The Minnesota Department of Education's Office of Community and Adult Basic Education commissioned an evaluation the 18 adult refugee English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) programs funded in 1985-86 through the Minnesota Refugee Program Office of the Department of Human Services. The purpose of the evaluation was to identify effective practices and make recommendations for future decision making and planning. Two sources of information were used to explore this question: (1) the data system used by the Refugee Program Office; and (2) the information from the people delivering and receiving services. The report discusses the project design, methodology, and activities, and examines the clustering of students based on student performance levels (SPL). The next section summarizes the context and method variables that are perceived to be most effective in teaching English to adult refugees. The final section of the report looks at the critical issues for public policy decisions. This section also includes recommendations in the areas of student performance measurements and the data system being developed. (GLR)
Authors
- Authorizing Institution
- Minnesota State Dept. of Education, St. Paul. Office of Community and Adult Basic Education.
- Location
- Minnesota
- Peer Reviewed
- F
- Publication Type
- Reports - Evaluative
- Published in
- United States of America
- Sponsor
- Office of Refugee Resettlement (DHHS), Washington, DC.
Table of Contents
- A REPORT ON THE EVALUATION OF 6
- ADULT REFUGEE ESL PROGRAMS IN MINNESOTA 6
- David Nelson 6
- Marg Bringewatt 6
- The Minnesota Department of Education Office of Community and Adult Basic Education 6
- May 23 1986 6
- TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
- OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT 7
- A. Introduction 7
- B. Methodology 7
- 1. Project Design Philosophy 7
- 2. Project Activities 7
- 3. Clustering by Student Ability 7
- PRIORITY CONTEXT AND METHOD VARIABLES ORGANIZED BY STUDENT PERFORMANCE LEVELS 7
- A. For All SPLs 7
- B. For SPL 0-1-2 Cluster A 7
- C. For SPL 3-4 Cluster B 7
- D. For SPL 5-6 Cluster C 7
- E. Summary of Student Perspectives 7
- III. CRITICAL ISSUES FOR PUBLIC POLICY DECISIONS 7
- A. Summary of Critical Issues 7
- B. Recommendations for Future Analysis 7
- 1. Student Performance Measurements 7
- 2. Data System 7
- IV. APPENDICES 7
- A. Summary of the Agencies 7
- B. Outlines for Agency Site Interviews 7
- 1. Project Director Interviews 7
- 2. Teacher Interviews 7
- 3. Student Focus Groups 7
- C. Evaluator Biographies 7
- The seven SPs have been collapsed into three separate 13
- I I 17
- ESL 23
- Arrange support servies. 23
- The availability of alternativeyesources differs 40
- ATTEMPTS TO XSIGN CURRICULA AND SELECT MATERIALS FOR THEIR 43
