[Bestplus] FW: BEST Plus Question

[Betty Stone]

Hi Annemarie,
 
Thanks for demonstrating to us how th email info system works. I wonder if Breana actually answers ALL the questions that come in. Some super woman!
 
At my 6/25 training, this question surfaced too. It was difficult for some of the folks to grasp and then buy into the distinction between comprehension checking "employee?" YES, vs. partial understanding comp.checking "employer?" (NO) EMPLOYEE.
 
A few participants worked hard to help their colleagues understand that if the student hadn't been able to check, he would have answered incorrectly. That helped some, and then, the sound quality of the video got blamed too.  :)  
 
Overall, the point was made, and this kind of response will take practice to score consistently. It goes to show how important practice and calibration groups are to help everyone chew these questions around so that they are clear and comfortable with fitting responses into the rubric.
 
Betty 

"Espindola, Annemarie" <aespindo at bristol.mass.edu> wrote:
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Here is the answer to a question ;that came up at a training on 6/18 in the Southeast.
I used CAL's email system to get the answer.
Thought you might all be interested.
Annemarie
 
 

Annemarie Espindola 
SABES Southeast 
Bristol Community College 
777 Elsbree Street 
Fall River, MA 02720 
(508) 678-2811 ext 2782 

-----Original Message-----
From: BPSUPPORT [mailto:bpsupport at cal.org] 
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:41 AM
To: Espindola, Annemarie
Subject: RE: Question



Good morning,

 

Thank you for the reminder email! 

 

If a student performs a comprehension check of one word whose answer then demonstrates that they understood the question, then they are not counted down, and are given a 2 for full understanding. If a student performs a comprehension check which demonstrates that the student did not understand the question the first time it was asked, but after repetition their answer show that they understood the question the second time, then they are given a 1 for partial comprehension. If their comprehension check shows that they didn’t understand the question the first time and then their answer demonstrates that they didn’t understand the question the second time it is asked or they are unable to answer the question, then they receive a 0 in listening comprehension.

 

In the example that you site, question #3 in the Benchmarks Listening Comprehension section, the examinee demonstrates that he didn’t understand the word “employee” by asking “good employer?” The test administrator then corrects by repeating “employee.” The student then continues to answer the question appropriately, demonstrating understanding of the word “employee” the second time it is said. However, because the student’s initial comprehension check indicated that he did not understand the word “employee” the first time it was said, he is marked a 1 for partial understanding.

 

I hope that this explanation helps clarify the scoring for Listening Comprehension. Please let me know if you need any other clarification or have any other questions.

 

Breana Abbott

BEST Plus User Support

bpsupport at cal.org

1-866-845-BEST (2378)

www.best-plus.net

 

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From: Espindola, Annemarie [mailto:aespindo at bristol.mass.edu] 
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 11:31 AM
To: BPSUPPORT
Subject: FW: Question


 

I forwarded this question to you nearly 2 weeks ago so 
I am sending this question again in case you did not receive it. 
Thanks You, 
Annemarie 
Annemarie Espindola 
SABES Southeast 
Bristol Community College 
777 Elsbree Street 
Fall River, MA 02720 
(508) 678-2811 ext 2782 

 -----Original Message----- 
From:   Espindola, Annemarie  
Sent:   Tuesday, June 29, 2004 11:58 AM 
To:     'bpsupport at cal.org' 
Subject:        Question 

 

I have a question relayed to me from a training on Friday 6/18/2004. 
Question number three in the benchmark scoring for Listening Comprehension gives the student a score of 1 
for what is obviously a comprehension check. The examiner did not repeat the whole question just confirmed the 
examinees check on whether the examiner said employer or employee. Why was the examinee marked down? 
We were told in our training that we do not mark down for a comprehension check. Please advise. 
Thanks, 
Annemarie 

Annemarie Espindola 
SABES Southeast 
Bristol Community College 
777 Elsbree Street 
Fall River, MA 02720 
(508) 678-2811 ext 2782 




Betty J. Stone
ESOL Program Administrator
SCALE - Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experiences
167 Holland Street, Somerville, MA 02144
Phone: 617-625-6600, Ext. 6933
FAX: 617-623-8528
bjstone13 at yahoo.com

		
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