Tests of Adult Basic Education Online. Agenda TABE Online System TABE Administration Functions...

Tests of Adult Basic Education Online

Tests of Adult Basic Education Online

AgendaAgenda

• TABE Online System• TABE Administration Functions

– Managing licenses– Setting up tests– Adding Users– Adding Students

• TABE Reporting• Demonstration• Linking to Instruction

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What is TABE Online?What is TABE Online?

Web-Based Administration and Test Delivery• Test Administration Site = website

– Schedule test administrations– Register students – Run Reports

• Student Access = Test Delivery Client– Icon installed on student desktop– Connection through Internet Explorer– Lock Down Browser

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Test Administration SiteTest Administration Site

• Accessed through a web browser: IE 6-8, Firefox, Safari (MAC only)– URL: https://oas.ctb.com

• httpS = secure site, transmission of data is private– Requires Login ID and Password

• 24/7 access to your information– Student database– Test Administrations– Reports

TABE Online Tests AvailableTABE Online Tests AvailableTABE Online Tests AvailableTABE Online Tests Available

• TABETABE Online LocatorOnline Locator

• TABE 9 & 10 TABE 9 & 10 Complete Battery & Complete Battery & SurveySurvey– Skill Levels AA, DD, MM, EE

– Reading, Mathematics, and Language

– Optional Tests: ―Vocabulary, Language

Mechanics, and Spelling

TABE Online BenefitsTABE Online Benefits

• A reliable measurement of adult academic skills and abilities

• A predictor for a student’s readiness for the GED® (Level D & A)

• The ability to test one adult or a group of adults with minimum supervision

• Upload test results to meet state and federal reporting requirements

• Access to immediate and accurate students’ assessment information

How Can You Use TABE Online in Your Program?

How Can You Use TABE Online in Your Program?

• Pre- and post-test results demonstrate student gains.• Screening for placement of new students or employees. • Norm-referenced data allows meaningful comparisons

with national adult reference groups.• Skill-by-skill reports diagnose individual strengths and

weaknesses.

Content Range Comparison Content Range Comparison by Levelsby Levels

Content Range Comparison Content Range Comparison by Levelsby Levels

TABE 9 & 10

2.0 – 3.94.0 – 5.96.0 – 8.9

9.0 – 12.9

E (Easy)M (Medium)D (Difficult)A (Advanced)

Levels

Note: L (Literacy) 0-1.9 is available in the paper and pencil version of TABE 9/10

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ComparabilityComparability

TABE OnlineTABE Online vs. TABE paper & pencilTABE paper & pencilStudy conducted from Spring 2003

to Spring 2004

Online test score reliability is generally consistent with paper & pencil scores

Scale score retained integrity NRS levels hold GED® estimates hold Growth within treatment (i.e. online) holds

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Test Administration Site – Login PageTest Administration Site – Login Page

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Test Administration Site – Home PageTest Administration Site – Home PageReports Schedule Test Register

Student Find Test Sessions

Adding/Finding StudentsAdding/Finding Students

• Top Layer Admin access-– Find/Add students at all layers– If possible student already exists use FIND

to check this out.

• Other Layers-– Find/Add students at their specific layer

only.

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Managing Students:Student Accommodations

Managing Students:Student Accommodations

StudentAccommodations:Test PauseTest PauseUntimed TestUntimed TestFont/Background Font/Background ColorColor

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Test Administration Site – Auto Locator Test Administration Site – Auto Locator

The Auto Locator automatically assigns the correct level of difficulty for all assigned subtests in the Survey or Complete Battery.

Verify Test FormVerify Test Form

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Individual Test TicketIndividual Test Ticket

Print tickets during Register Student

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Summary Test TicketSummary Test TicketLists all student Login NamesLogin Names, PasswordsPasswords, Student

Accommodations, and the Test Access CodesAccess Codes

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Summary Test Ticket (cont’d)

Summary Test Ticket (cont’d)

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Student ExperienceStudent ExperienceStudent ExperienceStudent Experience

Double-click the Red icon on the desktop

Student Logon PageStudent Logon Page

Provided by the Test ProctorProvided by the Test Proctor

TABE Test Session “Welcome” PageTABE Test Session “Welcome” PageTABE Test Session “Welcome” PageTABE Test Session “Welcome” Page

Sample Math QuestionSample Math QuestionSample Math QuestionSample Math Question

Sample Math QuestionSample Math QuestionSample Math QuestionSample Math Question

Sample Reading QuestionSample Reading QuestionSample Reading QuestionSample Reading Question

Sample Reading QuestionSample Reading Question

Finishing a TABE TestFinishing a TABE TestFinishing a TABE TestFinishing a TABE Test

• The student clicks “The student clicks “Yes, I have finishedYes, I have finished” to complete a test session” to complete a test session• The test automatically completes if the test-taking time expiresThe test automatically completes if the test-taking time expires• After a test has closed, the scores are calculated for reportingAfter a test has closed, the scores are calculated for reporting

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Reporting Student Test ResultsReporting Student Test Results

Individual Portfolio ReportIndividual Portfolio Report

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Individual Portfolio ReportIndividual Portfolio Report

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Group List ReportGroup List Report

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Individual Student Results Export Individual Student Results Export

• Downloads as .dat or .csv file

• Specify type desired

• Save with a name with meaning

• Save to specified directory – defaults to My Downloads

• Read by ITTS, Excel, etc.

