To amend the rule to add one new assessment Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) Forms 11 and 12 to the list of approved assessments appropriate for use in adult education. These assessments identify initial adult educational functioning level and ...

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Comments Open:: 12/18/2017
Summary:: Currently the districts and state colleges that offer adult general education programs administer assessments for the purposes of placing students and documenting learning gains of students. These assessments are adopted for use in Florida through the approval of this rule. The lists of assessments has been revised which requires the amendment of this rule. The proposed amendment will add the following assessment: TABE, Forms 11 &12; and eliminates the following exams: General Assessment of ...
Purpose:: To amend the rule to add one new assessment Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE) Forms 11 and 12 to the list of approved assessments appropriate for use in adult education. These assessments identify initial adult educational functioning level and measure adult learning gains. Assessments set to expire and that are no longer operational by the publisher are being repealed. Additionally, language in (5)(c) and (d) is removed as it explicitly addresses operational details on student placement. ...
Rulemaking Authority:: 1001.02(1), 1003.435(1), 1004.93(9), 1011.80(11), Florida Statutes.
Law:: 1003.435, 1004.93, 1011.80(10), Florida Statutes.
Contact:: Kathleen Taylor, Bureau Chief, Division of Career and Adult Education, Florida Department of Education, 325 West Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400, 850-245-9062, Kathleen.Taylor@fldoe.org.
Related Rules: (1): 6A-6.014. General Requirements for Adult General Education Program