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Direct linkCavanagh, Sean – Education Week, 2004
Participation in the GED testing program plunged by nearly 44 percent during the most recent recorded year, a drop-off that the exam's sponsor attributes to an earlier rush by teenagers and adults to secure high school diplomas through the test before its minimum passing scores were raised. The overall number of teenagers and adults who took the…
Descriptors: Testing Programs, Adults, Adolescents, Academic Standards
