Important decisions about students are made by combining multiple measures using complex decision rules. Although methods for characterizing the accuracy of decisions based on a single measure have been suggested by numerous researchers, such methods are not useful for estimating the accuracy of decisions based on multiple measures. This study…

Discusses questions related to GED and nonnative English speakers. Specifically, should the test be given at all?; how do others regard it?; how does Spanish test stack up to English equivalent?; and what are advantages and disadvantages once the test is over? Concludes that because demand for the Spanish GED has increased, the GED office has…

The General Educational Development Tests can be used to place adult basic education students for study, to measure progress achieved, to enable students to qualify for postsecondary education, and to evaluate program effectiveness. (SK)