1. Tests of Adult Basic Education Online

2. Agenda TABE Online System TABE Administration Functions TABE Reporting
Managing licenses
Setting up tests
Adding Users
Adding Students
TABE Reporting
Demonstration
Linking to Instruction

3. What is TABE Online? Web-Based Administration and Test Delivery
Test Administration Site = website
Schedule test administrations
Register students
Run Reports
Student Access = Test Delivery Client
Icon installed on student desktop
Connection through Internet Explorer
Lock Down Browser

4. Test Administration Site
Accessed through a web browser: IE 6-8, Firefox, Safari (MAC only)
URL:
httpS = secure site, transmission of data is private
Requires Login ID and Password
24/7 access to your information
Student database
Test Administrations
Reports

5. TABE Online Tests Available
TABE Online Locator
TABE 9 & 10 Complete Battery & Survey
Skill Levels A, D, M, E
Reading, Mathematics, and Language
Optional Tests:
Vocabulary, Language Mechanics, and Spelling

6. TABE Online Benefits
A reliable measurement of adult academic skills and abilities
A predictor for a student’s readiness for the GED® (Level D & A)
The ability to test one adult or a group of adults with minimum supervision
Upload test results to meet state and federal reporting requirements
Access to immediate and accurate students’ assessment information
Can TABE be used to prepare for the GED?
Yes. Many adult educators administer TABE to see if a student is ready to take the GED. Because items on TABE are linked to specific learning objectives, TABE scores help students focus their study on skills that need the most work.

7. How Can You Use TABE Online in Your Program?
Pre- and post-test results demonstrate student gains.
Screening for placement of new students or employees.
Norm-referenced data allows meaningful comparisons with national adult reference groups.
Skill-by-skill reports diagnose individual strengths and weaknesses.

8. Content Range Comparison by Levels
TABE 9 & 10
2.0 – 3.9
4.0 – 5.9
6.0 – 8.9
9.0 – 12.9
E (Easy)
M (Medium)
D (Difficult)
A (Advanced)
Levels
Note: L (Literacy) is available in the paper and pencil version of TABE 9/10

9. Comparability TABE Online vs. TABE paper & pencil
Study conducted from Spring to Spring 2004
Online test score reliability is generally consistent with paper & pencil scores
Scale score retained integrity
NRS levels hold
GED® estimates hold
Growth within treatment (i.e. online) holds

10. Test Administration Site – Login Page

11. Test Administration Site – Home Page
Reports
Schedule Test
Register Student
Find Test Sessions

12. Adding/Finding Students
Top Layer Admin access-
Find/Add students at all layers
If possible student already exists use FIND to check this out.
Other Layers-
Find/Add students at their specific layer only.

13. Managing Students: Student Accommodations
Test Pause
Untimed Test
Font/Background Color

14. Test Administration Site – Auto Locator
The Auto Locator automatically assigns the correct level of difficulty for all assigned subtests in the Survey or Complete Battery.

15. Verify Test Form

16. Individual Test Ticket
Print tickets during Register Student
Print and distribute to students on the day of the test.
Student Passwords are not stored in their profiles. Students have unique passwords generated for every test session to which they are assigned.

17. Summary Test Ticket
Lists all student Login Names, Passwords, Student Accommodations, and the Test Access Codes

18. Summary Test Ticket (cont’d)

19. Student Experience Double-click the Red icon on the desktop
Student Logon Page
Double-click the Red icon on the desktop
The student accesses the test session by double-clicking the “Online Assessment” icon located on the PC/Workstation.
Test module can only be accessed by Logon, Password, and Test Access code.
The access code should not be given to the students until the students are seated at the test site computers and the students are ready to login.
Student Login Name and Password is provided on Student “Individual Test Ticket” and available on “Summary Sheet” printout for the Test Proctor.
The Test Proctor will provide the Test Access code to the test taker. The Test Access Code is available on the “Summary Sheet” printout and is created during the Test Scheduling process.
Provided by the Test Proctor

20. TABE Test Session “Welcome” Page
Student Test Environment
The Test Module automatically sizes to the user’s screen.
The user’s desktop content is “Locked Down” when the test content is presented.
A test must be completed to “Unsecure” a system.
Files posted to CTB’s website are protected by PGP™ encryption technology.
CTB complies with the Children’s Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) for delivery and protection of student data collected or delivered online.

21. Sample Math Question
Navigate forward and backward within the tests using the “Go On” or “Go Back” buttons.
Navigate to any item within the test using the question numbers represented in the bottom portion of the test interface.

22. Sample Math Question
Navigate forward and backward within the tests using the “Go On” or “Go Back” buttons.
Navigate to any item within the test using the question numbers represented in the bottom portion of the test interface.

23. Sample Reading Question

24. Sample Reading Question

25. Finishing a TABE Test
The student clicks “Yes, I have finished” to complete a test session
The test automatically completes if the test-taking time expires
After a test has closed, the scores are calculated for reporting

26. Reporting Student Test Results

27. Individual Portfolio Report

28. Individual Portfolio Report

29. Group List Report

30. Individual Student Results Export
Downloads as .dat or .csv file
Specify type desired
Save with a name with meaning
Save to specified directory – defaults to My Downloads
Read by ITTS, Excel, etc.

31. TABE Online “Help” Link

32. Linking Data to Instruction
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33. Linking Data to Instruction
Building Skills with TABE
Achieving TABE Success
Contemporary’s GED/Pre-GED
Steck-Vaughn GED/Pre-GED
Number Power and Number Sense
2:50 -2:55 p.m.
Trainer 1: Show materials and do practice activity
Achieving TABE Success Correlation Report - Green handout
TABE covers basic skills in reading/math/language
Basic Literacy to 12.9
Access skills most important to adults; life skills, learning skills, job-related skills and problem-solving skills
Check out Achieving TABE Success and use Correlation Chart to help learner use this book
What other materials do you like and use and how can use them more closely with your TABE results?
How can you use these materials with multi-level students in the same classroom/lab?

