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Peer reviewedRose, Amy D.; Leahy, Meredyth A. – New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, 1997
Summarizes themes from the articles in this issue: distinction between evaluation and assessment, innovation, bias, integration into program delivery, and transfer. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Learning, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Download full textHone, Lisa Richards, Ed. – GED Items, 1997
This document consists of the six issues of the newsletter of the General Educational Development Testing (GED) Service published during 1997. The lead articles of the six issues are, respectively: (1) "Task Force Considers Improvements to Test Center Security Rules," by Cathy Allin discusses the implementation of a monitoring team and…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adult Education, Adults, Equivalency Tests
American Council on Education, Washington, DC. General Educational Development Testing Service. – 1998
This document consists of the five issues of the newsletter of the General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service: January/February, March/April, May/June, September/October, and November/December. Each issue contains information of interest to users of the GED examinations. The feature article for the January/February issue is "Next…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Disabilities, Educational Certificates, Equivalency Tests
Macduff, Nancy – 1989
Some factors that should be considered when administering tests to adults include the following: (1) adults have a difficult time adapting to new things; (2) everyone resists change to some degree; (3) change requires new learning; (4) various things influence a person's ability to learn new things and make changes; (5) childhood events can…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Development, Adult Education, Adult Learning
