The first of six issues of the GED Items newsletter published in 1987 contains articles on one company's approach to literacy in the workplace, General Educational Development (GED) teacher training videotapes, and a process model for improving thinking skills. Articles in issue 2 address military recruiting, synthesis thinking skills, and GED in Canada. Issue 3 presents articles on resources for adult learners with disabilities, adult education at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. (the only university in the world established to provide higher education for deaf people), adult learners with disabilities, and GED communication strategies for marketing. Issue 4 contains articles on first results of the 1988 GED tests, highlights of the annual GED conference, teaching tips for writing, and teaching tips for the revised GED tests. Articles in issue 5/6 concern suggestions for GED mathematics instruction, GED and the community college, marketing strategies, and expansion of the National Issues Forums' Literacy Program. (YLB)