The purpose of this document is to report on the findings from a national survey on student assessment in adult basic education. This report is one of several outcomes from a national project entitled Assessment Practices in Adult Basic Education. This project will also produce an edited book on assessment practices and three videos.
This project was sponsored by the Centre for Education and Work (CEW) in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The CEW gratefully acknowledges the financial support provided by the National Literacy Secretariat, Department of Human Resources and Social Development Canada for funding this project.
We would like to acknowledge the contributions of the advisory committee, who helped to form the survey framework and questions:
Suzanne Benoit
Tom Ciancone
Anne Marie Downie
Guy Ewing
Karen Geraci
Lynda Fownes
Laurie Gould
Diana Kaan
Robin Millar
Beverly Sabourin
Cate Sills
A special thank-you to the 400 educators who took the time to participate in the survey. Your comments and insights made the survey come alive!
Finally, thank you to Yvan Clermont, Statistics Canada; Todd Rogers, Centre for Research in Applied Measurement and Evaluation at the University of Alberta; and Grace Malicky for providing suggestions on improving the on-line survey.
For more information on this project, contact
Dr. Pat Campbell
Project Director
PO Box 52192
Edmonton, AB
T6G 2T5
Tel: 780-448-7323
Fax: 780-413-6582
pcampbell@interbaun.com