Alignment of the NRS standards to the GSE Methodology Arriving at a guide range for NRS levels
As a first step in the alignment process, an estimated CEFR level was established for each NRS level. This was achieved using an existing alignment of NRS levels to the Lexile Framework for Reading (US Department of Education, 2016). Whilst the Lexile Framework is a measure of reading only, it has been aligned to the CEFR in a separate validated study (Jing Wei, Alistair van Moere, 2021). The estimated CEFR level of each NRS level was used as a guide only, and the final levelling validated through the alignment of the NRS descriptors to the GSE. The table below shows the amalgamated information from the two studies mentioned above. The final column indicates the estimated CEFR guide range for each NRS level, based on the two sets of data.
Alignment of the National Reporting System for Adult Education Standards to the Global Scale of English | 5
Made with FlippingBook. PDF to flipbook with ease