Out-of-school youth determined to be deficient in basic skills must be post-tested at least once prior to the one-year anniversary date of the youth’s first WIA youth funded service, or at exit (whichever is earlier), to determine whether the youth made an EFL gain. You may be asked to prescreen customers and refer only those meeting certain criteria (i.e. scoring 9th grade or higher on the D Level test). Follow the normal test instructions and administer the Locator test first. If the Locator test shows the customer will need to be tested using the E or M level Survey, then the customer does not meet the referral criteria. There is no need to administer the D Level test. Tracking Assessment Service in TWIST Record the assessment service time the customer is pre or posted with TABE. Tracking each assessment ensures the scores are included in the common measures for the appropriate performance period. Enter the and enter Service Category 2-Assessment/Case Management Service code Assessment is a one-day service. Enter the start and Objective Assessment. planned end dates to occur on the same date. Recording TABE Scores in Enter not grade equivalency levels, in TWIST within 24 hours of test completion. scale scores, The scale score is the primary score for TABE and is used to compute and derive all other scores, including grade levels. Steps for recording TABE scale scores in TWIST: From select to access the tab. Menu Selections, Assessment Testing In the screen, right click to a new test record. The test detail screen will Testing Add open. Enter the Test Date. From the dropdown menu select the appropriate category. Select options Pre/Post or and document the justification in Refused Testing 6-Unable to Test when appropriate are not Counselor Notes. Customers who Testing or who were Unable to Test excluded from the literacy and numeracy gains measures. From the dropdown menu, select Category “ABE”. From the dropdown menu, select the appropriate test administered. Note: The Test TABE field is only applicable when has been selected. Form TABE 7-8, 9-10 Select the appropriate Functional Area.
Out-of-school youth determined to be deficient in basic skills must be post-tested at least once prior to the one-year anniversary date of the youth’s first WIA youth funded service, or at exit (whichever is earlier), to determine whether the youth made an EFL gain. You may be asked to prescreen customers and refer only those meeting certain criteria (i.e. scoring 9th grade or higher on the D Level test). Follow the normal test instructions and administer the Locator test first. If the Locator test shows the customer will need to be tested using the E or M level Survey, then the customer does not meet the referral criteria. There is no need to administer the D Level test. Tracking Assessment Service in TWIST Record the assessment service each time the customer is pre or posted with TABE. Tracking assessment ensures the scores are included in the common measures for the appropriate performance period. Enter the Service Category 2-Assessment/Case Management and enter Service code Objective Assessment. Assessment is a one-day service. Enter the start and planned end dates to occur on the same date. Recording TABE Scores in Enter scale scores, not grade equivalency levels, in TWIST within 24 hours of test completion. The scale score is the primary score for TABE and is used to compute and derive all other scores, including grade levels. Steps for recording TABE scale scores in TWIST: From Menu Selections, select Assessment to access the Testing tab. In the Testing screen, right click to Add a new test record. The test detail screen will open. Enter the Test Date. From the Pre/Post dropdown menu select the appropriate category. Select options Testing or 6-Unable to Test when appropriate and document the justification in Counselor Notes. Customers who Refused Testing or who were Unable to Test are not excluded from the literacy and numeracy gains measures. From the Category dropdown menu, select “ABE”. From the Test dropdown menu, select the appropriate test administered. Note: The TABE Form field is only applicable when TABE 7-8, 9-10 has been selected. Select the appropriate Functional Area.
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