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Download full textKevin O’Farrell – Florida Department of Education, 2023
This technical assistance paper provides policy and guidance to individuals with test administration responsibilities in adult education programs. The Florida assessment policies and guidelines presented in this technical assistance paper are appropriate for state and federal reporting. Therefore, guidance and procedures regarding the selection…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Testing, Achievement Gains, Outcome Measures
Peer reviewedMichelle Candy – Adult Literacy Education, 2024
The North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has developed two methods of working with low-literacy students. One is testing for accommodations for GED testing. The other is integrating the STAR literacy program for adult readers.
Descriptors: Correctional Education, Correctional Institutions, Institutionalized Persons, Adult Students
Florida Department of Education, 2021
This technical assistance paper provides policy and guidance to individuals with test administration responsibilities in adult education programs. The Florida assessment policies and guidelines presented herein are appropriate for state and federal reporting. Therefore, guidance and procedures regarding the selection and use of appropriate student…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, Test Selection
Florida Department of Education, 2017
This document is provided by the Florida Department of Education to help prepare Adult and Career and Technical Students to take the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) test. These tests are used to determine students' strengths that will assist them in successfully completing their programs. The TABE has three major areas: Reading, Language,…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Vocational Education, Test Preparation, Reading Tests
Florida Department of Education, 2017
This technical assistance paper provides guidance to individuals with test administration responsibilities in adult education programs. These policies apply to the approved assessments that programs may use to report educational gains in compliance with the National Reporting System (NRS) requirements. The NRS is the accountability system for the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Assessment, Testing, Accountability
Florida Department of Education, 2016
This technical assistance paper provides guidance to individuals with test administration responsibilities in adult education programs. These policies apply to the approved assessments that programs may use to report educational gains in compliance with the National Reporting System (NRS) requirements. The NRS is the accountability system for the…
Descriptors: Technical Assistance, Adult Education, Educational Assessment, Testing
Florida Department of Education, 2020
Throughout the years, career and technical education (CTE) has focused on teaching technical competencies and related academic skills that prepare students to enter and advance in a variety of career fields and postsecondary education. Program and course descriptions are reviewed on a regular basis to ensure that the technical and academic skills…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Basic Skills, Student Evaluation, Evaluation Methods
Manly, Myrna; Ginsburg, Lynda – National Institute for Literacy, 2010
In adult education, algebraic thinking can be a sense-making tool that introduces coherence among mathematical concepts for those who previously have had trouble learning math. Further, a modeling approach to algebra connects mathematics and the real world, demonstrating the usefulness of math to those who have seen it as just an academic…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Mathematical Concepts, Arithmetic, Algebra
Direct linkBragg, Debra; Dresser, Laura; Smith, Whitney – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2012
Shifting Gears was launched in 2007 by the Joyce Foundation, a Chicago-based organization focused on improving the quality of life of citizens residing in the Great Lakes region of the United States. The primary goal of Shifting Gears is to increase the number of low-skilled, low-income Midwestern adults who obtain college-level occupational…
Descriptors: Credentials, Labor Market, National Competency Tests, Labor Force Development
Block, Don – Adult Basic Education and Literacy Journal, 2007
The Greater Pittsburgh Literacy Council (GPLC) has made a strong commitment to professional development for its paid staff and ongoing training for its volunteers. During its 25-year history, GPLC has faced three challenges as it implemented its current staff development system. In this article, the author discusses these three challenges: (1)…
Descriptors: Staff Development, Volunteers, Professional Development, Adult Educators
LDA of Minnesota, 2008
Minnesota Adult Basic Education (ABE) providers are mandated to use CASAS (Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment System) Reading or Math or TABE (Tests for Adult Basic Education) Reading or Math. This issue of "NetNews" introduces the Test Bank: a variety of informal reading, spelling, and writing assessments available for Minnesota ABE…
Descriptors: Informal Assessment, Adult Basic Education, Adult Students, Student Evaluation
Banovetz, James M., Ed. – 2000
According to the most recent National Adult Literacy Survey, nearly half of Illinois adults lack sufficient reading proficiency to ensure job success and advancement in 21st century workplaces. The Test of Adult Basic Education is currently used as a pretest/posttest in Illinois' existing adult basic education, adult secondary education, and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Change Strategies
Florida State Corrections Commission, Tallahassee. – 2000
The Florida Department of Corrections Distance Learning Program consists of the Corrections Distance Learning Network; offender programming; staff development; and the Agency Strategic Plan. The Corrections Distance Learning Network offers academic, vocational training, and life management skills programs for offenders and staff development and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Computer Uses in Education, Correctional Education
