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<p><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Discussion Announcement</span></font></u></b><u> <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>To
subscribe to this discussion, please go to:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><a href="http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Assessment">http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/Assessment</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Dear
Colleagues, <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I'm
pleased to announce the following Guest Discussion, which will be held during
the week of July 9 (next week!!):<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></font></p>
<p><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Topic</span></font></u></b><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:
normal'><span style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>: Assessment
in Distance Learning <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p><b><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-weight:bold'>Guest Participants</span></font></u></b>: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Jennifer Rafferty</span></font></b></st1:PersonName>
currently works as an independent education consultant.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Formerly, she worked at the Adult Literacy
Resource Institute at SABES Boston where she held the role of Project Manager
for the Massachusetts ABE Distance Learning Project.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>She has worked in the field of ABE since
1998.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Shannon Young</span></font></b></st1:PersonName>
is the Program Manager for the <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Support</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> at Project IDE<st1:PersonName>AL</st1:PersonName>
/ <span class=SpellE>AdultEd</span> Online and is a Senior Research Area
Specialist for the Program on Teaching, Learning, & Technology at The
University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. <span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:11.5pt'>She oversees the Center's work on curriculum
and assessment issues and leads the design team that creates online tools used
to collect student data and support teachers in member states. </span><st1:place><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:11.5pt'>Shannon</span></st1:place><span
style='mso-bidi-font-size:11.5pt'> has conducted education research in k-12 and
ABE settings and been a tutor and writing instructor since 1991.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Recommended
preparations for this discussion</span></font></u>:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Please consider any of
the following questions as catalysts for discussion.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>There is some redundancy with the questions
below; however, the questions are articulated slightly differently and so might
provide people with different entry points of thought.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Also, perhaps subscribers will find it
interesting to view </span></font><st1:State><st1:place>Massachusetts</st1:place></st1:State>
as a sort of case study given that the issues faced there appear to mirror the
issues faced elsewhere in Distance Learning. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Measures of
Progress—Informal and Ongoing<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In the discussion on
pre-assessments for online learning (see Resources of Interest, below),
participants talked about the ways in which they use various pre-assessments,
orientation activities, and technology training to gauge readiness and prepare
their students to become distance learners who persist beyond the
“try-out” phase.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In distance learning, the
initial orientation period may be one of the few times teachers and students
are face to face.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The types of
informal, ongoing assessments teachers routinely use in classrooms (e.g.,
“reading” students to determine comprehension, redirecting or
expanding discussions, group activities, quizzes, etc.) frequently aren’t
available in a distance setting.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>So, once
we have students in the distance-learning door, how can we use progress
measures and informal assessments to help keep them engaged? What do those
measures entail?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>What does and
doesn’t work and why?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>What role
might partner agencies and/or interested “others” play in the
assessment process and in helping students stay connected and engaged?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As a distance teacher,
how do you use the results of progress measures to inform your teaching? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Post-Testing and the NRS<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>In June, the NRS posted
its official guidelines for counting distance learners in the NRS tables.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>One of the guidelines for counting distance
learners states that students be post-tested in a proctored setting using a
standardized assessment at intervals designated by the test developer or by
state policy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Some states follow test
developer guidelines.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Others mandate
students be post-tested after a certain number of days.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<ul style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in' type=disc>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;
mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>How do you get your distance learners to take
standardized post-tests?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;
mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>How do you prepare them in advance to understand
the necessity of post-testing?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;
mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What sorts of partnerships have you formed with
other service providers (e.g., libraries, career link centers, etc.) to
handle post-testing distance learners?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>What advice would you have for others interested in forming these
partnerships?<o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
<li class=MsoNormal style='mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;tab-stops:list .5in;
mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>What do you do when a student achieves his/her
goal before the pre-determined post-test interval?<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>For example, many students come into
distance programs with specific, short-term goals and study intently for
brief periods of time (e.g., 50 hours of study over a two-week
period).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>They meet their objectives
and are ready to exit a program.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>If
they have not been designated as a project-based learner, how do you
handle accounting for these students?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Do you post-test even if they haven’t met the pre-established
time-based criteria?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></li>
</ul>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>The following
questions are based on discussions that have come up with distance learning
programs in </span></font></i><st1:State><st1:place><i style='mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Massachusetts</span></i></st1:place></st1:State><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:
normal'>:<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Questions related
to standardized assessments, NRS, and state assessment policies: <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>1. What
standardized testing instruments do you use with distance learners in your
state?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>2. Are your
distance learning programs required to follow assessment policies/guidelines
that were created for classroom programs, or has your state developed a
separate set of distance learning assessment policies? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>3. Do the
standardized assessments align well with the dl curricula being used in your
state? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>4. How successful
has your program been with pre and post assessment of distance learners?<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>5. What strategies
have you implemented to encourage learners to return for a post-test and which
strategies have been the most successful? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>6. Has your state
developed any remote testing guidelines that would make it easier for learners
to access required assessments without having to return to the adult learning
program? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>7. Does your state
use a standardized assessment that is online/web-based?<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>If so, has having a web-based assessment made
it easier for your program to pre and post-test learners?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><i
style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Questions
related to other forms of assessment for dl programs:<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none;text-autospace:none'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>What other
assessment instruments do you use to gauge whether your learners are
appropriate for distance learning delivery? Do you think that these assessments
give a good indication as to whether or not the learner is prepared for
self-directed learning? What skills needed for dl are not so easily evaluated
with inventories and assessments?<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-layout-grid-align:none'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><u><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Resources of interest</span></font></u>:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Project IDE</span></font><st1:PersonName>AL</st1:PersonName> (Improving
Distance Education for Adult Learners):<b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='font-weight:bold;mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></b><a href="http://projectideal.org">http://projectideal.org</a>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=SpellE><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>AdultEdOnline</span></font></span>:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><a href="http://www.adultedonline.org">http://www.adultedonline.org</a><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>(Introduction to distance teaching and free
online self-assessment for classroom teachers interested in becoming a distance
teacher)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><b style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>“Pre-Assessments for On-Line Learning”; Excerpt from
Special Topics Community Literacy discussion; go to:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><a
href="http://dev.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/assessment/07assess_distance_1.html">http://dev.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/assessment/07assess_distance_1.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>The discussion begins with questions regarding early drop-out and
retention issues and asks whether “try-out periods” are integral to
on-line learning processes.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>It then
focuses on the inclusion of pre-assessments, as well as pre- and on-going
orientation sessions as strategies for improving retention and success rates.<span
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<p class=MsoNormal><st1:PersonName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Marie Cora</span></font></st1:PersonName><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="mailto:marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com"><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'>marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com</span></font></a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>NIFL Assessment Discussion List Moderator</span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/assessment">http://www.nifl.gov/mailman/listinfo/assessment</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Coordinator, LINCS Assessment Special
Collection</span></font><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'><a
href="http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/">http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/</a></span></font><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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