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TABE Complete Language Assessment System – English™
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Issues in Adult ESL
• Self Esteem
• Classroom Participation
• Learning styles (collaboration vs individual)
• Fear of advancing to the next level and failing
• Challenging the comfort level
Why TABE CLAS-E?
According to a report from the U.S. Dept of Education,
there are
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1.3 million adult ESL students enrolled yearly
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Approximately 90 Million adults without a High School
diploma or equivalency
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An estimated 44% are non-Native English speaking
Test Creation is a complex process that began with an
analysis of a number of ESL Standards
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Overview of TABE CLAS-E
• Standardized assessment that provides teachers with a reliable,
easy-to-use system that accurately identifies the instructional
needs of their ESL students
• Aligned with the NRS English as a Second Language Educational
Functioning Level Descriptors, Student Performance Levels, and
several state standards: FL, TX, CA, NY, AZ, MD, MA
• Aligned with TESOL Standards, Common European Frameworks
and Canadian Standards
• Scores from TABE CLAS-E are linked to TABE 9&10, designed to
offer your students a successful transition into adult basic
education
• Assesses English proficiency levels in Four Skill Areas: Reading,
Listening, Writing, and Speaking Skills
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Overview of TABE CLAS-E
• Levels: 4 (1,2,3,4)
• Forms: 2 (A and B)
• Four Skill Areas Tested:
–Reading, Listening, Writing, Speaking
• Seamless transition to TABE 9&10
Testing with TABE CLAS-E
• Step 1: Locator Interview
• Step 2: Administer Locator test (Part 1 and 2)
• Step 3: Administer appropriate Level of CLAS-E
• Step 4: Score CLAS-E Level to find out ESL Proficiency
Level
• Step 5: Place student in appropriate ESL class
Levels
4 Content Levels
CLAS-E Level
NRS Levels
NRS Functioning
levels possible
Level 1
NRS 1 & 2
1, 2, 3, 3+
Level 2
NRS 2 & 3
1, 2, 3, 4, 4+
Level 3
NRS 3 & 4
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5+
Level 4
NRS 5 & 6
1*, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
*lowest obtainable score, recommend for re-test.
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Overview of TABE CLAS-E
Content Area
Testing Time
(Minutes)
Total Items
Reading
25
25
Listening
25
20
Writing
20
20
5
27
75
92
Expository Writing Folio
Total for group administration R, W, L
Total Items
Speaking
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Testing Time
15
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TABE CLAS-E Content Areas
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Testing with TABE CLAS-E
Locator Interview
• The purpose of the Locator Interview: determines
which examinees should be tested with Level 1 and
which examinees go on to take the full Locator test
• The Listening/Speaking skills and the Reading/Writing
skills of students are treated independently and
should be scored as such, and the recommendations
from the evaluation chart should be followed.
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Testing with TABE CLAS-E
Locator Test, Part 1 and 2
Administer Locator Test, Part 1 (R/W)
• Examinees who have been placed at Level 1 for Reading and Writing
from the Locator Interview do not take the Locator Test, Part 1.
• Score in Part 2 determines which level of TABE CLAS-E examinees will
take for Reading and Writing
Administer Locator Test, Part 2 (L/S)
• Examinees who have been placed at Level 1 for Listening and Speaking
from the Locator Interview do not take the Locator Test, Part 1.
• Score in Part 2 determines which level of TABE CLAS-E examinees will
take for Listening and Speaking.
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Reading
• Uses schedules, forms, flyers, store receipts,
advertisements, product instructions, and newsletters
• Lower literacy examinees answer discrete, picture-based
items
• Assessment objectives include quantitative literacy, read
words, and reading comprehension
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Writing
• Selected-response items:
– Gauge knowledge of English language grammar and
mechanics
– Test quantitative literacy, usage and conventions, and
sentence formation and coherence
• Constructed response items:
– Measure application of grammar and mechanics in
expository writing
– Are scored with holistic rubrics to assess expository
writing ability
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Listening
• Presents items in a spoken format of varying
lengths, from pairs to short passages
• Examinees are addressed in meaningful work,
community, and academic situations
• Quantitative literacy, listening comprehension,
and interpersonal skills are measured
• Lower level examinees are tested in discerning
beginning and ending sounds of words
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Speaking
• Introduces an innovative multiple-criteria scoring rubric
– Measures grammar, meaning, and appropriateness
– Scale scores will be averaged for the composite Speaking
score
• Individually administered by a proctor (10 minutes)
• Uses picture-based stimuli
• Work and life skills
– Phone competency
– Expressing opinions and abilities
– Providing descriptions and instructions
• Includes critical thinking
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Scoring Options
• Hand-scoring with stencil or answer key
• Hand-scoring with SCOREZE
• TestMate® TABE – scan answer sheet for
immediate reports
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CLAS-E Reports-TestMate
• Student Individual Report
• Item Analysis Report
• Student Pre-Post Report
• Student Prescriptive Report (to McGraw-Hill All Star)
• Rank List Report
• Group List Report
• Assessment Summary Report
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CLAS-E Score Types –With TestMate
• Number Correct (NC)
• Raw Score (RS)
• Scale Score (SS)
• Objective Mastery (OM)
• Standard Error of Measurement (SEM)
• National Reporting System (NRS) ED. Functional LV.
