TABE Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) 9&10

History of CTB/McGraw-Hill’s TABE  TABE 1 &  TABE 3 &  TABE 5 &  TABE 7 &  TABE 9 &  TABE Online2006  TABE Adaptive 2012  TASC2014

Full 7 year NRS approval renewed in February 2010 –10 test forms for TABE – 8 test forms for TABE CLAS-E Free Lexile Reading Measures for TABE Reading Scores TestMate TABE/TABE PC Version 6.6 –Updated Prescriptive Reports for Contemporary and Steck Vaughn –Prescriptive Reports now included for Free ($950 value) – New USB option for TABE PC TABE Updates

TABE Adaptive released in 2012 –No Locator – No E,M,D,A – No 9/10 –Reading, Math (Applied & Computation) and Language tests only –Adaptive engine will select test questions base on the student response on the previous question –Testing time is shortened but diagnostics data similar to the Complete Battery Next version of TABE - Development scope work to begin –New Forms (rolled out over time from a collection of unscored test items from TABE Adaptive and TABE Formative tests) –Higher level content above the current Level A –Aligned to TASC, OVAE/NRS standards and Common Core Standards TABE CLAS-E Online - TBA –Computer based testing for Adult ESL students –Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking 2014 Plans and Beyond

TABE Paper and Pencil Currently TABE 9/10 –NRS approved through 2017 New Version needs NRS and State approval Content for TABE 11 & 12 –Common Core –OVAE Adult Ed Standards –High School Equiv Levels and Forms –TBD

TestMate TABE Scans TABE 9/10 answer sheets Updated reports Updated to support new scanners Updated to support new version of Windows Researching an enterprise version that would scan to a web database (TABE Online) for easier aggregation and data sharing

TABE PC Currently TABE 9/10 –NRS approved through 2017 New USB option replaces Floppy Disk –Support for Windows 7 (above) Plans for 2014 and beyond –New interface –Adaptive –Linking to centralized database (TABE Off- Line)

TABE Online Currently TABE 9/10 –NRS approved through 2017 New Prescriptive Reports New Interface New Functionality –Selecting multiple students New Content –Testlets –Common Core aligned

TABE Adaptive Under NRS review (expected approval Spring 2014) Available for non-NRS programs now No Locator test No Levels and Forms Field Testing New Content –Common Core aligned Less testing time

Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC) Approved for use in NY, CA, NJ, NV, IN, WY Paper/Pencil or Online Aligned to Common Core and College and Career Readiness English and Spanish $52 and 2 free retests Available January 1, 2014

Computer Literacy Skills for Computer Tests

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