Dear Colleagues, CAL has just received the following update from Larry Condelli, who has asked us to share it with our networks. "The request for comments is for revisions to the ABE descriptors for the NRS. The ESL descriptors are the same and remain as is. They were not included in the comment request because they have not changed. They remain in effect." I hope that this allays some of the concern. It certainly did for us, and we thank Larry for responding so quickly. Deborah Deborah Kennedy Associate Vice President, Adult English Language Education Director, English for Heritage Language Speakers Program Center for Applied Linguistics 4646 40th Street NW Washington, DC 20016 Voice: 202-355-1572 www.cal.org/adultesl www.ehlsprogram.org -----Original Message----- > >> On Feb 10, 2015, at 5:35 PM, Judy Mortrude <jmortrude@clasp.org> wrote: >> >> These are out for comment. ABE state staff in MN believe the ESL indicators are gone...? >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Members on behalf of Miriam Burt >> Sent: Tue 2/10/2015 5:31 PM >> To: National Coalition for Literacy Members List >> Subject: Re: [NCL Members] NRS descriptors >> >> Is it certain they are gone, Judy? I know these are the proposed ones. But I found no mention of English learners in the whole document. >> Miriam >> >> From: Members >> [mailto:members-bounces@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org] On >> Behalf Of judy mortrude >> Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2015 4:59 PM >> To: members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >> Subject: [NCL Members] NRS descriptors >> >> Attached are the proposed NRS Education Functioning Level Descriptor changes. The modifications have been made to align the functioning level descriptors more closely with the College and Career Readiness Standards. Most striking to me is that the ESL levels are gone. Has there been any buzz about that? >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> National Coalition for Literacy Members mailing list >> Members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org >> To unsubscribe: >> http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/members >> _lists.national-coalition-literacy.org > _______________________________________________ National Coalition for Literacy Members mailing list Members@lists.national-coalition-literacy.org To unsubscribe: http://lists.national-coalition-literacy.org/mailman/listinfo/members_lists.national-coalition-literacy.org