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State Assessment and
Goal Setting/Attainment Policy for Adult Education

Effective Date – July 1, 2009
Revised June 25, 2009


Appendix F

TABLE III – BEST LITERACY
NRS Functioning Levels, Scale Score Ranges,
and Student Performance Levels

National Reporting System
Educational Functioning Levels
Scale Score Ranges Student Performance
Levels (SPL)
Beginning ESL Literacy
0-20
0-1
Low Beginning ESL
21-52
2
High Beginning ESL
53-63
3
Low Intermediate ESL
64-67
4
High Intermediate ESL
68-75
5
Advanced ESL
76-78*
6

* If an examinee pretests into the NRS Advanced ESL level with a scale score of 76-78, use a different ESL assessment that measures higher reading and writing skills to more accurately measure and examinee’s language ability. Any student that falls into this category should be re-tested with another assessment at the time of pre-testing

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