• Student Performance Level (SPL)
• Predicted TABE score
• Recommended Criteria for EXIT (RCE) from ESL Instruction
• Alternate Criteria for ESL EXIT (ACE)
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Individual Diagnostic Profile
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Individual Diagnostic Profile
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Recording Reading and Writing Answers
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Linking TABE CLAS-E and
TABE 9&10
Linking Study for TABE CLAS-E and TABE 9/10
• Goal: To establish a relationship between TABE CLAS-E and
TABE 9&10 and to provide a predicted scale score for ESL
students on the TABE 9&10 Level M Reading and Language
tests.
• The Study: 925 examinees in 22 locations across the country
were administered both TABE and CLAS-E.
• A univariate ordinary least-squares regression method was
used to estimate a linear relationship between CLAS-E and
TABE.
• Results: Include an estimated TABE Reading and Language
Scale Score and also a Standard Error Estimate Range.
Exiting TABE CLAS-E
• Exit vs Transition
• TABE CLAS-E Level 4 only
• Recommended Criterion – CTB recommends that a
student demonstrate proficiency in 3 of 4 sub-tests.
• Alternative Exit Criteria – Each Subtest has a higher exit
criteria when used individually.
• Validation Study included 200 teacher ratings for
participants in the Equating Study were analyzed and
reviewed by both CTB and external ESL experts
Professional Development and Instructional Guidance
Teacher’s Resource Guide, Volume 1:
• Administration and Instructional Planning Resources
– Administration and instructional planning
– Items illustrating content
– Items classifications by objectives
– Key terms
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Professional Development and Instructional Guidance
Teacher’s Resource Guide, Volume 2:
• Classroom Tasks and Lessons
Three basic themes:
80 Classroom Tasks (Community & Work related)
- 36 Community tasks
- 32 Work tasks
- 12 Education tasks
– Lesson Plans
– Teaching Tips
– Checklists
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Why is TABE Complete Language Assessment
System-English Unique?
• TABE’s 45+ year reputation of high quality assessments
• Integration with leading instructional packages
• Excellent item development, research, and psychometric
processes (reliability & validity)
• Complete assessment system with tests, score reports,
and teacher guidance; easy to use
• Successful transition opportunity to adult basic education
• Complete assessment system with tests, score reports,
and teacher guidance
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TABE Updates for new Standards
• TABE Adaptive
– No Locator – No E,M,D,A – No 9/10
– No Out of Range Scores
– Under NRS review announcement expected by Summer
– Include field test items for ongoing research
– Reading, Math (Applied & Computation) and Language tests initially
– Adaptive engine will select test questions base on the student response on the
previous question
– Shorter testing time but diagnostics similar to the Complete Battery
• TABE Online
– New FREE Formative tests being added in Summer 2014
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Aligned to new College and Career Readiness Standards
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Included new Technology Enabled items used in HSE tests
– Prescriptive Report similar to TestMate TABE being developed
– New interface for the main administrative website
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TABE Next Version?
• Currently TABE 9/10 (paper and online)
– NRS approved through 2017
• New Version needs NRS and State approval
• Content alignment for TABE 11 & 12
– Common Core / College and Career Readiness
– OVAE/OCTAE Adult Ed Standards
– High School Equiv
• Levels and Forms - Development scope work to begin
– Higher level content above the current Level A???
– Paper forms for 11, 12 and maybe 13??
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New Forms (rolled out over time from a collection of unscored test
items from TABE Adaptive and TABE Formative tests)
For More Information
Contact
– Mike Johnson,
TABE National Manager
(630) 789-4586
[email protected]
Or visit
www.ctb.com/tabeclas-e
800-538-9547