Test Prep Book for TABE 13 and 14 Reading Test Level D

Test Prep Book for TABE 13 and 14 Reading Test Level D

Turning Learners into Proficient Readers

This textbook is designed to prepare adult learners for the TABE 13 & 14 Level D reading test and vocational training admission reading tests. It presents exercises that help adult education and workforce programs and their learners meet the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) reading expectations.

The reading exercises and answer keys of this book cover TABE 13 & 14 Level D and College and Career Readiness (CCR) reading standards and content. For example, the reading comprehension exercises address:

• The integration of knowledge and ideas.
• Key ideas and details.
• Craft and structure.
• Vocabulary acquisition and use.
• Evaluating arguments and multiple texts.

The book is divided into 20 sections:

Unit 1: Suggestions for Better Reading Comprehension

Unit 2:  Vocabulary Acquisition and Reading Comprehension

Unit 3:  Activating Background or Prior Knowledge

Unit 4:  Making Inferences and Predictions

Unit 5:  Reading for Main Ideas

Unit 6:  Summarization

Unit 7:  Patterns for Organizing Texts

Unit 8:  Understanding Figurative Language

Unit 9:  Denotation and Connotation of Words

Unit 10: Identifying Primary and Secondary Sources

Unit 11: Message and Theme

Unit 12: How to Evaluate an Argument

Unit 13: From Comprehending to Critiquing

Unit 14:  Reading Long Passages

Unit 15: Reading Skills Self-Evaluation

Practice Tests 1

Practice Tests 2

Test Answer Keys

Lastly, this textbook is designed as an instructional guide for developing reading comprehension strategies and skills in adult learners. It offers reading strategies to help learners become more active, strategic, and purposeful readers. These strategies will also help learners understand and remember what they read.