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Peer reviewedAlf, Edward F., Jr.; Abrahams, Norman M. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1996
This article is an extension of the table of allocation averages devised by H. E. Brogden and presented in "Educational and Psychological Measurement" in 1959. The current table deals with up to 1000 jobs and rejection rates ranging from 0 to 90%. (Author/SLD)
Descriptors: Classification, Employment Patterns, Employment Qualifications, Performance Factors
Peer reviewedLoCascio, Ralph; Nesselroth, Jeanne – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
The Career Development Inventory was administered to 107 ethnically mixed, inner city school dropouts to examine its suitability for such a population. Also investigated were the interrelationships among sex, age, ethnicity, intelligence, reading achievement, arithmetic achievement, and two of the inventory's scales. Results are discussed. (Author)
Descriptors: Adult Dropouts, Career Development, Dropouts, Employment Patterns
Download full textBoesel, David; Alsalam, Nabeel; Smith, Thomas M. – 1998
In 1995, nearly three-quarters of a million high school dropouts took the General Educational Development (GED) tests. The half million individuals who passed the test accounted for approximately one-sixth of all high school diplomas issued that year. On average, GED recipients perform as well as graduating high school seniors on the five tests…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, High School Equivalency Programs
Boesel, David; Alsalam, Nabeel; Smith, Thomas M. – 1998
In 1995, nearly three-quarters of a million high school dropouts, age 16 and above, took the General Educational Development (GED) tests in pursuit of alternative secondary certification. The GED performs the following functions: stimulate human capital investment; measure and assess cognitive skills; certify dropouts with specified skill and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Educational Attainment, Employment Patterns, Equivalency Tests
