EbaeImprovingPaper

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Improving the Paper Comments

• Make clear that adult secondary education (ASE) does not only include GED students. [Messages 6 and 7, Part One]

• “It appears that the baseline model will be tested on the agreed upon outcomes. The example on page 6 talks about the impact of managed versus open enrollment (the baseline model) on learning gains (the outcome). Should the steps on Page 15 make specific mention about the process of developing those clearly defined outcomes? I see that the Next Steps on page 17 does make reference to agreement on the outcomes.” [Message 18, Part One]

• “I wonder how we can acknowledge in this plan the complex variation in every aspect of our system—from stakeholders, to definitions of literacy, to contexts and purposes, to formats and professional expertise, etc., etc., etc. Much of the white paper is written as if the complexity isn’t there or doesn’t matter as much as it does. I know that everyone involved knows it is there, but I wonder how the white paper could be written to be more reflective of this reality. I like Bill’s use of bi-culturalism. Unfortunately, I feel that it’s way more than “bi.” I would like to see the paper somehow more reflective of how little is monolithic in our field—and yet still assume the importance of coming to some agreed upon consensus about some things.” [Message 56, Part One]