Heide,
I hope you are feeling better. I have always wondered how much "creaming"
were you able to detect in the classrooms in "What Works". Is this common
in most literacy classes? I brought this subject up at a conference and
was surprised at how wide spread "creaming" is. The consensus seems to be
that putting preliterate or nonliterates with non Roman literates or non
alphabetic literates together begs for "creaming". What are your thoughts?
Kirk Olgin
Glendale College

Hello, everyone

>

> I apologize for being so slow in responding. I picked up a vicious flu

> bug on the road which laid me low for a couple of days but am now as

> good as new (well, almost). Larry is up to his eyeballs in a discussion

> around the National Reporting System on the assessment list serve.

>

> Here's my plan:

>

> I'll review the questions we have not dealt with from last week and this

> week and will post of few comments to pull things together and give the

> rest of you a chance to respond tomorrow.

>

> So thanks to all who jumped in there to post questions and ideas and

> also to those of you who have taken the time to read the posts (a number

> of people have written to me off-line).

>

> All the best and I'll write more soon

>

> Heide

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> Special Topics Discussion Colleagues,

>

> This has been an enjoyable discussion, and I want to thank our

> guests, Heide Spruck Wrigley and Larry Condelli, for joining us this

> week and helping us to better understand the What Works for Adult ESL

> Students study.  I will leave the discussion open for a few more days

> in case others want  to add comments, but Heide and Larry may not be

> able to continue to join in, or answer every reply. Our agreement was

> that their participation would only continue through today.  Of

> course, they are welcome to continue if they wish.

>

> I have a comment on the study and the discussion.  The study has

> impressed me with what we know as a result of this research but, like

> a good appetizer, it has whetted my appetite for more adult ESL/ESOL

> research. There are so many questions that yet need to be answered.

>

>

> David J. Rosen

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