This CASAS Test Prep student math textbook is designed to help teachers prepare adult students for the CASAS Math GOALS Test Form 913M Level A/B and for workforce and vocational training entrance math tests.
The content of this textbook is aligned with CASAS Competencies, with College and Career Readiness (CCR) and National Reporting System (NRS) standards and follows the CASAS GOALS Math Form 913M test blueprint.
This textbook presents learning activities that help adult education programs, workforce programs, and their adult students to meet the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) math expectations.
This CASAS test prep textbook offers seven (7) main chapters that cover NRS, CASAS and CCR standards and content such as
1. Number and Operations: Base Ten
2. Fraction and Ratios
3. Algebra Thinking
4. Geometry
5. Measurement and Data
6. Data Analysis
7. Practice Tests and Answer Keys
8. Step-by-step instruction, plus practice exercises and answer keys
The questions and tasks that encourage pair work, group work, and classroom discussion on math ideas and concepts and real-world word problems and key concepts. The two (2) practice tests that mimic the CASAS Math GOALS Form 913 M test format and rigor, plus answer keys.
The word problems presented in this book aim to
✓ 1) Make learners think more deeply about math structure and concepts and therefore improve their mathematical thinking skills,
✓ 2) Provide learners with hands-on tasks relevant to their situation,
✓ 3) Help learners connect their math learning with the real world,
✓ 4) Create opportunities for learners to read about, write about, and discuss math ideas and concepts
✓ and 5)Invite learners to reflect on their learning.