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TABE Tests of Adult Basic
Education (TABE) 9&10
History of CTB/McGraw-Hill’s TABE
 TABE 1 & 2
1964
 TABE 3 & 4
1974-1975
 TABE 5 & 6
1983
 TABE 7 & 8
1994
 TABE 9 & 10
 TABE Online
2003-2004
2006
 TABE Adaptive
2012
 TASC
2014
TABE Updates
• 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
2014 Plans and Beyond
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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
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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
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TABE CLAS-E Online - TBA
– Computer based testing for Adult ESL students
– Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking
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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
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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 OffLine)
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
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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
Contact
Mike Johnson
TABE National Manager
630-789-4586
[email protected]
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