Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i6RG6u122862; Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:06:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2004 12:06:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <000101c473f4$a6aee230$1a01a8c0@cccchs.org> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Sylvan Rainwater" <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1891] RE: FW: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:605] Low-Level assessments for Family Literacy X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2847 Lines: 76 No, there is no instrument to assess a whole family, at least not to my knowledge. And of course a family is not a "whole" at all, but a collection of various people in various configurations. There are certainly ways to characterize a family -- single-parent, blended, dysfunctional, etc. -- or given axes of a family -- the parent-child, the spouse-spouse, the sibling-sibling, the grandparents, extended family, etc. -- but the nature of the beast is huge variety. So, yes, we assess individual children (and these can be strikingly similar within a family and also strikingly different) and individual parents in areas of literacy. We have a few tools for evaluating parenting skills, but these are rudimentary, and generally nonstandard, as far as I know. The point of family literacy is to improve the literacy levels of both parents and children, and to help them become not only lifelong learners but to support each other in that learning, to become part of a learning community that just spreads the wealth and multiplies it enormously. Some of that you can measure, and a lot of it you can't. ------- Sylvan Rainwater mailto:sylvan@cccchs.org Program Manager Family Literacy Clackamas Co. Children's Commission / Head Start Oregon City, OR USA -----Original Message----- From: nifl-family@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-family@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Dianna Baycich Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 11:01 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1890] FW: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:605] Low-Level assessments for Family Literacy Hi, This was posted on the assessment discussion list. What comments do you have? Does anyone know of an instrument that assesses the whole family? In Ohio we use the Parent Education Profile to assess the parents' progress. Dianna B. OLRC -----Original Message----- From: nifl-assessment@nifl.gov [mailto:nifl-assessment@nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Marie Cora Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2004 12:21 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:605] Low-Level assessments for Family Literacy Hi everyone, I wanted to throw this question out to you as well - what about assessments in the Family Literacy area? I was chatting with a colleague this past weekend about this question, and of course I wanted to find out from the collective wisdom what you might do or use in terms of assessing family literacy. This seems, on the face of it, to be an even more complex issue (you need to assess on quite a variety of dimensions), and there seems to be even fewer resources in this regard. But! I'm not a Fam Lit worker, so I'm unsure. Can anyone shed some light on this for us? Thanks! marie cora Moderator, NIFL Assessment Discussion List, and Coordinator/Developer LINCS Assessment Special Collection at http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/ marie.cora@hotspurpartners.com
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