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Download full textPatterson, Margaret Becker; Song, Wei; Zhang, Jizhi – GED Testing Service, 2009
For most high school non-completers, the GED[R] credential is the bridge to postsecondary education, but little is known about how successfully they could make that transition and whether their participation shifts across time. The American Council on Education (ACE) has begun a three-year longitudinal study to understand the effect of the GED…
Descriptors: Credentials, Postsecondary Education, Educational Objectives, Outcomes of Education
Whitney, Douglas R. – 1983
The American Council on Education (ACE) Commission on Educational Credit and Credentials adopted a plan for a 5-year review of the General Educational Development (GED) program. This review process was intended to ensure that the GED program, which operates in Canada and other countries, as well as in the United States, will address and measure…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, High Schools
Washington State Board for Community and Technical Colleges, 2009
In September 2006, the State Board approved a new System Direction to guide the two-year-college system for the next ten years. One of three primary goals for the system is to increase educational attainment for the economic development of the state and the economic well-being of Washingtonians. Since 2000, State Board staff has provided periodic…
Descriptors: Technical Institutes, Community Colleges, Educational Attainment, Adult Basic Education
Taylor, Craig H. – 1994
A study was conducted to investigate the impact of basic education on the lives of adult welfare recipients who were required to return to school as part of their participation in a Family Support Act (FSA) comprehensive welfare reform program and to describe the tensions that developed in a welfare reform program that mandated collaboration…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Students, Basic Skills
Behal, Elizabeth L. – 1983
During Spring 1982, a follow-up to the Spring 1980 national survey of General Educational Development (GED) examinees was conducted to determine which GED examinees enrolled in postsecondary educational programs, the types of programs selected, and if there were differences between the GED examinees who enrolled and those who did not. Variables…
Descriptors: Educational Attitudes, Enrollment, Experiential Learning, High School Equivalency Programs
Malizio, Andrew G.; Whitney, Douglas R. – 1981
During April and May 1980, the General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service conducted a survey involving a nationally representative sample of examinees to gather detailed information on the background and preparation of persons currently taking the tests. This report is based on the responses of about 13,000 GED candidates at nearly 250…
Descriptors: Dropout Characteristics, Educational Background, High School Equivalency Programs, Participant Characteristics
Cervero, Ronald M.; Peterson, N. Lyn – 1982
The General Educational Development (GED) testing program is frequently used to earn a high school diploma, since about 14 percent of diplomas issued in this country during 1981 were based on the GED tests. A study was conducted to assess the impact that passing the GED tests has on adults' employment and participation in educational activities.…
Descriptors: Career Development, Employment, Enrollment, Graduate Surveys
Moraine Valley Community College., Palos Hills, IL. Office of Institutional Research. – 1982
In spring 1982, Moraine Valley Community College (MVCC) surveyed recent General Educational Development (GED) graduates to determine their demographic characteristics, opinions about MVCC's GED program, and the impact of receiving the GED on graduates' lives. Survey instruments were mailed to 321 graduates who had received their GED within the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Graduate Surveys, High School Equivalency Programs, Information Sources
Wallace, Michael B.; And Others – 1987
A study was conducted to determine demographic characteristics, motivation, and program satisfaction of General Educational Development (GED) candidates and adult education (including adult basic education, secondary adult education, and English as a second language) students in Texas. Between June and December 1985, about 6,000 adult education…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, English (Second Language)
Moore, Lawrence H. – 1980
A 1980 survey of General Educational Development (GED) equivalency certificate recipients who completed the GED test in 1975 measured influence and impact of successful GED completion on the individual. The sample consisted of 101 former adult students whose records came from the Murray and Paducah, Kentucky, GED testing centers. The survey…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Certification, Citizen Participation
Reed, Naomi V.; And Others – 1984
A series of follow-up studies were conducted to examine the employment, education, and training activities of persons who had taken the General Educational Development (GED) Tests in the spring of 1980. The first two studies, conducted in the fall of 1981 and the spring of 1982, were nationwide surveys that analyzed the survey responses of 458 and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits, Employment Level
Diamond, Judith – 2001
A researcher surveyed 161 students in adult education math classes at four community colleges in Illinois and 13 adult education math teachers. Both groups were asked to complete the survey from the viewpoint of a student. The respondents were asked what should math classes teach; what kind of problems they most enjoy working on in class; whether…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Adult Students, Cognitive Style
Cochran, Elizabeth – 2000
A teacher who teaches General Educational Development preparation to at-risk teenagers in a nonprofit alternative education program called FutureWorks conducted a study to identify those elements of FutureWorks that keep students coming to the program. The study included the following data collection activities: a consensus-building activity to…
Descriptors: Action Research, Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
