Hi Ajit,

Thanks for your email.  Sorry to be so late in reply.

Posting to a NIFL list is a public act.  Copying something which has  
been posted in a public space, as long as it is properly attributed,  
doesn't require permission.  However, if someone wished to remove (or  
have one of the Wiki Area Leaders remove) something posted to the ALE
Wiki, this would be possible.

The ALEWiki is an open space where anyone can add or modify information.
It is being constructed to provide a comprehensive location for ABE
information and learning, by people who work in various areas of ABE –
everyone, yourself included, is invited and encouraged to contribute to
the resource.

The NIFL lists (and other adult literacy education lists) are an
important service to the field, as forums for lively discussions,
conversations with guest experts, and broadly speaking for the field's
professional development.  The NIFL lists contribute some of the richest
and most fundamental information to the ALEWiki and its mission to
provide a thorough, practitioner-built resource for our field.  

The NIFL archives (nearly) all messages posted to the NIFL lists.   
Individuals who believe that a discussion is pertinent to an ALE Wiki  
topic area can copy selected discussions onto the Wiki.  Anyone may do
that.  The idea is to identify a discussion which adds knowledge  
through research or practitioner professional wisdom.  There is really
no better place than the NIFL Lists to find such information, nor where
you can find such a distinguished group of people who work in our field.


I also personally believe it is a great thing to have the list
discussions available in as many venues as possible, for access,
credibility, better format for use for professional development, etc.
Adult Ed has so few comprehensive resources, so the ones we do have
should be highlighted, celebrated, and put to good use, in as many ways
as possible.

marie cora



-----Original Message-----
From: assessment-bounces at dev.nifl.gov
[mailto:assessment-bounces at dev.nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Gopalakrishnan,
Ajit
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2005 9:22 AM
To: The Assessment Discussion List
Subject: RE: [Assessment] Discussions posted FYI

Hi Marie,

Just wondering...

Why are NIFL messages copied on to the ALEWiki? Does NIFL not archive
them already? 

How are decisions made with regard to which threads and messages to
copy? Who writes the organizing subject headers for the Wiki? Does the
Wiki have or need NIFL's/author's permission to copy content from the
list to the Wiki?

Thanks.
Ajit


Ajit Gopalakrishnan
Education Consultant
Connecticut Department of Education
25 Industrial Park Road
Middletown, CT 06457
Tel: (860) 807-2125
Fax: (860) 807-2062
ajit.gopalakrishnan at po.state.ct.us

-----Original Message-----
From: assessment-bounces at dev.nifl.gov
[mailto:assessment-bounces at dev.nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Marie Cora
Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 3:46 PM
To: assessment at dev.nifl.gov
Subject: [Assessment] Discussions posted FYI

Hello everyone,

I hope this email finds you well.  I have (finally!) finished putting
together a number of discussion threads and writing accompanying
summaries of discussions that were held here in this forum starting from
fall of 2004 to present.  Some of the discussions were Guest
Discussions, others were conversations that carried on for a number of
days (sometimes a couple of weeks) and provided rich ideas and in-depth
thoughts and experiences in particular subject areas.

You will be able to find all the Guest Discussions posted at the Guest
Speaker Discussion Archive - but they will not be posted there for
another week or so.  The Guest Speaker Discussion Archive can be found
at:  http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/discussions/list_guests.html.

In the meantime, both the Guest Discussions and regular discussions are
posted at the ALEWiki Assessment Area:
http://wiki.literacytent.org/index.php/Assessment_Information
Click on Discussions and you will see the following listed there:

Excerpts from High Stakes Testing and Standardized Assessment
 
Measuring Literacy: Performance Levels for Adults, Interim Report 

Excerpts from discussion on Literacy vs. Reading, and TABE 

Excerpts from discussion on Literacy Needs and Accountability Versus
Instruction 

The Adult Reading Components Study - ARCS Reading Diagnostic 

The (U.S.) National Reporting System (NRS) and Use of Test Scores  
 
Excerpts from discussion on Teacher Evaluation 

The REEP Writing Assessment Rubric   

Excerpts from Assessment in Family Literacy 

Test Construction 

Excerpts from Commercial Standardized Tests 

Excerpts from Teacher Qualifications in Assessment

I hope that you find these resources handy and useful.  If you use them
in any way, I would greatly appreciate any feedback or information on
how you used them and if you indeed found them useful.

Thank you!

marie cora
Moderator, The National Institute for Literacy Assessment Discussion
List, and 
Coordinator/Developer LINCS Assessment Special Collection at 
http://literacy.kent.edu/Midwest/assessment/
 
 
marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com




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