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Comparing Applied Literacy and Basic Skills Tests as Measures of Adult Literacy Performance.

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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

When Less Is More: A Comparative Analysis for Placing Students in Adult Literacy Classes. TR93-8.

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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