34. Turning the Focus to Instruction
Create an Item Analysis Report for Planning Instruction
Shows “at a glance” the individual areas in which a student needs to focus
Create & Use a TABE Instructional/Study Plan
Gives an immediate assignment based on needed TABE Skills
Incorporate “TABE SKILL-TARGETED” Instruction in EVERY LESSON
Plan instructional time that is targeted to TABE skills, either whole group, small group, or individually

35. Turning the Focus to Instruction
Item Analysis Reports - Why Create Them?
Gives an instant view of TABE skills on which to focus prior to post-testing
Gives teachers the opportunity to look at their entire class or select individuals performance on TABE Pre-test
Helps teachers plan instruction
Small group and/or entire class activities based on common skill weaknesses
Target specific weak skills utilizing the Study Guides / Pre-GED or GED books and
Form daily lesson plans
Provides a reference for pulling extra materials for supplemental practice
Shapes daily, direct instruction between teacher and student

36. Turning the Focus to Instruction:
Item Analysis Data
Individual Diagnostic Profile
TestMate for TABE software or TABE PC
TABE Online Group Item Analysis Report
TABE Teachers Guides Instructional Binders
This slide should be an actual hand’s on activity where the participant accesses the website, prings the appropriate Item Analysis Tool, and completes the Item Analysis.
Materials needed: website access, printer access, several individual student item analyses from TestMate TABE
Julie Anne Kornahrens, Director, Dorchester County Adult Education
April 12, 2011

39. Turning the Focus to Instruction
Correlations from Publishers Content
Where to find them?
In the front of some of the Instructional materials
Links each question to targeted skill lessons in that publisher’s materials
Used for an Individual Students

41. Turning the Focus to Instruction
Creating & Using a TABE Study Plan (Prescriptive)
WHY Create Them?
Provides relevant information to the student about areas of skill strength & weakness
Ties relevance to TABE skills & skills needed for other academic areas (e.g., HSAP, GED, WorkKeys, etc.)
Gives an immediate assignment
Focuses on appropriate TABE – Skill practice along with the use of pre-GED or GED materials
Gives instant success
Promotes student confidence
Now you need to turn that Item Analysis into a TABE Study Guide, both for you and for the student.
Creating a study guide gives the student a snapshot view of strengths and weaknesses and provides them a roadmap on what specific materials to access and work through to turn the weaknesses into strengths.
Julie Anne Kornahrens, Director, Dorchester County Adult Education
April 12, 2011

43. Assessment Results
Results of both pre- and post-tests are important to the:
Learner: They should know the reason they are placed at a certain level, in certain materials, etc. They can also see how much progress they make.
Teacher: Results should be used to guide instruction and curriculum development.
Program: Critical for program improvement and accountability for achieving targeted outcomes.
Results should DRIVE the Instructional
Program & TRANSLATE into
POSITIVE Program Performance

44. CTB Product Support Support Hours: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Eastern Time
Product Support Phone: (866)
Product Support
Free Web Tutorial:
Access to TABE FAQs and Technical Requirements documentation requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
URL: click on the Adult Education Link, then click on the TABE Online Link. TABE Online FAQ’s and TABE Online Technical Requirements documentation are available.

45. New TABE Instructional Information: Lexiles
A Lexile is a measure related to reading level of text
TABE reading scale score is matched to a Lexile scale
Books & other texts have been assigned Lexile measures
You can:
Match your learner with materials that are right for his/her reading ability
Monitor growth in reading
Differentiate instruction for your learners
Classify and manage reading materials
2:55 - 3:15 p.m. Slides 51-55
Trainer 2:
Describe the purpose of this new resource. You can enter individual learner’s scale scores or an entire class and receive a Lexile score.
Group Report in folder.

46. A Portrait of Adult Reading Demands
Aetna Health Care Discount Form (1360L)
Medical Insurance Benefit Pkg (1280L)
Application for Student Loan (1270L)
Federal Tax Form W-4 (1260L)
Installing Your Child Safety Seat (1170L)
Microsoft Windows User Manual (1150L)
GM Protection Plan (1150L)
CD-DVD Player Instructions (1080L)
Lifeskills reading
For example: the Microsoft Windows User manual is written at Lexile Reading Level 1150
This can only be measure on TABE Level D and above

47. A Portrait of Adult Reading Demands
Have participants pull out from folder.
Career–based reading
For example: Entry level occupational reading materials for Hospitality and Tourism are written at Lexile Reading Level
This can only be measure on TABE Level A
Achieving Reading Proficiency for All, Willard R. Daggett, ED.D.
International Center for Leadership in Education, 2003

48. Free! How to Access Lexile Information for Your Learners
Call CTB Customer Services at
Ask for your TABE Lexile Web Access
Go to and log in with your user name and password
Trainer 2:
This is how you can access this free resource.

49. 2013 Plans and Beyond 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
TABE CLAS-E Online - TBA
Computer based testing for Adult ESL students
Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking
Next version of TABE - Development scope work to begin
New Forms (rolled out over time from a collection of unscored test items form the Adaptive test)
Higher level content above the current Level A
Aligned to TASC, OVAE/NRS standards and Common Core Standards 49 49

50. Contacts Mike Johnson TABE National Manager 630-789-4586
Stephanie Seemann
FL & GA Sales
TABE Online Support
Access to TABE FAQs and Technical Requirements documentation requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
URL: click on the Adult Education Link, then click on the TABE Online Link. TABE Online FAQ’s and TABE Online Technical Requirements documentation are available.