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 Contested Ground: Performance Accountability in Adult Basic Education
reasons for the increased interest in performance-based assessments. .. there is an increased awareness that students can leave school without being able to apply their content knowledge outside of the classroom, partly because tests do not ask students to d...
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reasons for the increased interest in performance-based assessments. .. there is an increased awareness that students can leave school without being able to apply their content knowledge outside of the classroom, partly because tests do not ask students to demonstrate use of their knowledge or skills, but merely to recite them on selected response tests. (Grummon, 1997, p. 4) Performance assessment has been defined by the Office of Technology Assessment as “testing that requires a student to create an
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governance, program management, program operations, and volunteer development. <span class="highlight">The</span> focus is <span class="highlight">on</span> how <span class="highlight">a</span> program should be run, not what <span class="highlight">the</span> results should be. Program quality efforts are just <span class="highlight">a</span> first step toward <span class="highlight">performance</span> accountability. In 1993, NIFL began <span class="highlight">a</span> project <span class="highlight">to</span> create interagency <span class="highlight">Performance</span> Measurement, Reporting and Improvement Systems (PMRIS) in five pilot states (NIFL, 1995b). <span class="highlight">The</span> purpose of <span class="highlight">the</span> competitive grant program was <span class="highlight">to</span> help state and local leaders create interagency systems that
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reasons for <span class="highlight">the</span> increased interest in <span class="highlight">performance</span>-<span class="highlight">based</span> assessments. .. there is an increased awareness that students can leave school without being able <span class="highlight">to</span> apply their content knowledge outside of <span class="highlight">the</span> classroom, partly because tests do not ask students <span class="highlight">to</span> demonstrate use of their knowledge or skills, but merely <span class="highlight">to</span> recite them <span class="highlight">on</span> selected response tests. (Grummon, 1997, p. 4) <span class="highlight">Performance</span> assessment has been defined by <span class="highlight">the</span> Office of Technology Assessment as “testing that requires <span class="highlight">a</span> student <span class="highlight">to</span> create an
Integrated Skills in the ESL/EFL Classroom. ERIC Digest.
and technologies that promotethe integration of listening, reading, speaking, and writing, as well as theassociated skills of syntax, vocabulary, and so on. * Even if a given course is labeled according to just one skill, rememberthat it is possible to integrate the...
Word-Form Recognition Accuracy, Word Sorts
Class Length: 10 minutes Materials: A deck of cards that contains each word recognition word learned so far for each pair of players (ideally, about 20 cards in a deck) Goal: goal = Given a written regular word, the student can say the word with automaticity...
Put Reading First 2nd Ed. PDF
reading substantially improves word recognition, speed, and accuracy as well as fluency. To a lesser but still considerable extent, repeated oral reading also improves reading comprehension. Repeated oral reading improves the reading ability of all students throughout ...
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reading substantially improves word recognition, speed, and accuracy as well as fluency. To a lesser but still considerable extent, repeated oral reading also improves reading comprehension. Repeated oral reading improves the reading ability of all students throughout the elementary school years. It also helps struggling readers at higher grade levels. Traditionally, many teachers have relied primarily on round-robin reading to develop oral fluency. In round-robin reading, students take turns reading parts of a
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reading substantially improves word <span class="highlight">recognition</span>, speed, and accuracy as well as fluency. <span class="highlight">To</span> <span class="highlight">a</span> lesser but still considerable extent, repeated oral reading also improves reading comprehension. Repeated oral reading improves <span class="highlight">the</span> reading ability of all students throughout <span class="highlight">the</span> elementary school years. It also helps struggling readers at higher grade levels. Traditionally, many teachers have relied primarily <span class="highlight">on</span> round-robin reading <span class="highlight">to</span> develop oral fluency. In round-robin reading, students take turns reading parts of <span class="highlight">a</span>
Evidence-Based Decisionmaking: Assessing Reading across the Curriculum Interventions
North Carolina, and South Carolina) have some form of adolescent literacy initiative under way, the intensity of efforts in professional development for content-area teachers varies. (Appendixes B and C provide background information on the work of each of the six state e...
