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Download full textCalifornia State Dept. of Education, Sacramento. – 1984
This handbook, intended for General Educational Development Test (GED) examiners, was designed to cover many of the issues and problems unique to the GED testing program in California. Six chapters are included: (1) testing center authorization and responsibilities; (2) testing center staff; (3) testing fees and materials; (4) test administration;…
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Educational Testing, Equivalency Tests, Examiners
Stanley, Julian C. – 1987
Gender differences were determined for scores on the 14 College Entrance Examination Board achievement tests taken between 1982 and 1985. Effect sizes showed a tendency for males to score higher relative to females, while the percentage of male examinees increased. Based on Cohen's classification of effect sizes, differences in six of the 14 tests…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Advanced Placement, College Entrance Examinations, Effect Size
Harnisch, Delwyn L. – 1983
The purpose of this investigation was to examine the item characteristics of the General Educational Development Tests (GED) for specific subgroups of students. The method employed was the approach suggested by Linn and Harnisch in which the three-parameter logistic model is used for detecting interactions between item content and group…
Descriptors: Aptitude Treatment Interaction, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs, Item Analysis
Mickelson, Jon E.; Keene, John M., Jr. – 1984
Each year thousands of students entering college participate in credit by examination programs in an effort to qualify for exemption and in many cases college credit for general education core requirements. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences between students who participate in a credit by examination program (in this case…
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Academic Achievement, Core Curriculum, Discriminant Analysis
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. – 1988
This report covers the October 1987 educational and career postsecondary activities of the June 1987 graduates from 145 Connecticut local public high schools (136 comprehensive high schools, 6 alternative high schools, and 3 endowed and incorporated academies) and 105 nonpublic high schools, and the February 1988 activities of the June 1987…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Employment, Equivalency Tests, High School Equivalency Programs
DeMauro, Gerald E. – 1985
The Language Assessment Battery was administered to third to fifth grade limited English speaking students in New York City. Special techniques addressed two common problems in testing these populations: (1) language tests suitable for limited English speakers change their psychometric characteristics over time as the students' language ability…
Descriptors: Achievement Gains, Bilingual Education Programs, Cutting Scores, Elementary Education
