Colleagues:

The announcement below is posted per the request of Diane Gardner with the 
EFF Center:

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New Destinations to Literacy, Learning and Life: A National Conference on 
Adult Education

December 14-15, 2005
Trump Plaza
Atlantic City, New Jersey

Hosted by
Equipped for the Future
And
The New Jersey State Employment and Training Commission

As we complete the final preparations for the conference, our excitement 
increases in anticipation of hearing from so many folks in the field who 
are integrating Equipped for the Future (EFF) standards- based 
instructional practices into their programs.

As we began planning for this conference with our partners, we sent out a 
request for proposals, reaching out to the various programs and states that 
are implementing EFF, and we received proposals from across the 
country.  In addition to the 24 EFF sessions that are scheduled, there are 
a number of sessions that have been coordinated through the New Jersey 
SETC, totaling 36 sessions over the course of the conference.  We are 
pleased to have a colleague from India joining us as a conference presenter.

I would also invite you to learn more about the new adult literacy 
assessments that Educational Testing Service (ETS) and several Charter 
states are working together to develop. Designed to measure adult learners' 
skills in reading and math, these standards-based assessments are linked to 
current research and theory. These web-delivered assessments will include 
open-ended tasks that measure and report learners' progress across a broad 
range of knowledge and skills. Because the assessments are computer-based, 
many of the administrative burdens associated with scoring, test 
administration, and record keeping will be eliminated or minimized.
Irwin Kirsch from Educational Testing Service (ETS) will be at the 
conference to discuss this important new assessment.  If you can not attend 
the conference, I urge you to contact him to learn more about the 
assessments and to consider your state's becoming a Charter member.

It's not too late to register and join us in Atlantic City!  For more 
information on the conference and to register go to http://www.njsetc.net



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