What is ABE? How can it help me?
- Adult Basic Education (ABE) is for adults who want to gain the basic skills and knowledge needed for school, work, and everyday life. You can find free or low-cost ABE classes at adult schools (also called “adult education programs”) across the country.[2753] ABE programs often offer the following kinds of classes:
- Basic literacy classes help you learn to read and write for the first time.
- Reading, writing, and math classes help you improve your English language skills and math skills.
- Life skills classes build your skills in money management, communication, computer use, etc.
- Pre-GED classes help you prepare to pass the General Education Development exam.
- English as a Second Language (ESL) classes improve your fluency in English, if it isn’t your native language.[2754]
- Your assessment test (see PG. 853) will tell you what skills you need to improve, and therefore which ABE classes are right for you.
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Adult schools are funded by the state & federal governments. Cal. Veh. Code §§ 52501- 52503; Cal. Code Regs. tit. 5 § 10560; see also Workforce Investment Act of 1998, 20 U.S.C.§ 9201 (1998); Cal. Dep’t of Educ., Adult Education Program Overview, www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ae/po/. ↑
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Cal. Dep’t of Educ., Adult Education Program Overview, www.cde.ca.gov/sp/ae/po/. ↑