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From: Dianne Glass (dglass@ksbor.org)
Date: Mon Mar 28 2005 - 12:11:56 EST

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Marie and others,
Kansas has developed a report card for our AEFLA programs.  We do not
assign grades, but we do evaluate each local program's actual
performance compared to their negotiated benchmarks (number served,
number and percentage of EFL completers, percentage of participants
obtaining a GED or adult high school diploma, percentage of participants
entering employment, percentage of participants retaining/improving
employment, percentage of participants entering post-secondary
education/training, percentage of participants gaining the skills and
knowledge necessary to become a U.S. citizen, and percentage of
participants increasing their participation in their children's literacy
and educational actitivies).  We also evaluate the local program's
performance compared to the state averages on the core outcomes. 
Finally, we provide a short report on the local program's progress
toward meeting their program improvement plan.
I would be glad to share this document with anyone who is interested.
Dianne

>>> marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com 3/25/2005 6:56:18 AM >>>
Hi Larry and all,

Thanks for your reply.  

So!  Oops!  Here I was looking at all these case studies wondering why
they are from Australia.  However, I did find some of what I read
there
pretty interesting.  

Does the U.S. system have anything similar to what I saw at the Aussie
site? (case studies and stuff like that?)  Is their system so
different
that it can't inform us, either on a large scale or on a classroom
scale?  This might be way too big a question but how are the English
and
Australian systems different from ours?

Can any List members tell us if they are developing a state report
card?

Thanks,
marie

-----Original Message-----
From: nifl-assessment@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-assessment@nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Condelli, Larry
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 6:30 PM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:1023] RE: NRS projects and resources

Hi Marie and Everyone,

You asked about our performance assessment development summary.  This
came about because several years ago, some state directors of adult
education asked OVAE for guidance on developing this type of
assessment.
OVAE funded a panel, convened by the National Academy of Sciences, to
give advice on this and the panel held a meeting and eventually
produced
a book of papers from the conference and recommendations.  OVAE also
asked me to write a summary of the key development issues, which
resulted in the paper on the NRS web site to which you refer.  The
paper
has references, including the NAS panel report, for anyone who is
interested in pursuing the matter seriously. 

Your second question concerns state report cards.  The idea for this
first came from the K-12 system and a couple of years ago, one draft
of
reauthorization of WIA had a requirement for states to develop report
cards for their adult education and literacy system.  That requirement
was eventually dropped, but OVAE thought it was still a good idea.  So
we have planned at some point in the near future to provide training
and
resources through the NRS project to states interested in developing
them.  

Finally, you asked about Australia.  Coincidentally, Australia also
has
a "National Reporting System."  However, it has nothing to do with
ours
and is not like our NRS at all.  It is more similar to the adult
literacy system in England.

-----Original Message-----
From: nifl-assessment@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-assessment@nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Marie Cora
Sent: Thursday, March 24, 2005 11:26 AM
To: Multiple recipients of list
Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:1017] NRS projects and resources

Hi Larry and everyone,

I wonder if anyone has read/used the following document:

Developing Performance Assessments for Adult Literacy Learners:  A
Summary http://www.nrsweb.org/reports/PerformanceAssessments.pdf 

and can comment on it for us.

Also, the info bulletin Enhancing Performance Through Accountability
http://www.nrsweb.org/nrsBrochureFinal.pdf 
notes that there are a few projects going on, one of which is
developing
State Report Cards.  I remember that this was happening here in
Massachusetts a year or two ago.  Can anyone comment on their State
Report Card?  What is that like?  Is it helpful?  Larry, can you
comment
on any trends you have seen, or what the experience has been like
having
states develop report cards?  Have you found that helpful for NRS
purposes?  Do you find that that aids the connection between the NRS
and
what is happening locally?

Finally, NRS On-Line (http://www.nrs.detya.gov.au/default.htm) has
some
cool resources - I got a lot out of reading the Case Studies - but I'm
stumped by one thing:  Larry - it seems that all the case studies are
from Australia - can you comment on that for us?  I know that Aussie
has
a great history and reputation of excellent adult education work, but
I
was not aware that some of the NRS development work happened there
(?).

Thanks!
marie cora
Assessment List Moderator

Dianne S. Glass
Director of Adult Education
Kansas Board of Regents
1000 SW  Jackson Street, Suite 520
Topeka, KS  66612-1368
785.296.7159
Phone:  785.296.7159
FAX:  785.296.0983
dglass@ksbor.org

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