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Johnson, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Post-secondary outcomes for students with and without disabilities have been documented in transition research for over three decades. However, despite efforts to improve outcomes by the field of transition, former students with disabilities outcomes have remain lower than their non-disabled peers. Historically, the data, which has been collected…
Descriptors: Independent Living, Learning Disabilities, Community Involvement, Education Work Relationship
Garvey, John – Jobs for the Future, 2011
For many years, the General Educational Development (GED) credential has been viewed as the high school dropout's safety net. Though not as well regarded as the high school diploma, the GED has opened up educational and economic opportunity for millions of young people and adults who did not finish high school. Nearly 680,000 people take the full…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, High Schools, Dropouts, College Programs
Zafft, Cynthia; Kallenbach, Silja; Spohn, Jessica – National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy (NCSALL), 2006
While the majority of adults who take the General Educational Development (GED) test do so in order to continue their education, few go on to enter postsecondary education. Yet, these same adults stand to make substantial economic and personal gains when they use their adult secondary credential to move from the ranks of high school dropout to…
Descriptors: High School Graduates, Profiles, Models, Educational Development