Posted at the request of the EFF Center
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What's New at the Equipped for the Future Center?

The EFF Center continues to work with programs and states nationally on a 
variety of projects. You can see what's happening by checking out the 
calendar of events at:
http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/lincs/calendar/calendar.cgi?filter_sc=5

It has now been a year since we launched the new EFF website:
http://eff.cls.utk.edu/

There have been many updates made in the past year so I would encourage you 
to take a look if you haven't visited recently.

Here are just a few of those updates:

1) Two publications have been added: 
http://eff.cls.utk.edu/products_services/online_publications.htm
a. The Winter 2005 issue of HOT Topics with a focus on the standard Use 
Math to Solve Problems and Communicate.
b. Research to Practice Note #4: An Approach to Assessment Based on 
Cognitive Science

2) The EFF Teaching/Learning Toolkit has several new Examples and 
supporting Tools/Supports: http://eff.cls.utk.edu/toolkit/
The Toolkit will continue to be a growing resource with more examples in 
different settings (ABE, ESOL, Family Literacy, GED, Corrections) and with 
different standards.

3) Each of the EFF Standards now has a downloadable pictorial 
representation available courtesy of Tacoma Community House in Washington. 
The pictures were originally developed for use with ESOL learners but 
certainly have other applications. 
http://eff.cls.utk.edu/fundamentals/16_standards.htm

4) Updated Spanish translations for the Standards: 
http://eff.cls.utk.edu/fundamentals/spanish/eff_spanish_wheel.htm

Aaron Kohring
Coordinator, LINCS Literacy & Learning Disabilities Special Collection
Research Associate, Center for Literacy Studies, University of Tennessee
EFF Center for Training and Technical Assistance
Phone:(865) 974-8426 main
Fax: (865) 974-3857
e-mail: eff at utk.edu
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