EPE Programs to Submit Forms
All SA 160.1 forms are due to be emailed or faxed to NYSED on February 16, 2012. Submitting forms prior to February 16th may result in agency claims which do not reflect data that will be frozen in ASISTS on February 15, 2012. Therefore, forms should not be printed or submitted before February 16th.
GED® Writing Test Score Changes
The GED Testing Service® has invalidated the New York State Education Department's use of a "200" score for candidates whose Writing Test had a non-passing essay score.
As of Wednesday, November 16, 2011, the standard score for Writing Test cases that had a non-passing essay score is "0". A hyphen (-) will continue to be used in cases where a candidate did not take a specific section of a test.
New Data about Limited English Proficient Residents
Limited English Proficient Individuals in the United States: Number, Share, Growth, and Linguistic Diversity is a new LEP Data Brief Dec 2011 from the Migration Policy Institute of the National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. It is filled with data about Limited English Proficient residents in the U.S., as drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau and Census Bureau American Community Survey. The Brief (December 2011) focuses on states with the largest LEP populations, but charts are provided with demographic data for all of the states.
Nominate a NYACCE Teacher of the Year
You are invited to join NYACCE in honoring our state’s outstanding teachers at the 61st Annual NYACCE Conference “Transitioning for the Future” at the Albany Marriott 189 Wolf Road, Albany, New York. The conference dates are April 29- May 1, 2012.
Please consider nominating an outstanding adult educator to represent your program. The recipients, selected by committee, will be honored at the NYACCE 2012 Teacher Recognition Awards Ceremony Luncheon at the conference at noon on Monday April 30, 2012. NYACCE welcomes nominations of teachers who represent different fields of adult learning such as community education, family literacy, workforce development, alternative education, distance learning and other programs as appropriate.