Return-Path: <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id j960TVG16773; Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:29:31 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 5 Oct 2005 20:29:31 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <20051006002714.99524.qmail@web34705.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Nancy Hansen <sfallsliteracy@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:1258] RE: New Computerized Literacy Tests X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Status: O Content-Length: 4945 Lines: 186 Hi Marie, Thanks for the information. Nancy Hansen Sioux Falls Area Literacy Council sfallsliteracy@yahoo.com --- Marie Cora <marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com> wrote: > Hi Nancy, yes, of course, thanks for your question > about abbreviations. > > ETS stands for Education Testing Service, one of the > principle > developers of educational tests for all levels of > learning (elementary > ed, higher ed, adult basic ed, and specialized > subject areas). For more > info on ETS, you can go to: > http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.3a88fea28f42ada7c6ce5a10c392 > 1509/?vgnextoid=85b65784623f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD > > AIR stands for American Institutes for Research > (http://www.air.org/) > >From their website: > "The American Institutes for Research (AIR) is one > of the largest > behavioral and social science research organizations > in the world." > They are the ones who develop and conduct the large > scale national > literacy surveys such as NAEP (National Assessment > of Educational > Progress) and NALS (National Adult Literacy Survey) > and now NAAL > (National Assessment of Adult Literacy). > > I leave Nancy's other questions to you all. > marie > > > -----Original Message----- > From: nifl-assessment@nifl.gov > [mailto:nifl-assessment@nifl.gov] On > Behalf Of Nancy Hansen > Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 1:26 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list > Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:1250] RE: New Computerized > Literacy Tests > > Hello Marie, > For those who are new to the assessment and testing > topic, please tell us what the two following > organization abbreviations mean: > <<...ETS and researchers from AIR are right now > looking at the alignment of the NRS levels with > these > tests. ...>> > > I also have a question to those who test using > computers: Do you find the skills of the learner > who > has had next to NO exposure to computers and LITTLE > literacy skills are accurately being portrayed via > this style testing? > > I have men and women in our adult literacy program > who > had never sat down at a computer - much less used a > mouse before. I cannot imagine that their extensive > life skills would be evaluated appropriately when > they > hit and miss at the computer - sometimes even > striking > incorrect keys. > > Nancy Hansen > Sioux Falls Area Literacy Council > sfallsliteracy@yahoo.com > > --- Marie Cora <marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com> > wrote: > > > Hi Debbie, > > > > Yes, the TALS is already approved for use with the > > NRS - but actually, > > I'm unsure if that test (paper/pencil version) is > > still available. > > Anyone? I'll also see if I can find out about > that. > > > > What is in process presently is the approval for > > using the two new > > computerized versions (PDQ Profile Series and the > > Health Activities > > Literacy Test) for the NRS. ETS and researchers > > from AIR are right now > > looking at the alignment of the NRS levels with > > these tests. From > > there, these two groups make the necessary > > adjustments, or approve the > > use, or reject the use. The info I was able to > find > > out is that this > > process should be completed during this fall. > > > > It is my understanding that staff at AIR who are > in > > charge of the NRS > > are the folks who ultimately make the decision to > > approve a particular > > test for use, or not. > > > > mariE :) > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: nifl-assessment@nifl.gov > > [mailto:nifl-assessment@nifl.gov] On > > Behalf Of Debbie Yoho > > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 10:51 AM > > To: Multiple recipients of list > > Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:1243] RE: New > Computerized > > Literacy Tests > > > > >From Maria: > > > > "The TALS is acceptable to the NRS... It would > > appear that > > these can be used for the NRS - I believe that > this > > is the effort in > > motion right now: to give the official OK for use > > with the National > > Reporting System." > > > > Maria, can you clarify? Is the TALS already > > approved for the NRS, or is > > this only in process? And if in process, do you > > know when a decision > > may > > be made? And by the way, who approves which tests > > are allowed for NRS > > purposes? Thanks. > > > > "Turning Pages into Possibilities", Debbie > > > > Deborah W. Yoho > > Co-moderator, NIFL-Health Listserv > > Executive Director, Greater Columbia Literacy > > Council > > Past President, SC Adult Literacy Educators > > 2728 Devine Street, Columbia, SC 29205 > > 803-765-2555 Fax 803-799-8417 > > dwyoho@earthlink.net > > > > GCLC is a community service of Volunteers of > America > > of the Carolinas. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 > http://mail.yahoo.com > > __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com
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