[Bestplus] Scoring question

[Schwerdtfeger, Jane]

I would think it is still what the person is able to do, and if he is
speaking as much as he can, and the words are understandable, my thought is
that it's still a 3, and that the language complexity being likely a "1"
will weight the quesiton pretty low on the ability scale.  I don't think the
computer is going to end up giving the person an inflated SPL.  But it's a
good question; I'll ask Carol.
 
Jane
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From: Brown, Teresa [mailto:teresa at CambridgeMA.GOV]
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Subject: RE: [Bestplus] Scoring question


Hi everyone,
 
I'm still uncomfortable scoring some, not all, one or two word answers as a
3.  It may be fine with a picture, but what about "me, school" for an answer
to 'tell me something about what you do everyday'?  In the training, the
example with all the pronouns missing is scored a 2 even though it is
perfectly comprehensible.  How is this different?  It seems that we are
still doing a lot of filling in.
 
Lynda's example of answering "Massachusetts" is qualitatively different
because that's something a native English speaker would say.   "Me, school",
or "eggs, store, woman" is not conversational English, so I would like more
clarification for the Communication scores at these very low levels.
 
Many thanks, 
 
Teresa Brown
ESOL Coordinator
Community Learning Center
19 Brookline Street, Cambridge, MA  02139
 
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Subject: Re: [Bestplus] Scoring question
 
I agree with you on this Janet.  Often the student who responds to a picture
with a  one word answer such as "eggs" points to the object.  In that case,
It becomes perfectly acceptable to a score a 3.  I think that the student
without the pointing gesture should still score a 3, as long as he/she is
understandable.

Stacey
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