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North Carolina, and South Carolina) have some form of adolescent literacy initiative under way, the intensity of efforts in professional development for content-area teachers varies. (Appendixes B and C provide background information on the work of each of the six state education departments.) A sample set of state activities is briefly introduced below as context (table 1). Working on reading across the curriculum standards Georgia began by creating new performance stan- dards to ensure that literacy
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North Carolina, and South Carolina) have some form of adolescent literacy initiative under way, <span class="highlight">the</span> intensity of efforts in professional development for content-area teachers varies. (Appendixes B and C provide background information <span class="highlight">on</span> <span class="highlight">the</span> work of each of <span class="highlight">the</span> six state education departments.) <span class="highlight">A</span> sample set of state activities is briefly introduced below as context (table 1). Working <span class="highlight">on</span> reading across <span class="highlight">the</span> curriculum standards Georgia began by creating <span class="highlight">new</span> <span class="highlight">performance</span> stan- dards <span class="highlight">to</span> ensure that literacy
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through <span class="highlight">a</span> <span class="highlight">face</span>-<span class="highlight">to</span>-<span class="highlight">face</span> academy <span class="highlight">to</span> be offered spring/sum- mer 2007. <span class="highlight">The</span> academy is intended <span class="highlight">to</span> be <span class="highlight">a</span> train- <span class="highlight">the</span>-trainer model where literacy coaches or other interested district educators receive training and, in turn, train content teachers in their districts. <span class="highlight">The</span> CAR-PD training was created by FLaRE and designed for vocabulary development and compre- hension skill development in <span class="highlight">the</span> higher levels. It is not intended <span class="highlight">to</span> build decoding or fluency skills. In addition, FLaRE provides site-<span class="highlight">based</span> support for <span class="highlight">the</span>
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materials provided Student edition, comprising four progressively more challenging volumes.• teachers resource manual, which provides guidance <span class="highlight">on</span> strategy instruction, lesson plans/• models, graphic illustrations, and helpful links <span class="highlight">on</span> <span class="highlight">the</span> internet. Placement guide for placement of students at <span class="highlight">the</span> correct program level.• tips for helping Students read <span class="highlight">to</span> learn provides motivational tips, tips <span class="highlight">to</span> <span class="highlight">enhance</span> students’ • self-sufficiency, and guidance <span class="highlight">on</span> assessment of student <span class="highlight">performance</span>. user requirements none
15. Fa�ade measurement by Trigonometry
and such methods are hardly new. Here we describe a trigonometric method than not only measures heights of points on a building, but widths and depths of those points. It will give the height, horizontal position, and depth, (x, y, and z coordinates) of e...
Beacon Learning Center: More or Less
explain and demonstrate exercises based on the principles of training and conditioning. -Students describe the fitness benefits of the various activities in their journals. Authentic Context: You are an athlete who needs to prepare for track season. Wit...
Franklin Institute: Coin Identification
Em Up! Match the coin(s) to the coin(s) that equal the same amount of money Pick A Coin Students will meet some new friends who need help making money decisions. After studying the amount of coins each friend has already, the student will b...
Foreign Language Study for Homeschoolers: Problems and Solutions
Omniglot Blog Stwff a lol Omniglot Forum Omniglot Fan Club YouTube Channel Foreign Language Study for Homeschoolers: Problems and Solutions by Laura Creasey Hola! Bonjour! Shalom! Foreign languages are increasingly showing up on the homeschool curriculum of many families,...
PDK Couples Web Resources with Peer Interactions
selecting peers: I made sure they taught a subject that was related to mine; and I looked for people who were already using a project-based or nontraditional, engaged learning environment similar to mine. This brief meeting set the stage for what would come...
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