TABE CLAS–E is an integrated system of assessments, instructional guidance, and staff development materials designed to measure adult learners' English language proficiency and aid in transitioning learners into mainstream education programs or career paths.

TABE CLAS–E provides you with the resources to assess the language proficiency of adult English language learners in the areas of reading, listening, writing, and speaking. Scores are linked to TABE 9&10, which helps ease your students' transition into the nation's leading adult basic eduation programs.

The items and passages in TABE CLAS–E focus on workplace, community,and education contexts that are practical and familiar and that will motivateadult learners. The TABE CLAS–E items are aligned with the NRS English as aSecond Language (ESL) Educational Functioning Level Descriptors, StudentPerformance Levels, and several state standards for English language proficiency.TABE CLAS–E makes it easy for you to pinpoint student strengths and areas ofopportunity and to demonstrate student gains for NRS reporting purposes.

Features

• Locator Test for accurate initial placement
• Easy computer-based local scoring
• Proven, research-based test questions
• Scale score, NRS ESL scores, and Student Performance Levels
• Links to instructional materials, including the All-Star series from McGraw-Hill ESL/ELT
• Alignment to key adult education ESL standards
• Instructional staff guidance materials designed for classes with learners at different proficiency levels
• Interactive staff development DVD for individual or group training sessions

TABE CLAS-E score reports

TABE CLAS–E can be scored locally with TestMate TABE software. Get a complete picture of the skill level and progress of your students with these score reports:

• Individual Student Report
• Item Analysis Report
• Pre- and Post-Test Report
• Prescriptive Report
• Group List Report
• Assessment Summary Report
• Rank List Report

CTB/McGraw-Hill subject matter experts created the test objectives and proficiency levels after a thorough examination fo several sets of state and international standards.

TABE CLAS-E aligns with key U.S. standards for adult education English as a Second Language (ESL), as well as the Common European Framework and the National Reporting System (NRS) core measures for literacy.

NRS Outcome Measures Alignment

Below are sample test items from the Reading and Listening tests.

Reading, Level 1

To assess students' reading proficiency, the Reading test employs realistic document-based passages such as schedules, forms, fl yers, store receipts, advertisements, product instructions, and newsletters. Lower-level students also answer discrete, picture-based items. Assessed Reading objectives include quantitative literacy, read words—e.g., applying knowledge of morphemes and syntax, word meaning, and appropriate associated information—and reading comprehension.

Listening, Level 1

With the use of a CD or audiocassette, the Listening test presents items in a spoken format of varying lengths. Familiar adult contexts are used to assess students in meaningful work, community, and education situations. Students are tested in quantitative literacy, listening comprehension, and interpersonal skills.