What about the BEST Literacy assessment?  We use this with our ESOL  
students and it tests reading signs, bus schedules and other low  
literacy tasks.

Valley Peters


On Feb 20, 2007, at 10:14 AM, Virginia Tardaewether wrote:


> Have you looked at the CASAS lower level tests such as beginning

> literacy for 27, 28 and 31, 32, 32 RX

>

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> Subject: [FocusOnBasics 629] Diagnostic assessment for lowest

> literacylearners?

>

> 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

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Valley Peters
Director of Adult Services
valleypeters at tetonliteracy.org
307.733.9242, ext. 227

Teton Literacy Program provides literacy education and resources to  
open doors for individuals and families to achieve their personal,  
professional, and academic goals, as contributing members of our  
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