Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fA7L0U003896; Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:00:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2001 16:00:30 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <p05100300b80f4e9a2f72@[209.246.109.210]> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Gail Spangenberg <gspangenberg@caalusa.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3748] re: Cliff Willard's letter X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Status: O Content-Length: 1334 Lines: 37 For folks interested in a TABE website, go to the manufacturer's website at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com. Once there, type TABE in the search box. Then choose McGraw-Hill Education Sites, and click on Search. That'll produce a long list of FAQs. Pick FAQs #5 for general information about TABE. >Mary, >TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) is standardized assessment used in GA >adult literacy (and other places I assume). Using any one of four separate >instruments according to pretest "Locator" results, you can evaluate grade 0 >thru 12.9+ skills in Reading, Math Computation, Applied Math, Language, and >Spelling. TABE has been one of the prime academic reference systems for as >long as I've been in adult lit (since '87) and probably before. >The four separate inst are titled: E - easy, M - Medium, D - difficult, and >A - advanced and each one involves higher degree of difficulty according to >the grade level they evaluate. > >I don't know of a website where you could learn about TABE, but there must be >one. ?? > >Art > >Mary Bowman-Kruhm wrote: > >> Art--I'm not acquainted with TABE. Can you describe or point to web site? >> >> ==MaryBK -- Gail Spangenberg President Council for Advancement of Adult Literacy 1221 Avenue of the Americas - 50th Floor New York, NY 10020 212-512-2362, fax 212-512-2610
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Fri Jan 18 2002 - 11:28:04 EST