1. CASAS Listening Tests & New Reading GOALS

2. Why test listening skills?
Listening Tests
Why test listening skills?

3. Listening Tests CASAS Listening Tests Form Numbers by Level
Level A Tests 981/982
Level B Tests 983/984
Level C Tests 985/  only one we will do

4. Listening Tests 0 – 199 A Beginning 200 – 220 B Intermediate 221 – 235
Test Score
Level
Appropriate Class
0 – 199 A
Beginning
200 – 220 B
Intermediate
221 – 235 C
Advanced
236 +
Above non-credit ESL

5. Listening Tests
Students take the Level C test in the following situations:
They are in an Advanced ESL-009 course
They are in an ESL-010 Bridge class and have never tested in Listening
They have exceeded 235 on Reading tests in the past
How will you know their past history of testing?

6. Listening Tests Instructions for conducting a listening test
1. Give each student a brown test form. Make sure all identifying information of student and test form is written and bubbled in.
Play the CD.
If in Advanced ESL 009, play the CD to the entire class at the same time.
If you are in a Multi-level class and not the whole class needs the Listening Test, what should you do?
Note: Make sure no one is taking the same form 2 times in a row.

7. New Reading GOALS Test

8. Reading GOALS
Reading GOALS is aligned to the College and Career Readiness (CCR) Standards for Adult Education (2013). The series covers the full range of ability levels in the Standards, from beginning literacy through high adult secondary. Reading GOALS measures the rigorous academic vocabulary and higher-order thinking skills contained in the Standards. Test content continues to be based on CASAS Competencies to maintain relevance for adult learners, including an emphasis on employment-related topics required by WIOA.

9. Reading GOALS Test

10. Reading GOALS Test

11. Reading GOALS Test Preparing for the new test
Review the Reading GOALS Test Blueprint to find descriptions of what students need to be able to do
Learn the types of questions that fit the CCR Standards
Teach the verbs that relate to each level of Bloom’s Taxonomy up to “Analyze”
Use example tests found on CASAS’s website

12. Reading GOALS
New Scores and Progress