BEST Plus Test Administration and Initial Competence and Initial Certification of Competence - Day 1 of 2 (CMA)
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- Overview
- The BEST Plus training is for practitioners who will be administering and scoring the BEST Plus oral proficiency assessment for ESOL learners. This hands-on training covers all aspects of how to administer and score the BEST Plus computer-adaptive oral interview. For staff at DOE-funded ESOL programs only.
- Details
- The complete training (2 sessions) includes: an overview of the development of the BEST Plus oral assessment, format and content of the test; instruction on how to administer and score the test; an explanation of the scoring rubric; practice scoring exercises using video-taped student samples; and an opportunity for hands on practice administering the test. Participants must register for both sessions. Participants may not be more than 10 minutes late and cannot leave early for whatever reason.
- When
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September 16, 2008
from
04:00 pm
to
07:30 pm
- Where
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- QCC, The Center for Academic Excellence, Room 114 Alfors Building
- 670 West Boylston St., Worcester, MA 01606
- Topics
- Assessment
- Multi-session attendance required
- yes
- Contact info
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Merilee Freeman
mfreeman@qcc.mass.edu
508-854-4296 - Indicators of Program Quality
- IPQ1 - Curriculum and instruction
- Learning objectives
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As a reuslt of this training participants will be able to:
- understand the basics of standardized assessment
- recognize the importance of assessing students' language abilities
- administer and score the BEST Plus computer-adaptive oral interview
- run the BEST Plus Test Administration Program
- interpret BEST Plus scores
- Presenters
- Merilee Freeman
- Presenters Bio
- CMA SABES
- Prerequisites
- English fluency level of SPL 9 or above basic familiarity with a computer, keyboard and mouse
- Host RSC
- Central Massachusetts Region
- PDPs
- no
- More Sessions
- September 17, 2008 4:00 PM - 7:30 PM
For information on all SABES events, visit the SABES calendar:
http://calendar.sabes.org/calendar
