FW: [Bestplus] Scoring question

[Schwerdtfeger, Jane]

Here is an answer from Lynda Terrill--
 
Jane
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Lynda Terrill [mailto:lterrill at cal.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 4:55 PM
To: Schwerdtfeger, Jane
Subject: RE: [Bestplus] Scoring question



Hi, Jane, 

I'm fine--I just had a two week vacation!  Short answer is that those fully
understandable words are 3s in communication.  If I ask you where you are
from and you say "Massachusetts" so I can understand it--it's comprehensible
and easy to understand-- it is a 3.

I'm heading out the door, let me know if you want amplification and I will
get to it first thing tomorrow. 

Lynda 
  

-----Original Message----- 
From: Schwerdtfeger, Jane [  <mailto:JaneS at doe.mass.edu>
mailto:JaneS at doe.mass.edu] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 4:45 PM 
To: Lynda Terrill 
Subject: FW: [Bestplus] Scoring question 

Hi, Lynda, how are you?  I hope you are enjoying the summer.  I sent this
question to carol, but I remember that she is off on Thursdays, so I thought
I'd pass it on to you, too.  What think you?

Thanks, 
Jane 

-----Original Message----- 
From: Brown, Teresa [  <mailto:teresa at CambridgeMA.GOV>
mailto:teresa at CambridgeMA.GOV] 
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 10:25 AM 
To: Bestplus at lists.literacytent.org 
Subject: [Bestplus] Scoring question 


Hi everyone, 

I have a question about Communication scores for the very low level ESOL 
students.  When we say "Tell me about this picture," some students look at 
it and just give some nouns, or maybe a verb, for example, "eggs, woman, 
store", or "car, truck, drive".  The words are perfectly comprehensible and 
accurate, but there's nothing in our training that explains how to score it.

There aren't any hesitations, but the answers aren't enough of a phrase to 
be 'everyday' English (i.e. In response to a question, "with my friends" got

a 3 for Communication). 

Are you all scoring these kinds of replies a 2?  or a 1?  I think this 
question will come up more in September than June, so I'd like for all our 
teachers to be consistent from the start. 

Thanks for your help, 

Teresa Brown 
ESOL Coordinator 
Community Learning Center 
19 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA  02139 


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