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Download full textHiggins, Jennifer; Patterson, Margaret Becker; Bozman, Martha; Katz, Michael – Journal of Technology, Learning, and Assessment, 2010
This study examined the feasibility of administering GED Tests using a computer based testing system with embedded accessibility tools and the impact on test scores and test-taker experience when GED Tests are transitioned from paper to computer. Nineteen test centers across five states successfully installed the computer based testing program,…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Testing, Computer Uses in Education, Mathematics Tests
Direct linkKeane, Elaine – Teaching in Higher Education, 2011
Equality and quality in higher education (HE) are frequently juxtaposed in the literature. This paper presents evidence to contest deficit assumptions about widening participation, particularly the belief that entering HE with "non-traditional" entry qualifications lowers standards. Drawing on a three-year constructivist grounded theory…
Descriptors: Grounded Theory, Constructivism (Learning), Foreign Countries, Educational Environment
Barnes, Martha J. – ProQuest LLC, 2010
This study was undertaken to investigate the effects of self-efficacy on the performance of General Educational Development (GED) and high school graduates enrolled in developmental reading skills courses. The sample for the study consisted of 100 high school and 31 GED graduates enrolled in developmental reading courses in a midwestern community…
Descriptors: Evidence, Student Placement, High School Graduates, Program Effectiveness
George-Ezzelle, Carol E.; Hsu, Yung-chen – GED Testing Service, 2007
The purpose of the analyses reported in this paper was to compare performance on the GED (General Educational Development) Tests, U.S. edition, across three groups of examinees: (a) graduating high school seniors in the GED Tests U.S. 2001 norm group, (b) GED Tests candidates who took one or more tests in the U.S. in 2002-2004, and (c) GED Tests…
Descriptors: Credentials, High School Seniors, Comparative Testing, Standardized Tests
George-Ezzelle, Carol E.; Skaggs, Gary – GED Testing Service, 2004
Current testing standards call for test developers to provide evidence that testing procedures and test scores, and the inferences made based on the test scores, show evidence of validity and are comparable across subpopulations (American Educational Research Association [AERA], American Psychological Association [APA], & National Council on…
Descriptors: Scheduling, Testing Accommodations, Academic Achievement, Test Validity
Malizio, Andrew G.; Whitney, Douglas R. – 1982
Since 1971, nearly four million adults have qualified for a high school equivalency credential based on General Educational Development (GED) test results. During Spring 1980 two major studies were undertaken by the GED Testing Service: (1) the U.S. High School Norming Study involving the administration of the GED Tests to a representative sample…
Descriptors: Adults, Algebra, Comparative Testing, Equivalency Tests
Peer reviewedStoker, Howard W. – Florida Journal of Educational Research, 1985
Two studies investigated the performance of Florida high school seniors on the Tests of General Educational Development (GED Tests). The GED Test Battery, as revised in 1980, consists of 290 items in 5 subject areas (writing, social studies, science, reading, and mathematics). In the first study, the performance of 1,200 Florida students was…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Testing, Equivalency Tests, Functional Literacy
