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Download full textDinnan, James A.; Moore, Allen B.; Wisenbaker, Joseph A.; Ulmer, Curtis; Spinks, David C. – 1996
A study examined systematically the relationship of 40 teacher characteristics and the reading improvement of adult basic education (ABE) and adult secondary education (ASE) students. Subjects were 50 adult basic and secondary education teachers and 663 of their students from a dozen adult literacy programs in a Southern state. A multiple…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Predictor Variables, Reading Improvement
Averitt, Sallie D. – 1993
A study was conducted to determine: (1) if instruction correlated to the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) resulted in improved basic skills for participants in the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program; and (2) to determine the impact of selected factors on grade-level advancement (pre- versus posttest TABE scores). A literature…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills
Nagel, Elaine – 1999
For seven years, the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) was the primary standardized assessment instrument used by the adult education program of the Midwestern Intermediate Unit IV (MIUIV) of the Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Adult Basic and Literacy Education. While reviewing its current assessment procedures, the MIUIV's…
Descriptors: Action Research, Administrator Attitudes, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy
