of interest to the D.C. literacy community.  If you know of any
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From: Sarah Young [mailto:syoung at cal.org] 
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2008 5:16 PM
To: The Adult English Language Learners Discussion List
Subject: [EnglishLanguage 2038] New Study on NRS Level Gain Using BEST Plus

 

The Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL) is pleased to announce the
availability of our latest digest, "Effects of Instructional Hours and
Intensity of Instruction on NRS Level Gain in Listening and Speaking." The
digest reports on a descriptive study examining the relationship between
student performance on BEST Plus and NRS level gain and class attendance.
BEST Plus pretest and posttest data for nearly 7,000 examinees were analyzed
to see how their performance at each National Reporting System (NRS)
educational functioning level varied according to number of instructional
hours and intensity of instruction. Results showed that across all NRS
educational functioning levels, the greater the number of instructional
hours, the higher the percentage of students who made an NRS level gain.
There was also a general trend toward greater NRS level gain for students
with high levels of instructional intensity than for those with low
instructional intensity. Intensity of instruction had the greatest impact on
students at the Beginning ESL Literacy, Low Intermediate ESL, and Advanced
ESL levels. To read the full digest, you may view and download a
complimentary copy from http://www.cal.org/resources/digest/levelgain.html.

 

 

Other Online Resources from CAL

CAL is a private, nonprofit organization working to improve communication
through better understanding of language and culture. Our Web site
(www.cal.org <http://www.cal.org/> ) provides a wealth of information on and
access to many free resources. The following links may be of particular
interest:

 

Center for Adult English Language Acquisition (CAELA):
http://www.cal.org/caela -- Resources include briefs on a wide range of
topics in adult ESL education and research.

 

Literacy Education: http://www.cal.org/topics/le/ -- Resources include the
report from the National Literacy Panel and a report on adolescents learning
English as a second language.

 

Refugee Integration: http://www.cal.org/topics/ri/  -- Resources include
information about refugee populations coming to the United States. 

 

 

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