High Intermediate Basic Education Individual is able to read simple descriptions Individual can perform all four basic math Individual is able to handle basic life skills tasks Test benchmark: and narratives on familiar subjects or from operations with whole numbers and fractions; such as graphs, charts, and labels and can follow TABE (9–10) scale scores (grade level 6–8.9): which new vocabulary can be determined by can determine correct math operations for multistep diagrams; can read authentic materials on Reading: 518–566 context and can make some minimal solving narrative math problems and can convert familiar topics, such as simple employee Total Math: 506–565 inferences about familiar texts and compare fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions; handbooks and payroll stubs; can complete forms Language: 524–559 and contrast information from such texts but and can perform basic operations on fractions such as a job application and reconcile a bank CASAS: scale scores not consistently. The individual can write statement. Can handle jobs that involve following Reading: 221–235 simple narrative descriptions and short essays simple written instructions and diagrams; can read Math: 221–235 on familiar topics and has consistent use of procedural texts, where the information is Writing: 243–260 basic punctuation but makes grammatical supported by diagrams, to remedy a problem, such WorkKeys scale scores: errors with complex structures. as locating a problem with a machine or carrying Reading for Information: 75–78 out repairs using a repair manual. The individual Writing: 75–77 can learn or work with most basic computer Applied Mathematics: 75–77 software, such as using a word processor to produce own texts, and can follow simple instructions for using technology. Outcome Measures Definitions Educational Functioning Level Descriptors—Adult Basic Education Levels
High Intermediate Basic Education Test benchmark: TABE (9–10) scale scores (grade level 6–8.9): Reading: 518–566 Total Math: 506–565 Language: 524–559 CASAS: scale scores Reading: 221–235 Math: 221–235 Writing: 243–260 WorkKeys scale scores: Reading for Information: 75–78 Writing: 75–77 Applied Mathematics: 75–77 Individual is able to read simple descriptions and narratives on familiar subjects or from which new vocabulary can be determined by context and can make some minimal inferences about familiar texts and compare and contrast information from such texts but not consistently. The individual can write simple narrative descriptions and short essays on familiar topics and has consistent use of basic punctuation but makes grammatical errors with complex structures. Individual can perform all four basic math operations with whole numbers and fractions; can determine correct math operations for solving narrative math problems and can convert fractions to decimals and decimals to fractions; and can perform basic operations on fractions Individual is able to handle basic life skills tasks such as graphs, charts, and labels and can follow multistep diagrams; can read authentic materials on familiar topics, such as simple employee handbooks and payroll stubs; can complete forms such as a job application and reconcile a bank statement. Can handle jobs that involve following simple written instructions and diagrams; can read procedural texts, where the information is supported by diagrams, to remedy a problem, such as locating a problem with a machine or carrying out repairs using a repair manual. The individual can learn or work with most basic computer software, such as using a word processor to produce own texts, and can follow simple instructions for using technology. Outcome Measures Definitions Educational Functioning Level Descriptors—Adult Basic Education Levels
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