SC Adult Ed Assessment Policy Practice Quiz

In your role as a NEW Test Administrator, Program Director/Coordinator, or  LACES Data Staff person,  you have taken and passed the current year's self-directed Full Version of the SC Assessment Policy. 

When each new school year begins, what assessment training are you REQUIRED to complete?

• Full Version of the SC Assessment Policy for the current school year. 

• Update Version of the SC Assessment Policy for the current school year.

• You are not required to attend any assessment policy training during the current school year. 

Anna wants to earn her HSED and find a better job.  She enrolled in your program in January and tested at ABE Level 3. She attended until class ended in May, post-testing at ABE Level 3.  

Based on the information provided, did Anna achieve an MSG?

• yes

• no

Kathy is a new student who needs to earn her HSED in order to attend Technical College.   She scored at the NRS level 3 in both Reading and Math on the pretest. What is the minimum number of hours of instruction Kathy needs to posttest according to policy?

• 60

• 30

• 40

• she doesn't need to post test

Elena entered the Adult Ed program in September.  She scored ABE Level 3 on her TABE pretest. In October, she took a TABE posttest, scoring at Level 4. She stopped attending in November but returned to class in May and attended until June when she passed all of the GED subtests to earn her HSED.  How many Periods of Participation (POPs) does Kelly have for that program year?

• 3

• 1

• 2

A new student named Molly became a participant, testing at ABE Level 4 in September.  

In October, she took a posttest but stayed at ABE Level 4 and she stopped attending in November.  

Molly returned in May, attending classes all month and passing all of the GED subtests to earn her HSED. How many MSGs did Molly achieve?

• 2

• 1

• 0

Frank came to adult education in September.  He pretested with TABE in Reading and Math, scoring at Level 3 in Reading and Level 2 in Math.   Which subject area score MUST you use to track Frank in LACES?

• Math

• Reading

• It's a local program decision.

As you're preparing to pretest a new student with the TABE test, the student shares privately that she has some learning issues and is an extremely slow reader.  You ask if she had extra time to take tests when she was in school and she says yes.  She does not have any paperwork to verify this. What should you do? 

• administer the test with the testing accommodation of extra time, make a note on the score sheet in her student file and in LACES, and request a transcript from the last school attended

• tell the student to come back when she has documentation

• tell the student that she has to test without the accommodation of extra time

An adult education program has partnered with a local VR site to provide services to clients. Whenever a client shows up they are registered and given a pretest in the back of the room, during class.  The instructor doesn't have time to do orientation or offer registration at a time when students aren't there for class.  Does this violate Assessment Policy?

• yes

• no

Bryant's TABE pretest leveled him at an NRS level 5 in both Reading and Math.

Bryant attends class sporadically over the next 2 months and has 15 hours of instruction. He chooses to sign himself up to take the GED. He passes all parts.  Does this count as an MSG for your program?

• yes

• no

Leah comes to your adult education program with a desire to attend a training program starting next month but must have her HSED before she is allowed to enroll.

She tells you that she has passed all parts of the GED except for Math.  She brings a copy of her GED score reports and you verify that she has passing scores in Social Studies, Reasoning through Language Arts, and Science.  

Most students coming into your program are pretested with both the TABE Reading and Math.  In Leah's situation, you would:

• Treat her like all the rest of the students and have her take the TABE Reading and TABE Math testst

• pretest her in Math only

• don't administer a pretest