NLA: Question for Ron Pugsley

[Ajit Gopalakrishnan]

Ron,

Thanks for taking the time to be available to the NLA audience. My question
is with respect to sampling.

What was the reasoning behind the NRS not allowing for any type of sampling
of students? If I understand correctly, the NRS requires educational gains
data from all students in all programs in the state. Was the possibility of
doing say a stratified sampling that could have included all programs in a
state, considered? If yes, what was the reasoning behind excluding it from
the NRS?

Thank you.

Ajit
Ajit Gopalakrishnan
Capitol Region Education Council (CREC)
111 Charter Oak Avenue
Hartford, CT 06106
(860) 524-4036
agopalak at crec.org

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David J Rosen [SMTP:DJRosen at world.std.com]
> Sent:	Saturday, November 27, 1999 12:45 PM
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> Subject:	NLA Info: Dates Ron Pugsley will be on the NLA List 
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> NLA Colleagues,
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> The Director of the U.S. Department of Education's Division of Adult
> Education and Literacy, Ron Pugsley, will be here with us on December 6th,
> 7th, and 13th to answer questions and discuss the Workforce Investment
> Act, the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, and the National
> Reporting System.
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> I would like to suggest that you pose your questions now. Should you wish
> to do some reading on these acts, here are some Web pages with (or useful
> links to) pertinent documents:
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> http://novel.nifl.gov
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> http://www.air.org/nrs
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> http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Swearer_Center/Literacy_Resources/
> standards.html
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> http://www2.wgbh.org/mbcweis/ltc/alri/advocacy.html  
> (the national section)
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> David J. Rosen
> NLA List Moderator
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