[Bestplus] Requirement for Refresher Scoring Activity for trainers

[Schwerdtfeger, Jane]

Hi, everyone--I hope you all have received your BEST Plus Scoring Refresher
Toolkit. I assume that many of you will be facilitating the scoring
refresher in your program.  I wanted to clarify one of the requirements
where there could be some confusion around which scoring activity to do,
since you are in the position of being both a BEST Plus test administrator,
as well as a BEST Plus trainer.  

If you are participating in the recertification process as a BEST Plus
trainer (e.g., you observed another BEST Plus trainer, filler out a letter
of intent, etc.) then you also need to complete a scoring activity from the
Scoring Refresher Toolkit as part of the requirements. Please note:

*	All BEST Plus Test Administrators do Scoring Activity #1 (as
outlined in the document Massachusetts Procedures for Using the BEST Plus
Scoring Refresher Toolkit). Test administrators send their scores to their
SABES regional Curriculum and assessment Coordinator for scoring.

*	Those trainers currently recertifying to be an approved BEST Plus
trainer do Scoring Activity # 3 only, not # 1 and 3 both. Trainers use the
tear-out sheets and send their scoring of Activity # 3 to the following
address: Lucy Brown, Center for Applied Linguistics, 4646 40th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20016-1859.  You may send the Scoring Activity as you
complete it, as there is no need to wait to compile all of the completed
Scoring Activities together before sending them.

If you have any questions, please let me know!  My phone number is (781)
338-3855.  Thanks for your work and expertise as BEST Plus trainers!

Jane Schwerdtfeger