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The Reliability and Validity of the GED Tests. GED Research Brief No. 6.

Whitney, Douglas R.; And Others – 1985

This research brief summarizes the available reliability and validity data available in, but spread throughout, a number of General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service publications. A section on reliability discusses how to determine reliability of a test's scores and two ways of assessing the reliability of a test--internal consistency…

Descriptors: Adult Education, High School Equivalency Programs, Item Analysis, Scores

Developing Parallel Tests across Languages: Focus on the Translation and Adaptation Process.

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Auchter, Joan E.; Stansfield, Charles W. – 1997

This paper describes the General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service's Spanish Test Adaptation Project. The GED Tests are designed to give those who have not graduated from high school the opportunity to earn a diploma that is recognized by institutions of higher education and employers. The purpose of this project is to develop, based…

Descriptors: Adult Education, Bilingual Students, Educational Attainment, Educational Certificates

Toward a Rationale and Technical Specifications for an Adult High School Equivalency Exam. Research Monograph Number 5.

Larson, Gordon A.; And Others – 1981

Adult educators in the state of New Jersey have expressed concern about the adequacy of the 1978 General Educational Development (GED) test. Based on these concerns research was conducted in the use and applicability of the current GED test. The project investigated whether the existing GED test was meeting the needs of the large majority of GED…

Descriptors: Adult Students, Community Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs