COMMENTARY
The General Educational Development Tests (GED) are a high school equivalency
degree program sponsored by the American Council on Education. Contact information
for GED headquarters and services are:
GED Testing Service
American Council on Education
1 Dupont Circle Suite 20
Washington DC 20036
telephone: 202-939-9490
GED hotline (toll-free): 800-626-9433
e-mail: ged#064;ace.nche.edu
Unfortunate news is that a computerized version of the GED is not yet
available; however, according to a GED representative as of late summer 1997,
the computer-adaptive version is in progress and will be available in (probably)
another two or three years.
The crucial piece of information that any prospective GED test-taker needs to know is this:
It is your state (or province) department of education that is the designated, official
GED test administrator. Therefore, each state establishes its own standards for GED passing
scores as well as policy regarding re-takes of the GED tests. GED testing schedules are
established by individual testing centers. If you need contact information for your designated
state GED authority in order to ascertain state GED policies and/or your local GED testing
center, then use the following WWW resource:
State, Provincial,
and Territorial GED Contacts
provided by the General
Educational Development (GED) Testing Service
The most highly recommended resource by which to learn about the GED and to monitor
developments in a computerized version of the GED is the official GED site.
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ERIC Documents Citations for GED Tests Preparation Resources
ED380649 CE068602
GED Writing for Workplace Students.
Widney, Annabel
1994
79p.; For related documents, see CE 068 598-610.
EDRS Price - MF01/PC04 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: TEACHING GUIDE (052)
Target Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
This curriculum module contains lesson plans and application
activities that were developed to help adult students master the
writing skills needed to earn a general high school equivalency
diploma. Included in the module are materials designed to help
students demonstrate effective writing and master specific objectives
in the following writing skill categories: mechanics, usage, sentence
structure, paragraph development, and mastery of the POWER (planning,
organizing, writing, evaluating, revising) program. A syllabus
detailing the topics and homework assignments of the 18-week course
is provided along with student handouts and learning activities. A
variety of handouts are presented, including tip sheets, word lists,
and lists of rules/guidelines for spelling, using words correctly,
and writing passages of various length. (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; Behavioral Objectives;
Community Colleges; *Competency Based Education; Functional Literacy;
*Grammar; High School Equivalency Programs; Learning Activities;
Learning Modules; *Literacy Education; Paragraphs; Punctuation;
Revision (Written Composition); Sentences; Spelling; Two Year
Colleges; Word Lists; *Writing (Composition); *Writing Skills
Identifiers: *General Educational Development Tests; *Workplace
Literacy
ED380648 CE068601
GED Math for Workplace Students.
Goschen, Claire
1994
40p.; For related documents, see CE 068 598-610.
EDRS Price - MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: TEACHING GUIDE (052)
Target Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
This curriculum module contains lesson plans and application
activities that were developed to help adult students master the
mathematics skills needed to earn a general high school equivalency
diploma. Included in the module are materials designed to help
students improve their understanding of mathematics and achieve the
following objectives: use a systematic method for solving verbal
mathematics problems, understand and solve arithmetic problems
involving numerical concepts and primary-level operations, solve
algebraic problems involving secondary-level mathematics skills, and
solve plane and coordinate geometry problems involving several types
of geometric figures. A syllabus detailing the topics and homework
assignments of the 15-session course is provided along with student
handouts and learning activities. (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; Algebra; Arithmetic; Behavioral
Objectives; Community Colleges; *Competency Based Education;
Geometric Constructions; Geometry; High School Equivalency Programs;
Learning Activities; Learning Modules; *Literacy Education;
*Mathematics Skills; Number Concepts; *Numeracy; *Problem Solving;
Two Year Colleges
Identifiers: *General Educational Development Tests; *Workplace
Literacy
ED349448 CE061956
Workplace Learning Curriculum Guides. Volume IV: Basic Skills--
General Educational Development (GED).
1992
238p.; For other volumes in this series, see CE 061 952-960.
EDRS Price - MF01/PC10 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: TEACHING GUIDE (052)
Target Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
This volume, one of a series of eight curriculum guides compiled by
the Colorado Workplace Learning Initiative: 1991-92, contains five
courses designed to prepare people to take the General Educational
Development (GED) tests. Introductory materials include a table of
contents and a list of the curriculum topics covered by each of the
guides. The courses in this volume are: (1) self-paced GED
praparation program; (2) GED curriculum--literature and arts; (3) GED
curriculum--mathematics; (4) GED curriculum--science; and (5) GED
curriculum--social studies. Each course contains information on some
or all of the following: prerequisites; timing; resources needed;
course goal; objectives and methods; materials; evaluation
procedures; course outline; lesson plans; and lecture outlines.