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TABE Online “Help” LinkTABE Online “Help” Link

Linking Data to Instruction

Linking Data to Instruction

Linking Data to Instruction Linking Data to Instruction

• Building Skills with TABE

• Achieving TABE Success

• Contemporary’s GED/Pre-GED

• Steck-Vaughn GED/Pre-GED

• Number Power and Number Sense

Turning the Focus to InstructionTurning the Focus to Instruction

Turning the Focus to InstructionTurning the Focus to Instruction

• Item Analysis Reports - Why Create Them?– Gives an instant view of TABE skills on which to focus prior to

post-testing

– Gives teachers the opportunity to look at their entire class or select individuals performance on TABE Pre-test

– Helps teachers plan instruction – Small group and/or entire class activities based on common skill

weaknesses– Target specific weak skills utilizing the Study Guides / Pre-GED or GED

books and – Form daily lesson plans

– Provides a reference for pulling extra materials for supplemental practice

– Shapes daily, direct instruction between teacher and student

Julie Anne Kornahrens, Director, Dorchester County

Adult EducationApril 12, 2011

Item Analysis Data

1. Individual Diagnostic Profile

2.TestMate for TABE software or TABE PC

3.TABE Online Group Item Analysis Report

4.TABE Teachers Guides Instructional Binders

Turning the Focus to Instruction:

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Turning the Focus to Instruction

Correlations from Publishers Content Where to find them? In the front of some of the Instructional

materials Links each question to targeted skill lessons

in that publisher’s materials Used for an Individual Students

Julie Anne Kornahrens, Director, Dorchester County

Adult EducationApril 12, 2011

Creating & Using a TABE Study Plan (Prescriptive)• WHY Create Them?

– Provides relevant information to the student about areas of skill strength & weakness

– Ties relevance to TABE skills & skills needed for other academic areas (e.g., HSAP, GED, WorkKeys, etc.)

– Gives an immediate assignment– Focuses on appropriate TABE – Skill practice along

with the use of pre-GED or GED materials– Gives instant success– Promotes student confidence

Turning the Focus to Instruction

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Assessment ResultsAssessment Results

• Results of both pre- and post-tests are important to the:– Learner: They should know the reason they are placed

at a certain level, in certain materials, etc. They can also see how much progress they make.

– Teacher: Results should be used to guide instruction and curriculum development.

– Program: Critical for program improvement and accountability for achieving targeted outcomes.

Results should DRIVE the Instructional

Program & TRANSLATE into

POSITIVE Program Performance

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CTB Product SupportCTB Product Support

Support Hours:Support Hours: 8:00 AM to 8:00 PM, Eastern Time

Product Support Phone: (866) 282-2250Product Support E-Mail: oas_acct_mgmt@ctb.com

Free Web Tutorial:Free Web Tutorial:

http://learnoas.ctb.com/TABE/introfixed.html

New TABE Instructional Information: Lexiles

New TABE Instructional Information: Lexiles

• A Lexile is a measure related to reading level of text

• TABE reading scale score is matched to a Lexile scale

• Books & other texts have been assigned Lexile measures

• You can:– Match your learner with materials that are right for

his/her reading ability– Monitor growth in reading– Differentiate instruction for your learners– Classify and manage reading materials

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A Portrait of Adult Reading DemandsA Portrait of Adult Reading Demands

A Portrait of Adult Reading DemandsA Portrait of Adult

Reading Demands

Achieving Reading Proficiency for All, Willard R. Daggett, ED.D.International Center for Leadership in Education, 2003

Free! How to Access Lexile Information for Your Learners

Free! How to Access Lexile Information for Your Learners

• Call CTB Customer Services at

1-800-538-9547

• Ask for your TABE Lexile Web Access

• Go to http://tabe.lexile.com and log in with your user name and password

• TABE Adaptive released in 2012– No Locator – No E,M,D,A – No 9/10– Reading, Math (Applied & Computation) and Language tests only– Adaptive engine will select test questions base on the student response on the

previous question– Testing time is shortened but diagnostics data similar to the Complete Battery

• TABE CLAS-E Online - TBA– Computer based testing for Adult ESL students– Reading, Listening, Writing and Speaking

• Next version of TABE - Development scope work to begin– New Forms (rolled out over time from a collection of unscored test items form the

Adaptive test)– Higher level content above the current Level A

– Aligned to TASC, OVAE/NRS standards and Common Core Standards

2013 Plans and Beyond2013 Plans and Beyond

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ContactsContacts

Mike JohnsonTABE National Manager630-789-4586Mike.Johnson@ctb.com

Stephanie SeemannFL & GA Sales 954-295-4212Stephanie.Seemann@ctb.com

866-282-2250 TABE Online Support