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Peer reviewedEhringhaus, Carolyn – Adult Basic Education, 1991
Responses from 427 adult basic education teachers (51 percent response) indicated that (1) 84.8 percent use tests for placement; (2) the Tests of Adult Basic Education are overwhelmingly the most frequently used; and (3) 77.7 percent find their testing practices effective, although informal observation and assessment received the highest ranking.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Policy, Educational Practices, Informal Assessment
Clemens, Jacqueline Bouder – 1983
Correlations were sought between vocational-technical students' performance on subtests of the 1976 edition of the "Tests of Adult Basic Education-76" (TABE) and various factors. The first objective of this study was to determine if there is any relationship between the performance of adults on the 3 subtests (language, reading and math)…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adult Basic Education, Child Caregivers, Criteria
Download full textLouisville Univ., KY. Dept. of Occupational and Career Education. – 1988
A study was conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) in predicting success or lack of success in selected postsecondary health occupations programs. The predictor variables used in the project were the TABE reading and mathematics grade equivalent scores and the number of times each section of the TABE…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Allied Health Occupations Education, Basic Skills, Mathematics Achievement
Jones, Paul L.; Armitage, Bonnie J. – 1984
Having implemented a testing procedure using the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests to identify recruits with reading deficiencies, the United States Navy conducted a study comparing the performance of recruits on three different reading tests. A total of 716 recruits completed the comprehension portion of the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Tests, the Tests…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Armed Forces, Comparative Analysis, Military Personnel
