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Peer reviewedQuigley, B. Allan – Adult Basic Education, 1991
Primary differences between U.S. and Canadian use of General Educational Development Tests are as follows: Canada developed French version and uses metrics in math tests; some provinces use grade-level certification, not used in the U.S.; Canadian-content social studies test was developed; most provinces/territories set uniform pass levels; and…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Basic Education, Centralization, Educational History
Download full textKaplan, Jan – Issue Notes, 2001
Older teens living in families receiving Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) face serious sociodemographic disadvantages. When combined with the characteristic risk-taking behaviors of adolescence, these disadvantages pose a threat to TANF teens' immediate and future physical, psychological, and emotional health and to their long-term…
Descriptors: Adolescents, At Risk Persons, Career Academies, Community Programs
