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margin-right:auto;" > <tr> <th width="151" height="416" valign="top" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" class="resourcecontents" scope="row">  <h3 align="left"><img src="../../../../images/aia.jpg" width="145" height="170" border="0" alt="[Adventures in Assessment logo]" /><br /> <b><font color="#000000" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Volume 7 December 1994</font></b></h3> <p align="left"><a href="vol7.pdf"><img src="../../../../images/pdfsm2.gif" align="absmiddle" height="14" width="39" border="0" /> PDF version</a></p> <h3 align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">CONTENTS</font></h3> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Introduction:<br /> <b><font color="#000000"><a href="7intro.htm">Working Together, Sharing Ideas</a></font></b><font color="#000000"><br /> </font></b><font color="#000000"><b>Alison Simmons, Editor</b></font></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7trunnell.htm">The Partnership Project</a><br /> Paul Trunnel</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><a href="7gear.htm"><strong>Adventures in Mentoring</strong></a><strong><br /> Susan Gear</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7sumaryano.htm">Authentic Assessment from Another Angle</a><br /> Widi Sumaryono</strong></font> </p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7pardi.htm">Assessing All Things that Make A Student Teachable</a><br /> Loretta Pardi and Estelle Williams</strong></font> </p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7oleary.htm"> Working with Parents: Authentic Assessment in Family Literacy Programs</a><br /> Pauline O'Leary and Barbara Krol-Sinclair</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7mclaughlin.htm"> Taking Time to Talk: Students and Teachers Setting Goals</a><br /> Marty Tassi-Richardson and Deirdre McLaughlin</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7desire.htm">Thoughts on Assessment</a><br /> Lesly Desire and Henry Joseph</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7atlas.htm"> Self Assessment for the Beginner: A Goals-Oriented Approach</a><br /> Rudee Atlas and Dan Wilson</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7robishaw.htm">Bottoms Up: An Alternative Self-Directed Readiness Training Program</a><br /> Don Robishaw</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7barnard.htm">What Counts? The Right Answer: There is More than One</a><br /> Susan Barnard and Kenneth Tamarkin</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7tuler.htm">Working with Industry: Authentic Assessment in the Workplace</a><br /> Debbie Tuler</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7santiago.htm">Learning from Experience</a><br /> Elizabeth Santiago</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7isserlis.htm">Letter: A Response to Hofer and Larson</a><br /> Janet Isserlis</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7pecoraro.htm"> ESL Assessment Conundrum</a><br /> Diane Pecoraro</strong></font></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong><a href="7balliro.htm">Book Review: Dimensions of Change: An Authentic Assessment Guidebook</a><br /> Lenore Balliro</strong></font><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><strong></strong></font></p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> </p>  </p><br />  <font face="verdana, arial, helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Search Our Site!</font> <form method="get" action="http://search.atomz.com/search/"> <input size="15" name="sp-q"> <input type="submit" value="Search"> <input type="hidden" name="sp-a" value="sp1001a0c1"> </form>  <td width="630" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" valign="top"><table bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><tr> <td width="2%" bgcolor="FFFFFF" border="0"></td><td width="96%" valign="top" bgcolor="FFFFFF" border="0">  <h2>ESL Assessment Conundrum</h2> <p><b>Diane Pecoraro</b><br /> Minnesota Department of Education<br /> TESOL ‘94</p> <p>Bring us a test that is normed,<br /> Not to mention perfectly formed,<br /> Fit for advanced beginners,<br /> Lets all learners be winners.</p> <p>Spits out numerical score<br /> That provides funders with lore,<br /> Hard data to track,<br /> Offers legislators feedback.</p> <p>Standardization might do,<br /> Troy’d talk to Kalamazoo,<br /> Transition starts to make sense,<br /> And teachers wouldn’t feel tense</p> <p>When asked to document progress<br /> For more accountability not less,<br /> They know students are advancing,<br /> But have trouble substancing</p> <p>What they observe everyday,<br /> From “repeat” to role play,<br /> Gains in confidence, each try,<br /> That’s good enough! Why ask why?</p> <p>Assessment alternatives ripe to explore<br /> Will skills transfer beyond the classroom door?<br /> Placement, process, progress and change,<br /> How to shape our stories for the validity range?</p> <p><b>-Diane Pecoraro</b></p> <p><font size="-1">This article was published in <i><b>Adventures in Assessment</b></i>, Volume 7 (December 1994), SABES/World Education, Boston, MA, Copyright 1994.</font></p> <p><font size="-1">Funding support for the publication of this document on the Web provided in part by the Ohio State Literacy Resource Center as part of the <a href="http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/">LINCS Assessment Special Collection</a>.</font></p> <p align="left" class="bodytext"> </p> </td> <td width="2%" bgcolor="FFFFFF" border="0"></td> </table> </tr> <tr><td colspan="2"> <table width="100%" bgcolor="#392465"> <tr bgcolor="#392465" class="regionfooter"> <td width="16%" align="center"><a href="../../../../boston/index.htm">Boston</a></td> <td width="16%" align="center"><a href="../../../../crc/index.htm">CRC</a></td> <td width="16%" align="center"><a href="../../../../central/index.htm">Central</a></td> <td width="16%" align="center"><a href="../../../../northeast/default.htm">Northeast</a></td> <td width="16%" align="center"><a href="../../../../southeast/index.htm">Southeast</a></td> <td width="16%" align="center"><a href="../../../../west/index.htm">West</a></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </th> </tr> <div id="siteinfo"> <div align="center"><a href="http://www.doe.mass.edu/acls/" class="siteinfo">SABES is funded by Massachusetts Department of Education </a><span class="blackspacers">: :</span><span class="whitenotlink">|</a></span><span class="blackspacers">: : </span><a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/" class="siteinfo">Creative Commons Copyright Info.</a>: :<span class="whitenotlink">|</span> <span class="blackspacers"></a> : </span><a href="mailto:lwollrab@worlded.org" class="siteinfo">Webmaster </a><span class="blackspacers">: :</span><span class="whitenotlink">|</span> <span class="blackspacers">: :</span><a href=../../../../sitemap.htm class="siteinfo">Site Map </a><span class="blackspacers">: :</span><span class="whitenotlink"> Last Modified <span class="whitenotlink">05/01/06</span></span></div> </div> </body> </html>