When adult learners have reached a proficiency level of grade 6 or 7, the TABE Work Related Foundation Skills test can be used to measure progress with pre/post testing. The Work-Related Foundation Skills is on the same scale as the TABE 7 & 8 and can be used as a post-test to mea sure improvement.
Practice and Locator Test
The practice portion of the test helps students become familiar with the types of items on the test.
The locator portion of the test helps to determine the appropriate test level of TABE 7 & 8 for
students. The Practice and Locator Test takes approximately 20 minutes to administer. Beginning
readers who cannot take the Practice and Locator Test can take the TABE Level L Test,
Form 7 or 8.
TABE 7 & 8 Complete Battery
The Complete Battery is a series of five tests at five levels that give both normed scores and skill
and outcome-performance scores for adults. The Complete Battery includes Reading, Mathematics
Computation, Applied Mathematics, Language, and Spelling. The Complete Battery takes approxi
mately 3 hours to administer.
TABE 7 & 8 Survey
The Survey version includes Reading, Mathematics Computation, Applied Mathematics, Language,
and Spelling. The Survey takes approximately 1.5 hours to administer, and also provides normed
scores.
TABE Work-Related Foundation Skills
Four editions of this test assess Reading, Mathematics, Language skills, and competencies in
workplace contexts for health, business/office, trade/technical, and general occupational groups.
TABE Work-Related Problem Solving
A sixth-grade or higher reading level is required for this test, which yields both normative and
qualitative scores. Two forms measure a wide range of problem-solving competencies. Life and
work-related tasks are used to assess problem-solving skills. This test takes approximately one
hour to administer.
TABE Espanol
This is a survey test with normed scores for Reading, Mathematics Computation, Applied Math
ematics, and Language in Spanish. A Locator Test is available to determine the level of the test to
administer. It covers skills for grade levels 1.6 through 6.9.