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Adventures in Assessment

For 14 years (1991-2004), Adventures in Assessment was our annual journal in which adult literacy practitioners shared their experiences of developing and implementing learner-centered assesment. Each volume is now $2.00; the entire set of 16 volumes is $32.00.

• Volume 16: Bringing Standardized Assessment Practices into the Classroom, Spring 2004, 42 p. Student goal-setting; test-taking strategies; using data for program improvement; and REEP.   PDF version
• Volume 15: Assessment in Motion, Spring 2003, 32 p. Article titles include: Making Sense of REEP; The BEST Plus -- A New Way to Assess Oral English Skills; and The NIFL LINCS Special Collection.   PDF version
• Volume 14: Examining Performance, Spring 2002, 72 p. Article titles include: Fair Assessment Practices: Giving Students Equitable Opportunities to Demonstrate Learning; Assessing Oral Communication at the Community Learning Center; A Writing Rubric to Assess ESL Student Performance; Involving Learners in Assessment Research.   PDF version
• Volume 13: Meeting the Accountability Challenge, Spring 2001, 55 p. Article titles include: New Accountability Rules Pose Dilemma for Programs; Authentic Goal-Setting with ABE Learners; Quinsigamond Community College's Site-Specific Assessment; Analyzing Your Organization's Data to Tell Your Story.   PDF version
• Volume 12: Experiences with Standards-Based Reform, Winter 2000, 66 p. Article titles include: What Makes a Good Teacher?, Successful Supervision: Three Perspectives; Connecting the ESOL Framework to Acutal Practice.   PDF version
• Volume 11: Aspects, Levels, and Perspectives, Winter 1998, 85 p. Article titles include: Are We Practicing What We Preach?; This is Only a Test....; Reflections at the End of an ESL Day; The More Things Change; The More They Seem to Stay the Same.   PDF version
• Volume 10: Time to Reflect, December 1997, 85 p. Article titles include: What Counts: Assessing Computer Skills; Learning from Experience: The TABE (Thoughts from an Inquiring Mind); Overcoming Cultural Barriers of a Job Interview.   PDF version
• Volume 9: Rethinking Assessment, December 1996, 55 p. Article titles include: Volunteer Tutors and Learner Assessment; Why ABE Math Assessment Practices must Change.   PDF version
• Volume 8: Meeting the Challenge of Authentic Assessment, December 1995, 67 p. Article titles include:Do ESOL Students Want to be Tested more Often?   PDF version
• Volume 7: The Partnership Project, December 1994, 97 p. Article titles include: Assessing all the Things that Make a Student Teachable; Adventures in Mentoring.   PDF version
• Volume 6: Responding to the Dream Conference, April 1994. 76 p. Article titles include: One Step of Inquiry: Documenting the Voices; What Counts? Setting the Stage for Math.   PDF version
• Volume 5: The Tale of the Tools, October 1993. 96 p. Article titles include: Adapting Tools to New Programs; Reflections on Ongoing Assessment: How to Document Self-Esteem and Community.   PDF version
• Volume 4: Initial, Ongoing, and End-of-Cycle, April 1993. 52 p. Article titles include: Empowering the Student through Goal Setting; Tape Journals in the Oral Skills Class.   PDF version
• Volume 3: Looking Back, Starting Again, November 1992. 82 p. Article titles include: Sitting Down Together at the End of the Year; Learner-Friendly Assessment: a Workplace Model.
• Volume 2: Ongoing, May 1992. 84 p. Article titles include:Self Assessment:Doing and Reflecting; What You See:Ongoing Assessment in the ESOL/Literacy Classroom.
• Volume 1: Getting Started, November 1991. 80 p. Article titles include: Getting in Touch: Participants Goals and Issues; "Down and Dirty" Miscue Analysis.

Other SABES Publications

Field Notes, edited by Lenore Balliro. This quarterly, theme-based newsletter is written by Adult Basic Education practitioners in Massachusetts. Annual subscription (outside Massachusetts), $15.00
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