Performance Assessments for Adult Education: Exploring the Measurement Issues: Report of a Workshop - Softcover

National Research Council; Division Of Behavioral And Social Sciences And Education; Center For Education; Board On Testing And Assessment; Committee For The Workshop On Alternatives For Assessing Adult Education And Literacy Programs

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309084539 ISBN 13: 9780309084536

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2002

Synopsis

In the United States, the nomenclature of adult education includes adult literacy, adult secondary education, and English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) services provided to undereducated and limited English proficient adults. Those receiving adult education services have diverse reasons for seeking additional education. With the passage of the WIA, the assessment of adult education students became mandatory-regardless of their reasons for seeking services. The law does allow the states and local programs flexibility in selecting the most appropriate assessment for the student. The purpose of the NRC's workshop was to explore issues related to efforts to measure learning gains in adult basic education programs, with a focus on performance-based assessments.

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Committee for the Workshop on Alternatives for Assessing Adult Education and Literacy Programs, Robert J. Mislevy and Kaeli T. Knowles, Editors, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309084539
• ISBN 13: 9780309084536
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 132
• Editor: Knowles Kaeli T., Mislevy Robert J.