New England's bold test: multi-state assessments.A better quality assessment of what every student l;earns, including special education and English language English language, member of the West Germanic group of the Germanic subfamily of the Indo-European family of languages (see Germanic languages). Spoken by about 470 million people throughout the world, English is the official language of about 45 nations. learners, is what new multi-state assessment tests are all about. In a first-of-its-kind program, Vermont, New Hampshire New Hampshire, one of the New England states of the NE United States. It is bordered by Massachusetts (S), Vermont, with the Connecticut R. forming the boundary (W), the Canadian province of Quebec (NW), and Maine and a short strip of the Atlantic Ocean (E). and Rhode Island Rhode Island, island, United States Rhode Island, island, 15 mi (24 km) long and 5 mi (8 km) wide, S R.I., at the entrance to Narragansett Bay. It is the largest island in the state, with steep cliffs and excellent beaches. education departments are joining to give third through eighth graders the same assessments in reading and math, required under No Child Left Behind, starting in the 2005-06 school year, according to Mary Ann Snider, the coordinator in Rhode Island. Writing tests will be given in fifth grade and eighth grade. In October, every student taking a regular assessment test will take either a reading or math pilot test in hopes of working out any problems. The so-called New England Comprehensive Assessment Program is administered under New England Compact, which provides a forum for Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Rhode Island to gather knowledge and establish cross-state activities for children, its main focus is NCLB NCLB No Child Left Behind (US education initiative) implementation. The compact began with the Enhanced Assessment Program, funded with federal dollars and given to the four New England .states. The program is designed to improve quality assessments for special education and ELL learners, says Came Parker, project director for EAP (Extensible Authentication Protocol) A protocol that acts as a framework and transport for other authentication protocols. EAP uses its own start and end messages, but then carries any number of third-party messages between the client (supplicant) and access control , in part by focusing on a universal design for every child and using professional development that matches teaching to classroom work. The multi-state tests, which evolved from the EAP, measure the content of the three participating states' new grade level expectations, or GLE GLE Grade-Level Expectations (education) GLE Greater London Enterprise GLE Graphics Layout Engine GLE Glencairn Gold Corp (stock symbol) GLE Ground Level Enhancements GLE Grand Lodge of England , and are available on each state's Web sites, Snider says. The new tests are more accessible and public than previous individual state tests because teachers, parents and administrators can view the GLE documents to learn what is expected of students, Snider says. NECAP NECAP New England Common Assessment Program NECAP North East Community Assistance Project NECAP NASA Energy Cost Analysis Program NECAP Navy Enlisted Classification Attainment Program NECAP Northeast Corporate Accountability Project will save each of the states money as well as offer all students the best assessment available, given the combined resources and experts working on GLE. The states have contracted with Measured Progress of Dover, N.H., for $33.4 million over the next six years, officials say. Rhode Island expects to save about $5 million through the joint effort, Snider says. |
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