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Direct linkHannon, Rebekah – COABE Journal: The Resource for Adult Education, 2022
It is no secret that many adult learners who enter GED® preparatory programs across the country experienced hardship and difficulty in K-12 schools. Often, many of these same students had to battle with learning disabilities such as ADD/ADHD, making school and learning an even more challenging task. Learning and concentration difficulties are…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Test Preparation, Adult Students
Hock, Michael F. – Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2012
Adults with learning disabilities (LD) attending adult basic education, GED programs, or community colleges are among the lowest performers on measures of literacy. For example, on multiple measures of reading comprehension, adults with LD had a mean reading score at the third grade level, whereas adults without LD read at the fifth grade level.…
Descriptors: Achievement Gap, Reading Comprehension, Learning Disabilities, Adult Basic Education
