- adult basic education (ABE)
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Basic education for adults who read below a 9th grade level
- adult secondary education (ASE)
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Education for adults reading at a high school level (often called "GED" level)
- basic skills
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Reading, writing, math or language skills that are below a high school level.
- Bridge
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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
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Evidence-based reading instruction follows the practices that research has found to be the most effective.
- evidence-based reading instruction
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Reading instruction that follows the practices recommended by research.
- intermediate
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Reading between a 4.0 - 8.9 grade level equivalency (as indicated on a TABE test.