ABE, ASE, and HSE Success Stories

Agencies and programs across the country are using CASAS to establish comprehensive performance accountability systems, address core indicators of performance, integrate literacy and occupational skill instruction, and evaluate the effectiveness of adult education and literacy programs.

Also see the National External Diploma Program (NEDP) Success Stories. The NEDP is a high school diploma program for adults and youth who acquire their academic skills through life and work experiences and can demonstrate them in an applied performance process

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Washington State I-BEST

The Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges created the I-BEST program model and developed a funding model to enable students who qualified for basic skills instruction (based on scores on the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems [CASAS] test used by the state for basic skills students) to take college-level occupational courses that are team taught by a basic skills instructor and a professional-technical faculty member.

How I-BEST Works