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 i37Jmhm18850; Wed, 7 Apr 2004 15:48:44 -0400 (EDT) Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 15:48:44 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <BAY17-F36hVOJwnzsLq000515e0@hotmail.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: "Marie Cora" <mariecora@hotmail.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:476] Re: Training in good assessment practice X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 1918 Lines: 59 Hi everyone, I didn't want us to lose site of Kerry's question, which I derailed some myself. Given some of the discussion about what good assessment training actually is, can anyone give us a sense of what they do in their location, and if they think it's successful or not? marie cora NIFL Assessment List Moderator >From: klyon@alphaplus.ca >Reply-To: nifl-assessment@nifl.gov >To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-assessment@literacy.nifl.gov> >Subject: [NIFL-ASSESSMENT:462] Re: Training in good assessment practice >Date: Tue, 6 Apr 2004 11:25:01 -0400 (EDT) > > > >We have recently completed a community snapshot of assessment practices in >the >Literacy and Basic Skills field in Ontario, Canada, and one of the points >that >continued to come up was that although practitioners were responsible for >developing, administering and evaluating initial, ongoing and final >assessment, >there was very little training available and even less province wide common >assessment training initiatives. >I would like to know how other jurisdictions are training practitioners in >good >assessment practices and what types of ongoing training initiatives are >there to >support practitioners? > >AlphaPlus is working on a website to help support practitioners in Ontario, >and >I will post the link when it is launched, but if anyone has any websites >that >they find useful for support good assessment practice, please post them. > >Cheers, >Kerry > >=========================================================== >Kerry Lyon >Field Consultant for the Anglophone Community >Centre AlphaPlus Centre >http://alphaplus.ca >======================================== > > _________________________________________________________________ Limited-time offer: Fast, reliable MSN 9 Dial-up Internet access FREE for 2 months! http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/dialup&pgmarket=en-us&ST=1/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/
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