Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Archive for the ‘Assessments’ Category

CASAS ~ Paired Scores & Average Gains are UP!

Posted in Assessments, tagged , on November 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Today begins the last week of our first session of managed enrollment.  How are we doing?  Our attendance numbers are down…but our persister rates and average gains are up!  Remember, at NMUSD Adult School, we’re about SUCCESS…not just access!
To determine and compare our rates of persistence, we identified the percentage of paired scores at the end of Post Test I [...]

Read Full Post »

CASAS Practice Tests

Posted in Assessments on October 23, 2009 | 1 Comment »

The CASAS post test is coming!

November 3 (BESST)
November 4 (Whittier)

Here’s how you can help your students prepare:

Electronic practice tests are on our Teacher Resources page.
Hard copies are in the office’s CASAS cupboard.
Extra sample test items are found on the CASAS website.  You must create a login username/password to access them.

Read Full Post »

A Therapeutic Journey to the CASAS 2.0 World

Posted in Assessments on February 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I’ll be frank.  Joining the CASAS 2.0 World has not been easy for me.  It may surprise you to learn that I’ve been grieving these past couple of years as I come to grips with the fact that my beloved old 03_R test series is going away.  
Now, readers, you have two choices here:
1)  Walk with me through the five stages [...]

Read Full Post »

CASAS Sample Reading Test PowerPoints

Posted in Assessments on January 30, 2009 | 1 Comment »

Check out these PowerPoints from CASAS. 
Ideas for Use:  You can take your class into our lab, and each student can work through the PowerPoint.  Or, you can project the PPT onto your SMART Board and invite students up to select the correct answers while the rest of the class writes the answers in their notebooks. 
CASAS [...]

Read Full Post »

CASAS Competencies for the 21st Century

Posted in Assessments, tagged on December 9, 2008 | 1 Comment »

CASAS recently revised and revalidated its CASAS Competencies.  Writes CASAS,
The changes update the life and work skills needed by youth and adults in today’s society and reflect the increased role of technology in the 21st century.  Competency areas that have been expanded or added include:

education
health and medical information
financial literacy
media literacy
technology

CASAS Competencies, revised 2008 
Correlation of CASAS Competencies, [...]

Read Full Post »

Adults + Blogs + CASAS = ABCs of 21st Century Learning

Posted in Assessments, Tech-Enhanced Inst., tagged , , on November 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Check out how Teacher Taylor used a couple o’ blogs to prepare his Intermediate ESL students for this week’s CASAS Post Test I. 
TeacherT4U Blog – October 31, 2008 Post
Scroll down to AFTERNOON CLASS ONLY: CASAS TEST ON TUESDAY SO LET’S PRACTICE FOR  IT.

Read Full Post »

Preparing for Paired Scores

Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, Assessments, WASC - All Categories, WASC - Category A, WASC - Category B, tagged on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

One fellow adult ed administrator/blogger emailed me this question today:
How does your site obtain paired scores for your students?
I emailed him with the steps we take at NMUSD Adult School to get as many CASAS paired scores as possible…plus 5 resources to help with the process.  We hope these ideas are helpful.  Good luck, all!

Read Full Post »

Get Your House in Order – CASAS is Coming!

Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, Assessments, WASC - All Categories, WASC - Category A, WASC - Category B, tagged on September 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The CASAS pre-test is coming to NMUSD Adult School next week ~ September 16 & 18.  Check the Testing Calendar for your site’s testing date.  Also, please review your CASAS’ Sweet Home to prepare for next week’s pre-test.  In particular, look at the following resources before administering the CASAS pre-test to your class next Tuesday or Thursday.  Good luck [...]

Read Full Post »

CASAS’ Sweet eHome

Posted in Adult School - NMUSD, Assessments, WASC - All Categories, WASC - Category A, WASC - Category B, tagged on September 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

 Newport-Mesa Adult School just created CASAS’ Sweet eHome: a happy home for all your CASAS materials.  The purpose of the CASAS’ Sweet eHome is to organize and easily share documents we have created to make CASAS testing process more efficient and effective at our adult school.
Click on Continue Reading » to view, download, and/or edit our [...]

Read Full Post »

Mis CASAS Son Sus CASAS

Posted in Assessments, ESL, WASC - Category B, tagged , on March 17, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

CASAS testing is coming to a site near you.  Click here to view/download our second-semester Testing Calendar.  Read on for additional resources to help you prepare your students for the CASAS post-test.

Read Full Post »

Multiple Assessments for Next-Level ESL Placement

Posted in Assessments, ESL, PLC Work, tagged , , , on January 28, 2008 | 4 Comments »

In our adult ESL program, we use a variety of assessments to evaluate student learning.  During the last week of the semester, our teachers and ESL students work together to review these assessments and jointly determine whether the students have met the exit criteria for their levels. 
In this article, you can read about our next-level placement [...]

Read Full Post »

The Point Between Pretest and Post-Test

Posted in Assessments, tagged , , , , , , , on October 8, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

How do we get our students from Pretest to Post-test with success?  It’s a simple scenario of Point A to Point B, right?  Wrong.  There’s a crucial point between pretest and post-test that we often neglect or shortchange when it comes to CASAS:  teaching the CASAS competencies and test-taking strategies.  This is my point today.  Read on. Lead [...]

Read Full Post »