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Peer reviewedWhitney, 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
Peer reviewedMusgrove, Walter J.; Musgrove, Glenn J. – Journal of Employment Counseling, 1979
This study attempts to determine the relationship between the subtests of the General Education Performance Index (GEPI) and the revised version of the General Educational Development Test (GED), and reports a technique whereby performance on the GEPI may be used to predict performance on the GED. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Correlation, High School Equivalency Programs, Multiple Regression Analysis
The Use of a Qualifying Instrument To Determine Success on the General Educational Development Test.
Download full textSua, Dangbe Wuo – 1990
Because prisoners are often denied a chance to take the General Educational Development (GED) test because of low scores on the General Education Performance Index (GEPI), a study was conducted to determine whether total standard scores on the GEPI of 220 or greater could be used to predict total standard scores of 220 or greater on the GED test.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Correctional Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Predictive Validity
Peer reviewedSharon, Amiel T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Social Studies was the best predictor in the two-year colleges whereas Literature was the most predictive of success in the four-year colleges. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Equivalency Tests, Grade Point Average
Sharon, Amiel T. – 1972
The primary use of the Tests of General Educational Development (GED) is to appraise the educational development of adults who have not completed their formal high school education. The significance of these tests for higher education lies in their extensive use in admission of non-high-school-graduate adults to college. This study has three major…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Adult Students, College Admission, College Entrance Examinations
Venezky, Richard L.; And Others – 1993
A study evaluated different approaches to placing students in adult literacy classes using 168 adult basic education (ABE) and General Educational Development (GED) students. Students in classes at Rochambeau School in White Plains, New York, were given the Tests of Adult Basic Education (TABE), the Tests of Adult Literacy Skills (TALS), an oral…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Programs, Educational Testing
Sharon, Amiel T. – 1971
The use and validity of the tests of General Educational Development and the College-Level Examination Program, two measures by which adults with nontraditional educational backgrounds can demonstrate their previous educational achievement, are discussed. (AG)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Adult Dropouts, Adult Education
