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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
Download full textBoesel, David; Alsalam, Nabeel; Smith, Thomas M. – 1998
In 1995, nearly three-quarters of a million high school dropouts, age 16 and above, took the General Educational Development (GED) tests in pursuit of alternative secondary certification. The GED performs the following functions: stimulate human capital investment; measure and assess cognitive skills; certify dropouts with specified skill and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Equivalency Tests
Reed, Naomi V.; And Others – 1984
A series of follow-up studies were conducted to examine the employment, education, and training activities of persons who had taken the General Educational Development (GED) Tests in the spring of 1980. The first two studies, conducted in the fall of 1981 and the spring of 1982, were nationwide surveys that analyzed the survey responses of 458 and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Attainment, Educational Benefits, Employment Level
