TASC™: Resources and Publications
CTB/McGraw-Hill has released certain information about the Test Assessing Secondary
Completion™ (TASC) to publishers so they can produce quality materials in support of
educators and learners. The following list includes information publishers have chosen to share
with CTB/McGraw-Hill about their plans, but should not be considered complete. It will be
updated to include additional resources as they are made available.
McGraw-Hill Professional:
Available at booksellers everywhere next February, McGraw-Hill’s TASC™ Test Assessing
Secondary Completion™ - The Most Authoritative Guide to the New High School Equivalency
Exam will cost $20.00.
The book contains information about each of the subtests, how they are scored, and test-taking
strategies to help examinees prepare for and think about the items in each subject area. The
book also contains a pretest and review, followed by a full-length practice test section for each
subtest with explanations.
McGraw-Hill School Education:
For adult educators that want more for their students than to just pass a test, Common Core
Basics™ and Common Core Achieve™, a part of the McGraw-Hill Common Core High School
Equivalency Series™, offers a budget friendly curriculum that prepares students for test success
while developing the foundation for ongoing college and career readiness.
Common Core Basics (GLE 6-8): Build key skills, strategies, and content knowledge for Common
Core-based high school equivalency and college and career readiness exams with
• Core Subject Modules in Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science
• Key CCSS concepts and objectives explicitly taught and reinforced
• 21st Century skill instruction to develop critical thinking
• Instruction tied to workplace and real-life tasks
• Vocabulary instruction on Tier 2, Tier 3, and key test-taking words
• Short and long essay writing practice
(Reading, Writing, and Social Studies)
• Inquiry-based learning opportunities
(Math and Science)
• End-of-lesson assessments
Common Core Achieve (GLE 9-12): For adult educators that want more for their students than
to just pass a test, Common Core Achieve, a part of the McGraw-Hill Common Core High School
Equivalency Series, offers a budget friendly curriculum that prepares students for test success
while developing the foundation for ongoing college and career readiness.
• Prepares students for the shift to Common Core with instruction built upon the
College & Career Readiness Standards for Adult Education
• Prepares students for increased rigor and Depth of Knowledge expectations with a
focus on core skills and evidence-based reading instruction.
• Prepares students for computer-based test-taking with digital programs that match
specific test format and item types
• Prepares instructors for the shift to Common Core with robust program-specific
resources and best practices professional development.
Essential Education:
The typical program can purchase the online program for $50 per re-usable seat (bulk discounts
are available) and the workbooks at a list price of $14.95 each.
Our online program provides an engaging, adaptive platform for delivering academic instruction
and has been used as a GED test preparation tool for over 10 years. The lessons are currently
being aligned with the TASC priorities and Common Core Standards with additional content
being added. Our new Essential Skills series workbooks include math, reading and
writing/language arts with science and social studies integrated throughout. The print series
works in complement with the online content. Additionally, Essential Education's Computer
Essentials Online is a full digital literacy course designed to help students master the basic skills
necessary for a digital world.
New Readers Press:
Books will be sold in 10-packs at $42.95 per ten-pack or in an eight page (one of each book) for
$34.75. Expected release date is January 2014.
Scoreboost for the TASC™ will consist of 8 48-page workbooks. Each workbook will contain:
• 11-16 targeted strategies per book
• 2-page lessons
• Sample TASC questions that model the thinking process
• Hundreds of TASC practice questions with answers, explanations, test-taking tips, selfevaluation, and action plan charts
Subjects include:
• Fractions, Decimals, Percents, and Proportions
• Measurement & Geometry
• Graphs, Data Analysis, and Probability
• Algebraic Reasoning
• Critical Thinking for Reading, Science, and Social Studies
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Graphic Skills for Science and Social Studies
Sentence Structure, Usage, and Mechanics
Essay Writing and Organizational Skills
New Readers Press will also be distributing the Kaplan Comprehensive Big Book for
TASC™. This book is anticipated to be released in March 2014 and should sell for approximately
$25.00.