BEST PLUS TRAINING

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Overview

This training is intended for staff at programs funded by the Department of Education/ACLS that are required to use this test.Check with your program coordinator to see if you should attend and then be sure to pre-register, since there are limits on the number of participants.

Details

When

October 5, 2007 from 09:00 am to 04:00 pm

Where

• The Healey Library Building., Umass Boston, The Center for Library Instrction, Room 015
• Umass Boston
• Healey Library
• 4th Floor
• The Center for Library Instruction
• Room 015
• 100 Morrissey Boulevard,
• Boston, MA 02125

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Registration Deadline

Oct 01, 2007 at 5:00 PM

Topics

Assessment

Multi-session attendance required

no

Contact info

Richard Rakobane
richard.rakobane@umb.edu
617-287-4078

Indicators of Program Quality

IPQ2 - Student learning gains

Learning objectives

Upon completion of BEST Plus test  administration training, the participants will be able to:

1. Recognize the importance of assessing students' language abilities

2. Administer and score the BEST Plus oral interview (computer-adaptive version or print-based version as apprpriate

3. Run the BEST Plus TEST Administration Program

4. Interpret BEST Plus scores

Presenters

Ellen Crevison
Richard Rakobane

Presenters Bio

Ellen Crevison (ESOL Teacher and BEST Plus Certified Trainer) Richard Rakobane (ESOL Teacher, Curriculum and Assessment Coordinator and BEST Plus Certified Trainer)

Prerequisites

To receive this training, participants must have an English fluency level of SPL 9 or above. Administering the BEST PLUS requires that the test adminstrator have a comfortable level of facility with computers; that is, she/he must be able to use keyboard and operate a mouse with relative ease. We require that once a practitioner has registered for a BEST PLUS training, she or he must make every effort to attend. SABES will be offering only a limited number of training dates; in addition, these trainings are hands on, involving the use of computer hardware and specialized software; For these reasons, rescheduling for no shows cannot be guaranteed. Furthermore, because this training has only limited follow-up, participants may not be more than 20 minutes late and cannot leave early for whatever reason. If a registered participant knows that she/he cannot attend her/his scheduled training or cannot meet the puntuality requirements, she or he should alert the SABES RSC immediately.

Host RSC

Boston Region

PDPs

no

Snow Date

Oct 12, 2007 at 9:00 AM