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Direct linkBerridge, Gina; Goebel, Vella – Journal of Research and Practice for Adult Literacy, Secondary, and Basic Education, 2013
The purpose of this study was to explore the beliefs and perceptions of some of the stakeholders directly involved in a GED® program located in a county jail. The researchers investigated the perspectives of the jail's Chief of Programming, GED® supervisor, teachers, and inmates participating in the program. Although gathering data from the…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Correctional Education, Institutionalized Persons, Correctional Institutions
Download full textEzzelle, Carol; Setzer, J. Carl – GED Testing Service, 2009
This manual was written to provide technical information regarding the 2002 Series GED (General Educational Development) Tests. Throughout this manual, documentation is provided regarding the development of the GED Tests, data collection activities, as well as reliability and validity evidence. The purpose of this manual is to provide evidence…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Testing Programs, Test Validity, Test Reliability
Tri-County Opportunities Industrialization Center, Inc., Harrisburg, PA. – 1992
Project Re-Entry was a follow-up study of the status of more than 5,000 former students of the Tri-County Opportunities Industrialization Center (OIC) in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, who either never completed the entire General Educational Development (GED) test battery or completed the entire GED battery but still lacked enough points to earn a GED…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Nontraditional Education, Outcomes of Education
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
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. General Educational Development Testing Service. – 1984
This document, prepared as a conference handout, consists of a description of the revised General Educational Development (GED) Tests scheduled for introduction in 1988 and a series of recommendations concerning the content of future GED tests, which were formulated by a committee appointed by the Commission on Educational Credit and Credentials…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Models
Baldwin, Janet; Qi, Sen – 1994
From September 1991 to June 1992, the General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service conducted a national survey of adults who took the GED Tests in Canada. The purpose of the study was to describe background characteristics, experiences, attitudes, and expectations of adults who took the GED Test. Findings indicated that the average age of…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Certificates, Educational Research
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Continuing Education Curriculum Development. – 1975
This publication is intended to do two things: reinforce reading skills essential to interpreting the exercises in the social studies, sciences, and mathematics sections of the test of General Educational Development (GED) and to provide students practice in interpreting passages written at a level of difficulty similar to the difficulty of the…
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Curriculum Development, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
Turner, Anita P. – 1993
A study was conducted at North Shore Community College (NSCC) to determine whether there was a particular score on the General Education Development (GED) Writing Skills Test that would predict a passing score for GED recipients on the College Level Examination Program (CLEP) General English Composition Examination. A total of 73 GED recipients…
Descriptors: College Applicants, College Entrance Examinations, Community Colleges, Equivalency Tests
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development. – 1977
This inventory is designed to enable high school equivalency instructors to profile a student's competencies in the English skills that need to be mastered requisite to passing the General Educational Development (GED) writing skills test. The inventory contains 101 items, tailored specifically item-by-item to 35 skills tested. The skills involve…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Grammar, High School Equivalency Programs
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development. – 1979
This taxonomy is designed to be used by teachers who are preparing New York state students to take the Tests of General Educational Development (GED). The skills included in this taxonomy are representative of those skills which must be mastered in order to pass the reading skills test of the current six-hour GED. Educational objectives in the…
Descriptors: Classification, English Literature, Equivalency Tests, Functional Reading
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
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development. – 1976
Instructors can use this inventory to prepare high school equivalency students for the reading skills test of the new form of the Test of General Educational Development (GED). It replaces the instrument previously recommended for that purpose, the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED). Fifty-two multiple choice questions test the ability…
Descriptors: Classification, Diagnostic Tests, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
Straw, Carolyn L. – 1989
A computer program was developed to increase GED test candidate's level of test taking skills, knowledge of algebra and geometry, and self-confidence for the GED Mathematics Test. The computer program was developed and written, then implementation was administered by three teachers in a GED study center. Two math scores were used to determine the…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Algebra, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Uses in Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development. – 1976
Instructors can use this inventory to prepare high school equivalency students for the reading skills test of the new form of the Test of General Educational Development (GED). It replaces the instrument previously recommended for that purpose, the Iowa Tests of Educational Development (ITED). Fifty multiple choice questions test the ability to…
Descriptors: Classification, Critical Reading, Diagnostic Tests, Equivalency Tests
