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NCEA Religious Education Assessments
NCEA ACRE and IFG
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Since the late 1970's NCEA has offered assessment instruments designed to strengthen catechetical/religious education programs:
NCEA Assessment of Catechesis/Religious Education (NCEA ACRE) for students and Information for Growth (IFG) for adults.
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Assessment Information for Diocesan Administrators
(includes the following information)
- Letter to Diocesan Leader
- Diocesan Particpation Scenarios
- Diocesan Assessment Report Request
- NCEA Recommendations to Dioceses Regarding Implementation of the NCEA ACRE Assessment
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NCEA ACRE
Assessment of Catechesis
Religious Education
2001 Edition
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NCEA began offering religious education assessments for students in the late 1970’s. Used by Catholic schools and parish-based religious education programs, NCEA ACRE is an integrated approach to assessment offering both faith knowledge (cognitive domain) as well as beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, and practices (affective domain) sections. As a multilevel tool, NCEA ACRE is appropriate for students in grade 5 (Level 1), grades 8-9 (Level 2), and grades 11-12 (Level 3). NCEA ACRE (Assessment of Catechesis / Religious Education) became available for use in August 2001.
To place an order, contact Computerized Assessments and Learning, LLC in Lawrence, Kansas online http://ncea.caltesting.org/, telephone 1-866-406-3850, or mail in our downloadable brochure with payment.
To download our full color brochure form describing the NCEA ACRE program and containing ordering instructions, click here (Acrobat File)
To read how others have used and what they have said about student assessment data, click here.
NCEA ACRE Workshop now available in DVD
NCEA announces the availability of the NCEA ACRE Workshop in both VHS and DVD formats. This three-part video is your guide to preparation for using NCEA ACRE, administering the instrument, and interpreting the data to improve a religion program. $20.00 for NCEA members / $30.00 for non-member. To order, contact Computerized Assessments and Learning, LLC (CAL) at 1-866-406-3850 or http://ncea.caltesting.org/.
To request assistance with NCEA ACRE administration and interpretation, contact Christina Gergits at cgergits@ncea.org or call 202-337-6232 x231.
BENEFITS OF NCEA ACRE:
Helps principals and directors of religious education:
- Track a group’s progress in catechesis/religious education.
- Assess catechetical/religious education program effectiveness.
- Identify catechetical/religious education curricular needs.
- Evaluate instructional objectives and strategies.
- Apply data about students’ religious practices, attitudes, behaviors, and beliefs to curricular emphasis.
NCEA ACRE Sample Letters. Used with permission.
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Revised IFG Now Available!
Information for Growth
Survey to Support Adult Faith Formation
2006 Revised Edition
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IFG is designed to support the ongoing spiritual and intellectual formation that is central to Jesus' call to conversion. IFG is a self-assessment to lead one to further education and formation in the faith.
Features of the revised IFG:
- Based on the Six Dimensions of Adult Faith Formation Content outlined in the U.S. Bishops' statement, Our Hearts Were Burning Within Us: A Pastoral Plan for Adult Faith Formation in the U.S.
- Subjected to field-test and bias review panels
- Linked to the Catechism of the Catholic Church and the Compendium of the CCC
- Configured to show connection of belief and action
Enhancements to IFG assessment program:
- Includes a program alignment review that shows how existing faith formation programs or offerings for adults actually attend to the six dimensions of adult faith formation
- Includes the option to add up to 15 locally designed faith knowledge questions
- Available online January 2007
- Availiable in Spanish in 2007
The IFG audience consists of Catholic adults at all levels of faith development. It can be used by any individual interested in deepening faith knowledge and spiritual growth as well as with any group or cohort:
- Diocesan institute training programs for ministry certificate programs
- Catholic school faculty
- Parish catechists
- Youth ministers and volunteers who work with adolescents
- RCIA catechists and neophytes
- Parents of students in Catholic schools and parish religious education programs
- Adults in parish-based small Christian communities
- Seminarians
- Women and men in formation for professed religious life
Benefits of IFG:
- Adults are able to assess their ongoing spiritual and professional growth needs.
- Faith formation leaders receive group data to help them plan ongoing faith formation opportunities for adults they serve.
- Data from IFG can help faith formation leaders correlate faith competency of catechists with student performance on NCEA ACRE.
To place an order, contact Computerized Assessments and Learning, LLC in Lawrence, Kansas online at http://ncea.caltesting.org/, telephone 1-866-406-3850, or mail in our downloadable brochure with payment.
For pricing information, download the full color brochure form describing IFG with ordering instructions, click here (Acrobat File)
For more information contact:
Christina Gergits
Manager of NCEA Assessments
(202) 337-6232 x231
cgergits@ncea.org
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