2025 Iowa Adult Education and Literacy Summer Conference

Reading efficiently is one key to performing well on all five subsection tests of the HiSET. Students need to know how and when to skim, scan, and read intensively. Many multilingual students second-guess themselves constantly while reading and spend significant amounts of time re-reading the same information. Many students believe that they must know every single word in a sentence to comprehend the entire sentence. 

To address these challenges, Iowa Valley began piloting the use of AceReader, an online program designed to increase student's reading speed, comprehension, and fluency, during the 2024-2025 school year. This session will discuss how the software can minimize subvocalization, regression, and fixation time to help students become more efficient readers. The presenter will share data collected from participants over the course of the pilot year and will demonstrate how the software works.  

This session will discuss the importance of metacognitive strategies as it relates to HiSET math word problems and examine how to explicitly teach metacognitive strategies for solving word problems. The session will explore how to incorporate metacognitive strategies into daily group practice to improve self-confidence and enhance students' success with the math subsection test.

What is an adult learner, how to encourage and help them pass the HiSET?  Our  hope is to provide you with many teaching strategies and information to help you provide math skills to your students to enable them with the knowledge to pass the HiSET.

This session will bring together HSED math instructors to share effective teaching methods, resources, and strategies for helping students succeed in math. Participants will discuss common challenges and explore solutions to improve student outcomes..

Join us for an interactive session designed specifically for adult educators and test center personnel to gain valuable insights into the HiSET 
exam. We will explore key updates for the current testing year as well as subject matter debuted at COABE 2025. Whether you are supporting test 
takers on their path to success or managing test administration, this session will equip you with the latest information and best practices to 
maximize test taker achievement.

This session will focus on the integration of writing, reading, social studies, and science instruction for HSED students. Instructors will share best practices, resources, and strategies for creating a cohesive and effective curriculum.