Hi all.
Does anyone out there have a test that can be used to measure improvement
in the lowest literacy learners? I'm looking at a grant that wants to see
learners move from one EFL (educational functioning level) to another in the
course of a year. I'm working with pre-literate adult immigrants and I'm not
sure that we'll be able to get from Beginning ABE Literacy (no reading) to
Beginning Basic Education which is defined as "Individual can read simple
material on familiar subjects and comprehend simple and compound sentences
in single or linked paragraphs containing a familiar vocabulary; can write
simple notes and messages on familiar situations but lacks clarity and focus."


When I inquired about it, I was told that I should look to document grwoth
with another assessment. TABE is below 367 at this level, CASAS is 200 and
below and ABLE at 523. Are any of these granular enough to measure a difference
at this level? I'm not super familiar with them.

Is there anything else
folks have used with pre-literate students to measure success objectively,
yet not have the student "fail" 3/4 of the test to measure growth?
Thanks!

Jean Marrapodi
Providence Assembly of God Learning Center