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Elizabeth L. Tighe; Gal Kaldes; Danielle S. McNamara – Grantee Submission, 2023
Inferencing skills uniquely contribute to the reading comprehension skills of older grade-school and college students. Evidence also suggests that children's reading component skills, such as decoding and language comprehension, differentially contribute to various reading comprehension assessments. However, additional research is needed to…
Descriptors: Inferences, Reading Comprehension, Vocabulary Development, Morphology (Languages)
Olney, Andrew M.; Walker, Breya; Davis, Raven N.; Graesser, Art – Grantee Submission, 2017
Over the past 50 years, an increasing proportion of student graduating high school attend college, but literacy levels in the United States have remained largely unchanged. We present preliminary results that suggest the literacy levels of assessed first year college freshmen are above 5th grade but below 12th grade, that only 32% of these…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Reading Skills, Adult Literacy, High School Equivalency Programs
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
Gross, Alan L. – 1989
An evaluation was undertaken of the second year's work of a pilot adult literacy program called Project REACH (Reading, Education, Achievement), which was begun in 1987 in New York by the Governor's Office for Employee Relations (GOER) and the Civil Service Employees' Association (CSEA). The following findings were reported, among others: (1)…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Gross, Alan L.; And Others – 1988
This document describes a pilot adult literacy program called Project REACH (Reading, Education, Achievement), which was begun in 1987 in New York by the Governor's Office for Employee Relations (GOER) and the Civil Service Employees' Association (CSEA). Following an executive summary, an introduction sets the stage by explaining the need for the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Hill, Clifford; Parry, Kate – 1988
The autonomous model of literacy--including its two features autonomy of text and autonomy of skill, which have been particularly influential in reading assessment--does not account for important aspects of reading. The pragmatic model of literacy accounts more adequately for how readers respond to text. An analysis of the 1976 and 1987 versions…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Distractors (Tests)
Inman, Patricia; Trott, Charles E. – 1999
Research identified a literacy assessment program applicable to the adult population functioning at pre-General Education Development (GED) test levels. An attempt to align the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) with the Illinois State Board of Education Learning Standards failed. ACT Work Keys emerged as the recommended and most effective…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Certificates
Sabatini, John P.; And Others – 1995
The Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) is a widely used multiple-choice test battery of basic skills in reading, language, and mathematics. The Test of Applied Literacy Skills (TALS) is an applied literacy battery consisting of document, prose, and quantitative literacy tests. The central issue in this study was the relationship of the TABE and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Comparative Analysis
Garreton, Rodrigo; Terdy, Dennis – 1991
In a study prompted by the need to standardize the reporting of educational progress of adult language minority students in Illinois, a commonly used adult English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) reading test was compared with two frequently used Adult Basic Education (ABE) reading tests. The testing instruments used were the ELSA (English Language…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Comparative Analysis, English (Second Language)
Venezky, Richard L.; And Others – 1993
A study evaluated different approaches to placing students in adult literacy classes using 168 adult basic education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) students. Students in classes at Rochambeau School in White Plains, New York, were given the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE), the Tests of Adult Literacy Skills (TALS), an oral…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Testing
Taylor, Maurice C. – 1990
Following a discussion of the basic skills required for an adaptable work force and how employers and workplace literacy providers determine which employees require basic skills training, this paper reviews three literacy instruments that can be used in workplace basic skills programs. A basic skills profile is drawn based on a review of the…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Educational Needs, Employment Practices
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
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
McCallister, Joe Michael; And Others – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1988
Twenty-seven participants in a Job Training Partnership Act-funded literacy program at Houston Community College received one of three types of computer-assisted instruction (CAI). The longer CAI was used, the higher the posttest reading and mathematics scores. Students with higher skill levels at entry learned faster with CAI systems. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Basic Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction
Simmons, Alison, Ed. – Adventures in Assessment, 2000
In this volume of "Adventures in Assessment," an annual literacy education journal, teachers and practitioners write about their experiences with standards-based reform initiatives at the state and national levels. The following seven articles are included: "What Makes a Good Teacher?" (Marie F. Hassett); "Successful…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Curriculum Development, Educational Assessment
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