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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=830341418-01022002>With
thanks to Anne Marie Fuhrig -- of possible interest to some of you out
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> FUHRIG ANNE MARIE
[mailto:AFUHRIG@isbe.net] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Friday, February 01, 2002 1:10
PM</FONT></DIV>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Friends,</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Knowing
that some of you are indeed coordinating<U> all</U> second language learning in
a state and that you might now need tests, I thought you might like to have a
look at Illinois' reading an writing test for learners of English, the Illinois
Measure of Annual Growth in English (IMAGE). It is the result of extensive
committee work that began in 1994 and has been used since 1997.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>As you will see when you open the sample materials on
our web site </FONT><A
href="http://www.isbe.state.il.us/assessment/IMAGE.htm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial
size=2>http://www.isbe.state.il.us/assessment/IMAGE.htm</FONT></U></A><FONT
face=Arial size=2> , it is correlated to the Illinois Language Arts Standards,
theme-based with extensive graphic support and scaffolding, takes about 160
minutes to administer and, as documented in the Technical Manuals, has pretty
good reliability. If you have trouble accessing the web site, I'll be
happy to mail you hard copies of the more recent materials.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Please pass this on to any colleagues whom it may
concern,</FONT> </P>
<P><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anne Marie Fuhrig, Ph.D.</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Assessment Division, E-216</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>100 North
First Street</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Illinois State Board of
Education</FONT> <BR><FONT face=Arial size=2>Springfield, Illinois
62777-0001</FONT> </P>
<P><U><FONT face=Arial size=2>Phone:</FONT></U><FONT face=Arial size=2>
217/782-4823 </FONT><U> <FONT face=Arial size=2>Fax:</FONT></U><FONT
face=Arial size=2> 217/782-6097</FONT> <BR><U><FONT face=Arial
size=2>website:</FONT></U><FONT face=Arial size=2> </FONT><A
href="http://www.isbe.state.il.us/assessment/IMAGE.htm"><U><FONT color=#0000ff
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