NEDP Online System:
New Developments, Features and Capabilities
National External Diploma Program Council Conference
October 2012
Providence, RI
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Session Agenda
• NEDP Status and Developments
– Soft launch rollouts
– System features
– Assessment development
• Online Demonstration
– Client interface
– Assessor interface
– Reporting function
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Soft Launch Approach
• The release of a product or service to a limited audience
• A method for gathering data on a product or service
before making it generally available to a broader
audience
• An approach that allows CASAS to release new NEDP
system incrementally, initially to a limited number of
sites, one competency area at a time
– Clients complete new items in lieu of the old items from the
same or similar competency area
– Successfully demonstrated assessment items are valid for
program completion
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Soft Launch Status
• Currently underway
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Health Literacy
Civic Literacy and Community Participation
Consumer Awareness and Financial Literacy
Twenty-First Century Workplace
• Starting Fall 2012
– Geography and History
– Science
– Cultural Literacy
• Foundation Competency Areas, integrated throughout
– Communication (Reading, Writing, Listening, Speaking)
– Applied Math/Numeracy
– Information and Communication Technology
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Full Launch Plan
• Full Launch will be divided into two phases
– January 2013 implementation or
– July 2013 implementation
• Current NEDP sites can choose the phase they prefer
– Launch selection forms have been sent to agencies
• Sites choosing July 2013 full launch will continue with
“partial launch” phase through June 30th
– Partial launch includes current soft launch area and remaining
print-based Tasks
• New NEDP sites will be trained in new online system
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Web-based System Features
• Multiple functionalities
– Client and assessor interfaces
– Feedback reports
– Tracking of client progress through program
• Assessment “sessions” retain responses and feedback
from initial attempt through PTA and PR
• Evaluation “pop-up” boxes will enhance efficiency
– D/ND criteria with additional guidelines
– Checkboxes facilitate precise feedback
– Notes boxes for additional feedback and staff (sticky notes)
• Automated feedback reports
– Demonstrated, Not Demonstrated, Consolidated, your ideas
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Assessment Development
• Each NEDP assessment item must be analyzed for
reliability and validity
• Ongoing process begins with soft launch
– Soft launch “n” of 100 per item
– Full validation “n” of 300 per item
• Items require tight relationship of item prompt,
resources, and evaluation criteria
• Revisions are based on data and feedback
– Candidate demographics and Diagnostic results
– Item responses, assessor evaluation, number of attempts
– Time to complete (many items start big and are pared down)
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The Importance of Feedback!
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CASAS reviews all feedback from clients and assessors
Online feedback tabs and written reflection
Assessor email
Feedback topics
– Evaluation criteria, guidelines
– Resources (former Appendix)
– Item clarity
• Please be specific!
• Web-based system facilitates timely revisions
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NEDP Contact Information
• Jim Harrison, Director, National External Diploma Program
jharrison@casas.org / ext. 191
• Melissa Dayton, NEDP Coordinator
mdayton@casas.org / ext. 181
• Christine O’Hara, NEDP Operations
cohara@casas.org / ext. 135
• Celanire Flagg, NEDP Operations
cflagg@casas.org / ext. 108
1-800-255-1036
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Online Demo
NEDP Online Assessment Walk-through Guide,
download at www.nedp.org/Professionals/SoftLaunch
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