Expertise - Standards
Developing Standards for Adult Education
Research indicates the need to revisit standards at regular intervals to ensure they remain current and reflect best practices in teaching and learning. CETE staff facilitated the development of Ohio’s content standards for English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Adult Basic Education (ABE) students.
Using a process of creation, verification, and finalization, CETE staff worked with content specialists and ABLE practitioners. For standards creation, CETE staff held a series of meeting at which revision teams reviewed and evaluated standards sources, drafted statements, and reached consensus on refined wording. For standards verification, CETE staff conducted a statewide online survey to determine the importance of the content areas covered, to gather judgment on classroom observability, and to confirm grade leveling of the statements. For standards finalization, CETE staff convened a panel of ABLE, secondary, and postsecondary partners with content area and teaching expertise to review the standards and make final suggestions for revision based on the verification survey results.
Products associated with CETE’s standards implementation planning can be found in the Standards and Benchmarks sections of the following website:
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