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Adult Basic Education Courses
View/Print PDFABE 9|Ed Interviewing
0.5–3 Credits
The purpose of this course is to improve learner retention, persistence, and performance through research-proven goal setting, problem-solving, and evaluation, intervention, and self-awareness strategies. $25 per quarter BeDA tuition.
ABE 50|Basic Ged(R) Prep
1–15 Credits
Individualized instruction to prepare students to pass the four official GED(R) tests with a total score of 600 points or better. The GED(R) test consists of a battery of four individual tests. The four tests include Language arts-writing, Science, Social Studies, Mathematical Reasoning, and Reasoning Through Language Arts. $25 per quarter BeDA tuition.
ABE 51|ABE Math Level 1
1–10 Credits
Emphasizes development of strategies to effectively solve mathematical problems for high school completion, and college and career readiness. Students meet class objectives through the analysis of numbers, place values, shapes and measurement to solve addition and subtraction problems. Students build their math vocabulary as well as note taking and technology skills. $25 per quarter BEdA tuition.
ABE 52|ABE Math Level 2
1–10 Credits
Emphasizes development of strategies to effectively solve mathematical problems for high school completion, and college and career readiness. Students meet class objectives through the analysis of numbers, place values, shapes and measurement to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems. Students build their math vocabulary as well as note taking and technology skills. $25 per quarter BEdA tuition.
ABE 53|ABE Math Level 3
1–10 Credits
Emphasizes development of strategies to effectively solve mathematical problems for high school completion, and college and career readiness. Students meet class objectives through the analysis of numbers, place values, shapes and measurement to solve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division problems with whole numbers, decimals, fractions and percents. Students build their math vocabulary as well as note taking and technology skills. $25 per quarter BEdA tuition,
ABE 54|ABE Math Level 4
1–10 Credits
Emphasizes development of strategies to effectively solve mathematical problems for high school completion, and college and career readiness. Students meet class objectives through the use of fractions, percents, ratios, and proportions to solve problems relating to measurements, geometry and basic algebra. Students build their math vocabulary as well as note taking and technology skills. $25 per quarter BEdA tuition.
ABE 60|Advanced Ged(R) Prep
1–15 Credits
Individual instruction to enable students to successfully complete all four of the GED(R) tests. Students may already have completed two of the tests and need to pass the two remaining tests. Or the student could have passed all four GED(R) tests but needs to accumulate more points to reach the necessary total score of 600 points. $25 per quarter BeDA tuition.
ABE 61|ABE English Level 1
1–10 Credits
Emphasizes development of strategies to effectively communicate in English for high school completion, and college and career readiness. Students read and report on books, short stories, graphs, maps, and informational text that relate to social studies, science and literature. Students meet composition objectives by writing complete sentences in short answers, notes, and paragraphs. Students build their vocabulary for reading and writing as well as improve spelling and technology skills. $25 per quarter BEdA tuition.
ABE 62|ABE English Level 2
1–10 Credits
Emphasizes development of strategies to effectively communicate in English for high school completion, and college and career readiness. Students read and report on books, short stories, graphs, maps, and informational text that relate to social studies, science and literature. Students meet composition objectives by writing complete sentences in short answers, notes, and paragraphs. Students build their vocabulary for reading and writing as well as improve spelling and technology skills. $25 per quarter BEdA tuition.
ABE 63|ABE English Level 3
1–10 Credits
Emphasizes development of strategies to effectively communicate in English for high school completion, and college and career readiness. Students read and report on college-level readings, graphs, maps, and informational texts that relate to social studies, science, and literature. Students meet composition requirements by composing texts that utilize complex writing patterns. Students research topics based on a focused question, compare texts from multiple sources, evaluate credibility of sources, and learn proper citation skills. $25 per quarter BEdA tuition.
ABE 70|Ged(R) Math
1–5 Credits
Individualized instruction to prepare students to pass the official Mathematics Reasoning GED(R) tests. $25 per quarter BeDA tuition.
ABE 90|I-BEST Special Studies
1–10 Credits
This course integrates Washington Adult Basic Education ABE level 5 and 6 reading, writing, math, and listening standards and indicators with a college-level course. Example: Child Development Associate certificate, Nursing Assistant Certified, or Phlebotomy. $25 per quarter BeDA tuition.