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Download full textTyler, John H.; Murnane, Richard J.; Willett, John B. – 2000
A study used data from a long-standing examination system, the General Educational Development (GED) certificate, to illustrate that the details of examination systems have marked impacts on the number of test takers who obtain the desired credential and on the racial/ethnic composition of passers. Data provided by the Florida Department of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Blacks, Educational Certificates, Females
Baldwin, Janet – ACE Research Briefs, 1995
A study was made of the prose, document, and quantitative literacy skills of adults in the United States by their highest level of educational attainment. In addition, the study examined the literacy skills of recent General Educational Development (GED) graduates. The data used in the study came from the 1992 National Adult Literacy Survey…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, Blacks
