[AAACE-NLA] Delusion of Accountability in Adult Education (longer)

[Georges Marceau]

I think it would sound like "woosh"..the sound of the
AELS experience...

In Syracuse, NY we are working with a local Community
foundation that is graciously funding many family
literacy initiatives over a five year period. As part
of this effort, we are establishing community
standards of excellence for adult literacy providers
using EFF as a core framework, common standardized
assessments, intake and student portfolios  and also
stressing the "self-attestation" aspects to the adult
education experience based on customer service,
anecdotal evidence of reactions and transformations.

Question: Is there a core set of survey questions and
methodologies existing that could guide us in our work
on this latter "soft" yet equally rigorous and
important (per our group's opinion)aspect of
establishing community standards for literacy
programs?


P.S. many of the calls for baseline and benchmark 
components come from the business community upon whom
we will expect to hold standards regarding their
contribution to the local literacy system such as
referrals and accommodating workplace literacy
programs, awareness campaigns, etc.  
best,

Georges Marceau
CNY Staff Development (FLAGS: Family Alliance of
Greater Syracuse)

-- Bonnie Odiorne <bonniesophia at adelphia.net> wrote:
> I wish there was an urggh! Section to report "soft"
> data! What would that
> sound like?
> Warmest Regards,
> Bonnie Odiorne Ph.D
> Program Faciliator
> Working Smart
> Computers 4 Kids
> Silas Bronson Library Information Technology Center
> Waterbury, CT
> Integrating Technology, ABE and ESL Instruction
> bonniesophia at ad4elphia.net
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aaace-nla-bounces at lists.literacytent.org
> [mailto:aaace-nla-bounces at lists.literacytent.org]On
> Behalf Of
> AndresMuro at aol.com
> Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 1:44 PM
> To: National Literacy Advocacy List sponsored by
> AAACE;
> dwyoho at earthlink.net
> Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA] Delusion of Accountability
> in Adult Education
> (longer)
> 
> 
> Hard, scientific evidence gives me a macho, viril
> feeling, sort of like
> bench pressing a lot of weight and making some
> guttural sound that exresses
> my pride in a job well done. When I report hard,
> scientific evidence, I feel
> proud and utter an Urrghhh! I wish there was space
> in the reporting system
> to write down uuurrghgh! next to the numbers.
> 
> Andres
> 
> 
> go here: www.geocities.com/andresmuro/art.html
> 
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