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Test Technical Manual 2014 GED® Test
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GED Testing Service, 2014
This manual was written to provide technical information regarding the General Educational Development (GED®) test as evidence that the GED® test is technically sound. Throughout this manual, documentation is provided regarding the development of the GED® test and data collection activities, as well as evidence of reliability and validity. This…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Equivalency Tests, Testing Programs, Test Validity
Establishing and Maintaining Score Scale Stability and Reading Reliability.
Patience, Wayne; Auchter, Joan – 1988
A central aim in any assessment program is to ensure fair and stable scoring from administration to administration. When administrations are decentralized, not only in location, but in frequency and in logistical configuration, it is imperative to construct training, certifying, and monitoring systems that provide continuity between the original…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, Essay Tests, Scoring, Secondary Education
Reliability and Validity of the GED Tests.
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Whitney, Douglas R.; And Others – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1986
This paper summarizes much of the available information concerning the reliability and validity of the Tests of General Educational Development (GED Tests). The data suggest that the results are sufficiently reliable for continued use and that the validity evidence generally supports the intended uses of the tests. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Correlation, Equivalency Tests, Error of Measurement, Predictive Validity
Comparative Analysis of GED Completion and APL Attainment in West Virginia.
Prey, Phillip O. – 1979
A study compared General Equivalency Development (GED) program completion and Adult Performance Level (APL) attainment in West Virginia. During the study, 97 GED program participants, who were not exposed to APL instruction or materials, completed the APL survey either just before or immediately after taking the GED examination. Seventy-seven of…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Competence
Comparison of Four Procedures for Equating the Tests of General Educational Development.
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Kolen, Michael J.; Whitney, Douglas R. – Journal of Educational Measurement, 1982
The adequacy of equipercentile, linear, one-parameter (Rasch), and three-parameter logistic item-response theory procedures for equating 12 forms of five tests of general educational development were compared. Results indicated the equating method adequacy depends on a variety of factors such as test characteristics, equating design, and sample…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Comparative Analysis, Equated Scores, Equivalency Tests
Educational and Labor Market Performance of GED Recipients. Research Synthesis.
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Boesel, 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