Using the GED for College Placement.

Smith, Glenda S.; Goetz, Ernest T.

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Publication Date: 1988

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Using the GED for College Placement.

Smith, Glenda S.; Goetz, Ernest T.

College and University, v63 n4 p360-67 Sum 1988

A study of the use of General Educational Development (GED) Test scores for community college English and reading course placement found that the scores were adequate enough predictors of success to be used for that purpose, eliminating the need for additional costly testing. (MSE)

Descriptors: College Students, English Instruction, Higher Education, Predictor Variables, Reading Instruction, Scores, Standardized Tests, Student Placement, Test Use

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Educational Development Tests

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