CTB/McGraw-Hill Releases First Online Test for Adult Education

CTB/McGraw-Hill, the nation's leading provider of K-12 and adult education assessment solutions, today announced the release of an online version of its Tests for Adult Basic Education (TABE), the most widely used assessment in adult education for more than 30 years. TABE Online measures skills in Reading, Language Arts, and Mathematics, and is the only adult basic skills assessment available online.

TABE Online offers ease of use, a high degree of security, and the ability for organizations and states to easily aggregate and disaggregate critical data for state and federal reporting. The process of student registration, test administration, scoring, and reporting is completed via Internet browser. Since no additional software is required, TABE Online is easy to access through adult education sites.

Additionally, with TABE Online, states can quickly access all of the test results from adult education programs throughout the state, such as vocational schools, workforce centers, adult education centers, and pre-GED centers. The online format creates the fastest reporting system in adult education.

  TABE Online enables administrators to:

  * identify student readiness for the GED, a high-school equivalency exam
  * diagnose a student's strengths and needs
  * measure student  progress over time
  * gain reliable data to support employment training/assignments
  * create individualized study plans

"Adult education programs meet the needs of a diverse student population, and enable those students to continue or advance their academic achievement. We're proud to offer TABE Online to adult education professionals, to help them meet their education goals as well as state and federal requirements," said David Taggart, president, CTB/McGraw-Hill.

CTB/McGraw-Hill currently provides test results for more than 4 million adult students nationally and provides the education assessment for the nation's largest correctional systems. In K-12 education, CTB/McGraw-Hill serves more than 15 million students annually in 8,500 school districts in all 50 states, including the District of Columbia and the worldwide U.S. Department of Defense system.

About CTB/McGraw-Hill

As the nation's leading publisher of standardized achievement tests for pre-school, elementary, middle, high school, and adult education, CTB/McGraw- Hill LLC offers a broad range of assessments, software and services. CTB/McGraw-Hill LLC is part of McGraw-Hill Education and is owned by The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), a global information services provider meeting worldwide needs in the financial services, education and business information markets through leading brands such as Standard & Poor's and BusinessWeek. Founded in 1888, the Corporation has more than 280 offices in 40 countries. Sales in 2003 were $4.8 billion. Additional information is available at http://www.mcgraw-hill.com/ and http://www.ctb.com/.

SOURCE: CTB/McGraw-Hill

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