adult basic education (ABE)

Basic education for adults who read below a 9th grade level


adult secondary education (ASE)

Education for adults reading at a high school level (often called "GED" level)


basic skills

Reading, writing, math or language skills that are below a high school level.


Bridge

Bridge programs are designed to help students transition from ASE/GED into a career pathway or into higher education. The three required elements of Bridge programs in Illinois are contextualized instruction, career development, and transition services.


EBRI

Evidence-based reading instruction follows the practices that research has found to be the most effective.


evidence-based reading instruction

Reading instruction that follows the practices recommended by research.


intermediate

Reading between a 4.0 - 8.9 grade level equivalency (as indicated on a TABE test.