AlePlateauResources
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Resources for the Discussion: Adult New Readers Plateau at Second or Third Grade Level
Here are some resources that I've put together that address (or try to) some of the questions and the points above:
Resources on validity = A Basic Primer for Understanding Standardized Tests and Using Test Scores by April Zenisky, Lisa Keller, Stephen G. Sireci UMass Amherst http://sabes.org/resources/adventures/vol16/16zenisky.htm
Definitions of Assessment terms can be found at: http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/glossary.html
Written discussions of TABE can be found at: Learning from Experience: To TABE or Not to TABE: One Agency's Options by Bernie Driscoll http://www.sabes.org/resources/adventures/vol12/12driscoll.htm
Learning from Experience: The TABE: Thoughts from an Inquiring Mind by Cathy Coleman http://sabes.org/resources/adventures/vol10/10coleman.htm
Information on the TABE overview, training, test administration, using the locator, etc. can be found at: http://www.sabes.org/assessment/tabe.htm
Information on using Scale Scores can be found at: (check this out if you hate using GLEs!!!!!) http://www.sabes.org/assessment/scalescores.htm
Information on EFF (Equipped for the Future) Read with Understanding standards and assessment tool http://eff.cls.utk.edu/assessment/assessment_tools.htm
Books that look at literacy in different contexts: Ways with Words: Language, Life and Work in Communities and Classrooms by Shirley Brice Heath http://uk.cambridge.org/catalogue/catalogue.asp?isbn=0521273196 (for info on purchase)
Other People's Children: Cultural Conflict in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit http://oreneta.com/cgi-bin/baldie/amazon/us.cgi?input_item=1565841808&input_search_type=AsinSearch (for purchase)
To find adult literacy learners who have gone from low to high levels, and to find out from adult learners what they think about this topic, contact Archie Willard and VALUE http://www.literacynet.org/value/
For information on Jeanne Chall (that totally AMAZING lady who also helped put "Between the Lions" on TV = and if you haven't seen it, give yourself the treat, even if you aren't 5!!! - it's on PBS) http://www.education.miami.edu/ep/html/jeanne_chall.html
thanks,
marie
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