Improving Your TABE Scores
Guide to Administering TABE - A Handbook for Teachers and Test Administrators
This handbook provides information about the TABE assessments, as well as providing instructions as to appropriate practices in administering
the TABE assessments.  This
handbook can be used when training new staff to administer the TABE assessments.  The links presented below
are also included in the handbook.

Presentation - CASAS and TABE - Side by Side
      PowerPoint
      Handouts

 Score Conversion Charts - Complete Battery
 The links below are to documents created by Minnesota programs to assist teachers and support staff in determining where individual test  
 scores fall in relation to the validity of the scores.  These charts are suggestions only, based on the experiences of the two large programs.
      
TABE 9 Complete Battery Reading - Color (Minneapolis)
      TABE 10 Complete Battery Reading - Color (Minneapolis)
      TABE 9 Complete Battery Reading - Color (DOC)
      TABE 9 Complete Battery Reading - Black & White (DOC)
      TABE 10 Complete Battery Reading - Color (DOC)
      TABE 10 Complete Battery Reading - Black & White (DOC)

      TABE 9 Complete Battery Math - Color (DOC)
      TABE 9 Complete Battery Math - Black & White (DOC)
      TABE 10 Complete Battery Math - Color (DOC)
      TABE 10 Complete Battery Math - Black & White (DOC)

      TABE 9 & 10 Complete Battery Language

   Score Conversion Charts - Survey
     TABE 9 & 10 Survey Reading **NEWLY REVISED**
     TABE 9 Survey Math **NEW**
     TABE 10 Survey Math **NEW**
     TABE 9 & 10 Survey Language **NEWLY REVISED**


Preparing for the TABE
This is a free, downloadable book created by the Florida Department of Education.  It is patterned after the "Getting to Know TABE" book
available for purchase from Contemporary/McGraw-Hill.  The purpose of this book is to familiarize students with standardized testing
procedures.

TABE Test Study Guide
This 49-page booklet includes test-taking strategies and hints for the Reading, Mathematics and Language portions of the TABE test.

Online Teaching Tools from Contemporary McGraw-Hill
The following links lead to online activities designed as additional instruction and practice to be used as supplements to Contemporary's GED
series:
     
McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center (Writing)
     McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center (Reading)
     McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center (Social Studies)
     McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center (Science)
     McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center (Math)

Online Assessment Tests
Test Prep Review
 This site provides self-assessment module quizzes in many specific skill sets from the TABE assessment.  The assessments are printable
 and include an answer key.  There is no specific rubric, however students are encouraged to note the areas in which they see gaps in
 their knowledge.
TABE Test Improvement Links
 This is the second part of the Test Prep Review site and includes links to specific sites on the internet that address the skills that the
 students identified as lacking.

Steck-Vaughn's Practice Test
 These tests cover all of the subjects in the GED tests.  The online assessments can be completed and scored online.  Feedback is
 provided regarding skills student needs to develop for success on the GED.

GED Test Online Course
 This site provides self-assessment modele quizzes in many specific skill sets from the GED test.  The assessments are printable and include
 an answer key.
GED Test Improvement Links
 This section includes links to specific site on the internet that address the skills that the students identified as lacking.
Varsity Tutors
  This site includes free practice tests for a variety of standardized tests, including GED and Accuplacer tests.

Online Links for Students
The following links may be helpful to students who wish to use the internet as they prepare for the GED.  Additionally, these links may assist the
student in building the skills necessary for improving their TABE scores.

GED-On-The-Web
 This website provides links to websites where GED students may increase their skills by completing the online exercises.

Language - Writing Links
     Grammar Bytes
     Essay Punch
     Guide to Grammar and Writing
     OWL Online Writing Lab
Reading Links
     Literacy Resources
     California Distance Learning Project
     Reading Comprehension Connection
Mathematics Links - Basic
     Khan Academy Exercise Dashboard
     AAA Math
     Aplus Math
     Simple Fractions
     Math Worksheets Land    
     
Math Goodies
Mathematics Links - Algebra, Geometry and beyond
     Khan Academy


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