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Download full textFarr, Roger; And Others – 1989
This study examined writing samples from across the United States to provide information on the writing of students in American high schools, students taking the General Educational Development Examination (GED), and a group of undergraduate students at Indiana University. The report includes findings on writing fluency, correctness of spelling,…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, High Schools, Higher Education, Spelling
Swartz, Richard; And Others – 1985
In preparation for adding an essay test to the General Educational Development (GED) test, the GED Testing Service undertook a series of studies to establish (1) whether acceptable reading reliabilities were attainable in decentralized holistic scoring sessions often involving no more than a dozen papers; (2) whether essay readers in a variety of…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Scoring, Test Reliability
Swartz, Richard; Whitney, Douglas R. – 1985
The primary purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between scores on the multiple-choice General Educational Development (GED) Writing Skills test and scores on holistically graded essays. Secondary purposes included the following: (1) examining the relationship of essay scores to scores on the multiple-choice GED Reading Skills…
Descriptors: Essay Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Reading Tests, Test Reliability
