Hello all,

The NIFL Assessment list will be having a guest moderated discussion
beginning next week on the EFF Assessment Framework. More information from
Assessment List moderator, marie Cora follows:

 

Please join the National Institute for Literacy Assessment Discussion List
(http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Assessment) for a discussion on
Teaching and Assessing with EFF.

 Date:  January 9 through 13, 2006
Guests:   
Aaron Kohring, Peggy McGuire, Regie Stites, and EFF Center Staff and
Consultants.
Aaron Kohring is a Research Associate at the Center for Literacy Studies,
University of Tennessee, and is Coordinator of the Equipped for the Future
Websites and Moderator of the NIFL Content Standards Discussion List.
Peggy McGuire, M.A., is a Senior Research Associate and Equipped for the
Future National Consultant at the Center for Literacy Studies, The
University of Tennessee.
Regie Stites, Ph.D., is Program Manager of the Literacy and Lifelong
Learning, Center for Education Policy, SRI International in Menlo Park,
CA.  Dr. Stites assists EFF in planning assessment development and
validation processes.

 

Our discussion will focus on the EFF Assessment Framework, and how EFF
assessments are developed for classroom use.  

Suggested preparations for this discussion:

Go to the homepage of the EFF Collection at

http://eff.cls.utk.edu/default.htm

Ask yourself:  what do I know about EFF?  

 

Click on Standards (left-hand toolbar)

(http://eff.cls.utk.edu/assessment/standards.htm)

Ask yourself:  what are standards?  whats the difference between EFF
standards and competencies?

 

Click on Guides (left-hand toolbar)

http://eff.cls.utk.edu/assessment/guides.htm

Ask yourself:  what are EFF Performance Continua and how can I use this in
my classroom?

 

Click on Assessment Resource Collection (square red button)

(http://eff.cls.utk.edu/assessment/default.htm)

Ask yourself:  what makes EFF assessments different from other types of
assessment?

 

Click on Assessment Tools (left-hand toolbar)

(http://eff.cls.utk.edu/assessment/assessment_tools.htm)

Ask yourself:  is the Read With Understanding Assessment appropriate for my
students needs?

 

Thought-provokers:

 

1.  Pick any EFF standard, read its definition, and imagine what it would
look like if you were actually assessing the application of the integrated
skill process described in the standards definition. 

 

2.  How often do you feel a need to look for evidence that learning has
happened?  How does the nature of the evidence you are looking for change
as you look for learning within the space of one class session, one week,
one week, one course, one year, and so on.

 

Please join us!

 

marie cora

Moderator, NIFL Assessment Discussion List, and 

Coordinator/Developer LINCS Assessment Special Collection at 

http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment

 

 

marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com





Mariann Fedele
Coordinator of Professional Development, 
Literacy Assistance Center
Moderator,
NIFL Technology and Literacy Discussion List
32 Broadway 10th Floor
New York, New York 10004
212-803-3325
mariannf at lacnyc.org
www.lacnyc.org