[Bestplus] scoring question

[Schwerdtfeger, Jane]

Hi, Iris--good question!  I think your sense that it is a zero across the
board is right, but let me check in with Carol Van Duzer to make sure.  I
appreciate that you're being careful in how you score, and I know she will
too. ,I'd be interested in what others think too.

Thanks--
Jane



-----Original Message-----
From: iris.broudy at SDH.state.ma.us [mailto:iris.broudy at SDH.state.ma.us]
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 8:42 AM
To: Bestplus at lists.literacytent.org
Subject: [Bestplus] scoring question


Hi all,

It's been a long time since any questions have gone around, but something
has come up in our program that I think needs some clarification.  Also,
since I'm doing a training later this month, it would be really helpful to
have a clear answer.  

Here's the situation:  a Spanish speaker shows he understands a question
because he answers it correctly in Spanish, though he is unable to answer it
in English.  So can we give a 2 for comprehension, then zero for language
and communication?  Obviously, the only way I know he understood it is
because I understand Spanish.  If he had a different native language, I
wouldn't know.  Though I'm tempted to give that "2,"  for the overall
consistency of test results it seems that it probably should be a zero.
What have you been doing in this situation?  

Thanks for your input.  I hope all is well with everyone. 

Iris Broudy

Hampden County Sheriff's Department
627 Randall Road
Ludlow,  MA   01056
413-547-8000  ext. 2468
Fax:  413-583-3099

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