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Predicting the College Success of Non High School Graduates with the Tests of General Educational Development
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Sharon, Amiel T. – Educational and Psychological Measurement, 1972
Social Studies was the best predictor in the two-year colleges whereas Literature was the most predictive of success in the four-year colleges. (Author)
Descriptors: College Students, Data Analysis, Equivalency Tests, Grade Point Average
A Study of California High School Proficiency Examination Candidates in the Grossmont Union High School District; Second Test Administration, March 1976.
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Jacobson, Thomas J. – 1976
The current study is a comparison of the characteristics of the candidates from the Grossmont Union High School District who took the March 1976 administration of the California High School Proficiency Examination, with special attention to the differences between those candidates who passed the examination and those who did not . Significant…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Equivalency Tests, Failure, Graduation Requirements
An Inquiry into the Effects of Goals in the Motivation of Adult Students in the New Mexico Adult Basic Education Program.
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New Mexico State Dept. of Education, Santa Fe. Div. of Adult Education. – 1967
The purpose of this study was threefold: (1) to identify and describe the motivation of adult basic education students, (2) to determine if a relationship exists between goals, and (3) to determine how the knowledge of these findings can influence program development. Some 750 adult students were selected from 10 communities in New Mexico.…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Age Differences, American Indians, Dropouts
The California High School Proficiency Exam: Examinee Profile.
Tenenbaum, Ellen; Padia, William L. – 1978
The results of two surveys of students who took the California High School Proficiency Examination are presented, with emphasis on the similarities and differences between passing students and failing students. Major concerns included: the students' reasons for taking the test, sources of information for the students about the test, what changes…
Descriptors: Equivalency Tests, Graduate Surveys, High School Graduates, High School Students