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Peer reviewedRose, Amy D. – Adult Education Quarterly, 1991
The influx of veterans into higher education after World War II led to the development of a monumental system for testing and evaluation of prior learning through military service. The assumptions of the process continue to have implications for the assessment of adult life experience and its integration in college curricula. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, College Credits, Educational Assessment, Evaluation Methods
Download full textAllen, Colleen A., Ed.; Jones, Edward V., Ed. – 1992
This booklet commemorates the General Educational Development (GED) Testing program's first 50 years. Included are the following: (1) a description of a GED graduation; (2) reminiscences of three GED administrators; (3) success stories from five GED graduates; (4) descriptions of eight special GED programs; (5) an explanation of how the GED system…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Dropout Programs, Educational Attainment, Educational History
