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Download full textColburg, Dolores – 1969
This brochure on high school equivalency certification and accreditation describes the policy for accepting high school level General Educational Development (GED) tests as qualifying criteria; the reading comprehension and other GED tests; GED testing centers in Montana; application, fees, and retesting; and types of formal military training for…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, Guidelines, Military Service, Secondary Education
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of Higher and Professional Educational Testing. – 1970
The New York State High School Equivalency Testing Program is for adult residents of the state who have not completed their high school education in the regular manner. An adult who obtains satisfactory scores on the High School Level tests of General Educational Development (GED) Tests is eligible to receive a New York State high school…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, College Admission, Directories, Educational Certificates
Wildemuth, Barbara M., Comp. – 1977
Due to the current legislative trend toward competency-based education, and the accompanying minimal competency testing, a variety of local school districts and state education agencies are concurrently developing programs to meet the standards set by their state's legislation. This selective bibliography was compiled in order to aid those…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Basic Skills, Competency Based Education, Equivalency Tests
Jacobson, Thomas J. – 1976
The current study is a comparison of the characteristics of the candidates from the Grossmont Union High School District who took the March 1976 administration of the California High School Proficiency Examination, with special attention to the differences between those candidates who passed the examination and those who did not . Significant…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Equivalency Tests, Failure, Graduation Requirements
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Student Evaluation and Data Processing Branch. – 1986
The Grade 12 Diploma Examination Program, an integral part of high school diploma requirements, is intended to develop and maintain excellence in educational standards through certification of academic achievement. It consists of course-specific examinations that are based on the prescribed Program of Studies for Senior High Schools for the…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Chemistry, English
New York State Education Dept., Albany. – 1978
This guide provides information about the available opportunities in New York State for youths to earn credit toward both high school diplomas and college degrees for competencies gained in the Comprehensive Educational Training Act (CETA) training and work experience programs as provided by the Youth Employment and Demonstration Projects Act…
Descriptors: College Credits, Cooperative Education, Educational Certificates, Equivalency Tests
Polgar, Ellen – 1976
The California High School Proficiency Exam (CHSPE) allows a 16-or-17 year old who passes it to leave school as early as age 16, with parental permission, earning the legal equivalent of a diploma. The exam focuses on basic reading and computing skills. In this study, a variety of findings are reported. School districts have a budgetary…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Basic Skills, Community Colleges, Educational Legislation
