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Michael T. Miller – International Journal of Educational Leadership and Management, 2024
Much is unknown about those who do not finish high school and there is a need to understand who enters and completes alternative high school completion programs, such as the HiSet (High School Equivalency Test), GED (General Education Development Test), or growing number of state sponsored high school equivalency programs. The purpose for…
Descriptors: High School Equivalency Programs, Equivalency Tests, Student Recruitment, Administrator Attitudes
Tennessee Board of Regents - The College System of Tennessee, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted several states to adopt or scale new placement methods, since many test-based placement metrics were unavailable. In April 2020, the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) approved a pilot to add high school GPA as a placement method at Tennessee community colleges alongside other measures included in TBR's learning…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Placement Tests, Community College Students
Batiwalla, Mary – Tennessee Department of Education, 2014
In 2013, Tennessee counted nearly 7,000 students in the senior cohort whose academic skills when they entered high school suggested they were on track to earn college credits through Advanced Placement (AP) exams. Yet just over half of these students actually graduated with an AP credit, and less than a third of the economically disadvantaged…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Barriers, Access to Education, Enrollment
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Chaney, Lillian H.; Billett, Nancy J. – Business Education Forum, 1975
The pilot study, limited to 37 beginning shorthand students at Memphis State University, was an attempt to develop a "credit by examination" instrument. (MW)
Descriptors: Business Education, College Credits, Equivalency Tests, Measurement Instruments