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Direct linkBarnes, 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
Robinson, Susan Porter; Whitney, Douglas R. – Career Training, 1986
The authors discuss the following questions: Who should run a GED (General Educational Development) program? How should the program be administered? How can schools best prepare their students to take the GED tests? (CT)
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Mathematics Tests, Program Administration, Reading 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
Download full textGeorge-Ezzelle, Carol E.; Hsu, Yung-chen – GED Testing Service, 2007
This study compares performance on the GED (General Educational Development) Tests, U.S. edition, across three groups of examinees: (1) graduating high school seniors in the GED U.S., 2001 norm group, (2) GED Tests candidates who took one or more tests in the United States between 2002 and 2004, and (3) GED Tests candidates who passed the tests in…
Descriptors: Admissions Officers, Credentials, High School Seniors, Academic Achievement
Hole, Wanda Clements; Seggerson, Sharon Corcoran – 1980
The purposes of this study were (1) to determine achievement levels of External High School Diploma Program (EHSDP) graduates at Waukesha County (Wisconsin) Technical Institute on the General Educational Development Test (GED) or other standardized tests nationally normed on high school students, and (2) to measure the basic skills level of…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Education, Adults, Comparative Analysis
Farr, Charlotte W.; And Others – Lifelong Learning, 1986
Describes a study designed to evaluate the relationship between performance on the TABE (Test of Adult Basic Education) Test and the GED (General Educational Development) Test. Analysis of the data shows that there was a significant correlation between all the subscores on the TABE and all the subscores on the GED. (CT)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Measurement Techniques, Reading Tests
James Madison Univ., Harrisonburg, VA. Workforce Improvement Network. – 2003
This guide presents reading-focused learning projects and accompanying inquiry activities to help students pass the language arts/reading portion of the General Education Development (GED) Test 2002. Section 1 relates GED as project to the reading portion of the GED and explains how inquiry activities used Official GED Reading Practice Test…
Descriptors: Adult Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Instructional Materials, Language Arts
Castellucci, Marion – 2002
GED "Scoreboost" materials target exactly the skills one needs to pass the General Educational Development (GED) tests. This book focuses on the thinking skills needed to pass GED tests in Reading, Social Studies, and Science. The test taker will need to succeed with GED questions that involve comprehension, application, analysis,…
Descriptors: Critical Thinking, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Reading Tests
New York State Education Dept., Albany. Bureau of General Education Curriculum Development. – 1979
This taxonomy is designed to be used by teachers who are preparing New York state students to take the Tests of General Educational Development (GED). The skills included in this taxonomy are representative of those skills which must be mastered in order to pass the reading skills test of the current six-hour GED. Educational objectives in the…
Descriptors: Classification, English Literature, Equivalency Tests, Functional Reading
