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Download full textAmerican Council on Education, Washington, DC. General Educational Development Testing Service. – 1976
The guide is designed to provide the user with complete information regarding the operation of the general education (GED) testing program on a State by State basis. Information regarding requirements for issuance of credentials, minimum age for testing, requirements for retesting, method of applying, official transcripts, fees, the name and…
Descriptors: Administrative Agencies, Equivalency Tests, Guides, High School Equivalency Programs
Russell, Linda – 1989
The Tests of General Educational Development (GED Tests) are described. Developed in 1942 for military personnel who had not graduated from high school, the GED Tests enabled veterans to qualify for jobs or enter college. More than 10 million persons have earned GED Test diplomas since 1971. There are five parts to the GED Tests: (1) Writing…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Attainment, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
Job Corps, 2006
For more than 40 years, Job Corps has led America as one of the most successful job training programs nationwide, meeting the needs of high school graduates and those without a diploma who have the desire to embark on a successful career path. In Program Year 2005, Job Corps implemented a new initiative called STARS (Speakers, Tutors, Achievement,…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Job Training, National Programs, Federal Aid
Schochet, Peter Z.; Burghardt, John; Glazerman, Steven – 2000
A national study estimated the short-term impacts of Job Corps (JC) on participants' employment and related outcomes during the 30 months after random assignment. Results for the short-term impact analysis were based on a comparison of eligible program participants randomly assigned to a program group (n=9,409) or a control group (n=5,977) that…
Descriptors: Disadvantaged Youth, Educational Certificates, Employment Patterns, Employment Potential
Quezada-Aragon, Manuela L., Comp. – 1986
Organizations and programs related to migrant education are cited in this directory containing entries based on responses received through mail and telephone surveys. Entries are listed alphabetically by state within the following categories: national activities (7 entries), migrant education resource centers (8), Section 143 migrant education…
Descriptors: College Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Higher Education
Enger, John M.; Howerton, D. Lynn – 1988
The results of two nationwide administrations of the 1988 General Educational Development (GED) tests were compared. The first, a norming study, was based on 34,548 GED tests taken by graduating high school seniors. The second study was based on 55,154 GED test item sets administered to adult examinees who had taken the test for diploma…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis, Equivalency Tests
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. General Educational Development Testing Service. – 1991
Eleven tables and five graphs present statistical data concerning the Tests of General Educational Development Program (GED Testing Program) in 1990. Data for each state and Canadian province are included. The tables present data on the following topics: testing volumes (i.e., number of people tested), percentage of people tested by age group,…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adults, Annual Reports, Educational Trends
National Advisory Council on Adult Education, Washington, DC. – 1984
This document provides an overview of programs and activities in adult and secondary education, along with statistical data about adult education efforts in the United States. The first part of the document presents seven short sections about council functions and programs in adult education. Included in these sections is the following…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Bilingual Education
Roger, Margarit – 1999
This document consists of English and French versions of a report profiling some of the local, regional, and national professional development opportunities available to workplace education practitioners across Canada. The report begins with an introduction that describes the process used to identify the programs (surveys and interviews with more…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Educators, Conferences, Delivery Systems
Finnish National Commission for UNESCO, Helsinki. – 1985
This report presents an overview of the present state of adult education in Finland. Organized in 10 chapters, the main body of the report is contained in the first four chapters. The first chapter reviews the Finnish educational system as a whole, including its structure and policy for secondary, higher, and adult education. Plans for improvement…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Education, Adult Programs, Continuing Education
Kallenbach, Silja, Ed.; Viens, Julie, Ed. – 2001
This document contains nine papers from a systematic, classroom-based study of multiple intelligences (MI) theory in different adult learning contexts during which adult educators from rural and urban areas throughout the United States conducted independent inquiries into the question of how MI theory can support instruction and assessment in…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Adult Education, Attention Deficit Disorders, Career Choice
DeWitt Wallace/Reader's Digest Fund, Pleasantville, NY. – 2000
The first meeting of the National Literacy Summit 2000 convened 150 leaders from adult education and literacy and other related fields for a 2-day intensive working meeting to begin building a national consensus on how to move adult and family literacy forward in the 21st century. Comments and suggestions offered by summit participants were…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Change Strategies
