[Bestplus] Carol's response to Teresa's Scoring quesiton

[iris.broudy@SDH.state.ma.us]

My reaction to this question--and the subsequent comments--has been that
teachers who have a lot of experience with the old BEST oral are getting
confused by the rubric for that test, where communication was a very
different thing. So I think we're seeing some interference.  This may happen
with new trainees until they feel comfortable with the B+ rubric.  But I
guess we as trainers just have to keep repeating the mantra:  Look at the
rubric!  
Hope it's going well with everyone.  My training is still weeks away.  Hope
I don't forget everything before then!

Iris

P.S. Carey:  I FINALLY received an e-mail from you at work through the
listserv.  I don't know why it didn't happen before, but looks like problem
solved.--I

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-----Original Message-----
From: Schwerdtfeger, Jane [mailto:JaneS at doe.mass.edu]
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2004 3:43 PM
To: 'Bestplus at lists.literacytent.org'
Subject: [Bestplus] Carol's response to Teresa's Scoring quesiton


Hi, everyone--we have a response from Carol Van Duzer as well.  She writes:


I think this is covered in the training and explained in the rubric. 
The expected response to "Tell me about this picture." is words,
phrases, or a simple sentence. (that is in the powerpoint)

If an examinee answers at the word level--e.g., "shopping...eggs" (and
the picture is of someone in a supermarket buying eggs)--the score is 2
for Listening Comprehension, 1 for Language Complexity, and 3 for
communication if the vocabulary words are clearly understood. Check the
scoring rubric.

To get a 1 or 2 in communication with such a response, there would have
to be severe interference from pronunciation--which would cause
difficulty in catching the meaning or confusion about what was being
said. See the rubric.

In the situation she [Teresa]described, there were no inaccuracies--just
words--and she understood them perfectly. The examinee is operating at the
vocabulary level so there is nothing to "fill in." The score for answering
in words is awarded under language complexity. In general, hesitation does
not cause a lower score (unless it interferes with understanding meaning).

This is Jane again.  Any other comments from the listserve group? Thanks for
bringing it up Teresa--

Jane



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