TABE Complete Language
Assessment System—English

Enhance learning of English-language skills for your adult students

TABE Complete Language Assessment System–English (TABE CLAS–E) is a comprehensive and integrated system designed to assess and support the language proficiency of adult English language learners. This system offers a variety of assessments and instructional resources to evaluate proficiency across key language domains: reading, listening, writing, and speaking.

The items and passages in TABE CLAS–E focus on workplace, community, and education contexts that are practical and familiar and that will motivate adult learners. The TABE CLAS–E items are well aligned to the new national English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards for Adult Education and the new National Reporting System (NRS) educational functional level descriptors (EFL) for English as a Second Language (ESL), TABE CLAS–E makes it easy for you to pinpoint student strengths and areas of opportunity and to demonstrate student gains for NRS reporting purposes.

Monitor student progress

Use the Locator Test to determine the appropriate assessment level for your students. Then use TABE CLAS–E scale scores to monitor students’ progress through pre and post-testing.

Identify strengths and areas for improvement

TABE CLAS–E can be scored locally with the TABE Local Scanning Application. Get a complete picture of the skill level and progress of your students with these score reports:

  •  Individual Profile Report
  • Locator Roster Report
  • Portfolio Report
  • On-Demand Extract

Click here to learn more about TABE CLAS–E.

Click here to learn more about the Objective Structure for TABE CLAS-E.

Accurately and reliably evaluate the English language skills and instructional needs of adult students

Levels: 4 (1, 2, 3, and 4)
Forms: 2 (C and D)
Length: Online
Reading—26 Items,
30 Minutes
Listening—27 Items,
30 minutes
Writing—28 Items,
55 minutes
Speaking—21 Items,
25 minutes

Features

  • TABE CLAS–E is approved for use by the U.S. Department of Education’s National Reporting System for Adult Education
  • Optional Locator Test for accurate initial placement
  • Easy computer-based local scoring
  • Proven, research-based test questions
  • Scale score and NRS ESL scores
  • Links to instructional materials
  • Alignment to new adult education ELP standards
  • Staff development training with DRC’s expert TABE trainers
  • Online and paper-based testing available