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Download full textSong, Wei; Hsu, Yung-chen – GED Testing Service, 2008
The General Educational Development (GED) Tests are widely used to certify a high school level of academic knowledge and skills. The popularity and profound influence of the GED Tests have elicited numerous studies on the outcomes of obtaining a GED credential. Most studies on labor market outcomes for GED credential recipients have targeted…
Descriptors: Credentials, High School Equivalency Programs, Adult Literacy, Outcomes of Education
Hsu, Yung-chen; George-Ezzelle, Carol E. – GED Testing Service, 2008
To serve adults with disabilities without a high school diploma, the federal government and states have funded adult education and literacy programs that provide services to accommodate the needs of those adults. In addition, the Tests of General Educational Development (GED Tests) provide adults with disabilities with testing accommodations to…
Descriptors: Credentials, Testing Accommodations, Disabilities, High School Graduates
Reder, Stephen – National Commission on Adult Literacy (NJ1), 2007
This Policy Brief takes a first look at a newly identified national population of GED holders, who are compared with their counterparts who received a high school diploma as well as with their counterparts who have no high school credential. The focus of these comparisons is on long-term postsecondary education outcomes. Because these…
Descriptors: Credentials, Postsecondary Education, Adult Education, Adult Literacy
Hsu, Yung-chen; George-Ezzelle, Carol E. – GED Testing Service, 2007
Many adult basic education programs use the Tests of General Educational Development (GED[R] Tests) to measure the skills and knowledge associated with a high school program of study as well as to assess the achievement gains of adult learners through participation in their programs. Using data from the 2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy…
Descriptors: Credentials, Achievement Gains, Adult Basic Education, Adult Learning
Direct linkComings, John, Ed.; Garner, Barbara, Ed.; Smith, Cristine, Ed. – Lawrence Erlbaum Associates (Bks), 2005
"The Review of Adult Learning and Literacy: Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice, Volume 5" is a volume in a series of annual publications of the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL) that address major issues, the latest research, and the best practices in the field of adult literacy and learning.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Development, Credentials, Metacognition
Iowa's Community College Adult Literacy Annual Report. Program Year 2007, July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007
Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Preparation, Iowa Department of Education, 2007
This comprehensive document replaces the previously published Benchmark Report, Benchmark Report Executive Summary, Iowa's Community College Basic Literacy Skills Credential Report, Iowa GED Statistical Report, GED Annual Performance Report and Iowa's Adult Literacy Program National Reporting System Annual Performance Report (Graphic…
Descriptors: Credentials, Literacy Education, Youth Programs, Adult Basic Education
Language Australia, Melbourne (Victoria). Adult Education Resource and Information Service. – 2002
The Certificates in General Education for Adults (CGEA) provide a range of educational opportunities for Australian adults who have not completed secondary education to improve their literacy, numeracy, and general education skills. The CGEA was first accredited in 1992 and is currently accredited for January 2002-December 2006. The CGEA is…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Learning, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs
Park, Rosemarie J.; Ernst, Stacy; Kim, Eunyoung – National Research Center for Career and Technical Education, 2007
This review of research is part of a larger project which identified exemplary community college programs that employ innovative curriculum and instructional practices in order to help low-skilled adults attain a family sustainable wage. The project goal was to identify best practices that are replicable at other community colleges. These programs…
Descriptors: Credentials, Wages, Community Colleges, Adult Basic Education