(NLA)
Descriptors: Adult Literacy; Curriculum Guides; Fine Arts; *High
School Equivalency Programs; Individualized Instruction; *Job Skills;
Lesson Plans; Literature; Mathematics Instruction; Science
Instruction; Social Studies
Identifiers: *General Educational Development Tests; *Workplace
Literacy
ED324474 CE056003
GED Math--A Computer Assisted Mathematics Curriculum.
Zellers, Robert W.; And Others
30 Jun 1990
232p.; Project Number 98-9041.
Available From: AdvancE, PDE Resource Center, 333 Market Street,
Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333 (document and related Apple-compatible
disk).
Language: English
Document Type: PROJECT DESCRIPTION (141); TEACHING GUIDE (052);
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (051)
Target Audience: Teachers; Students; Practitioners
The first document in this set is a final report titled
"Preparation for the Mathematics GED Test: A Computer Based Program,"
which describes a project to develop a General Educational
Development (GED) mathematics preparation program for the adult
learner at the 9-12 grade level. The other two documents are a
teacher's guide and a student workbook, which together with a
computer software package comprise the GED mathematics program for
adult learners at the 9-12 grade level. The teacher's guide includes
program purpose and instructions for the teacher, instructions for
the student, answer key for the student workbook problems, and
diagnostic examination with an answer key. The student workbook
contains explanation and examples as well as exercises for each of
the five units of the program. Each unit consists of one to five
chapters. Units are: (1) number relationships (whole numbers,
fractions, decimals and percent); (2) measurement (length and height
measurement, weight measurement, liquid measurement, metric system);
(3) data analysis; (4) algebra (arithmetic operations using integers,
algebraic equations, inequalities, equations in two variables); and
(5) geometry (geometric terms, geometric shapes, volume, coordinate
geometry, word problems). (YLB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; Algebra; Arithmetic; *Computer
Assisted Instruction; Geometry; *High School Equivalency Programs;
Material Development; *Mathematics Curriculum; *Mathematics
Instruction; Measurement; Teaching Guides; Workbooks
Identifiers: 353 Project; *General Educational Development Tests
ED289059 CE049286
Test Anxiety Reduction. Student Handbook.
Silverman, Eda; Hanna, Joyce
May 1987
17p.; For related documents, see CE 049 285-287.
EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (051)
Target Audience: Students
This handbook is intended to illustrate to students that they are
not alone in their fear of tests and to help students reduce their
own test anxiety. The handbook is a compilation of writings
contributed by students who attended an adult basic education (ABE)
program to prepare teenage and adult students to take the General
Educational Development (GED) test. The poems, articles, and
crossword puzzle included in the handbook reveal their authors'
personal feelings about tests and explain how learning about methods
to reduce test anxiety helped them to perform better in testing
situations. (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; *Behavior Modification; *Change
Strategies; Coping; High School Equivalency Programs; Relaxation
Training; *Stress Management; Student Developed Materials; *Test
Anxiety; *Test Wiseness
Identifiers: 310 Project; *General Educational Development Tests
ED289058 CE049285
Test Anxiety Reduction. Student Workbook.
Silverman, Eda; Hanna, Joyce
May 1987
28p.; For related documents, see CE 049 286-287.
EDRS Price - MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL (051)
Target Audience: Students
This student workbook is intended for use in helping teenage and
adult basic education (ABE) students reduce their anxiety over tests
in general and over the General Educational Development (GED) test in
particular. Exercises are provided to help students analyze and
understand their feelings about and while taking tests, recall the
childhood messages that they received that have led to their test
anxiety, analyze their strengths and weaknesses, learn about and
prepare for taking a test at their designated test site, practice and
learn general strategies for taking multiple-choice tests, develop
individual test-taking strategies, learn basic relaxation techniques,
and develop a plan to handle their test anxiety. (MN)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; *Behavior Modification; *Change
Strategies; Coping; High School Equivalency Programs; Relaxation
Training; *Stress Management; *Test Anxiety; *Test Wiseness
Identifiers: 310 Project; *General Educational Development Tests
EJ360321 CE518376
The New GED Writing Skills Test: Some Clarifications and
Suggestions.
Swartz, Richard; Whitney, Douglas R.
Lifelong Learning, v11 n2 p4-5,11,18 Oct 1987
Available From: UMI
Document Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE (080); GENERAL REPORT (140)
The authors discuss the new essay requirement on the General
Educational Development Test. Topics covered include scoring,
expected difficulty, and how test preparatory classes can help
students do well on the essay. (CH)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; *High School Equivalency
Programs; Test Format; *Writing Skills
Identifiers: *General Educational Development Test
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ERIC Documents Citations for Outcomes of GED Completion for GED Test-takers
ED365796 CE065381
Outcomes of GED Graduation: An Annotated Bibliography of Research
Reports.
Johnson, Mark; Valentine, Thomas
Dec 1992
125p.
EDRS Price - MF01/PC05 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: BIBLIOGRAPHY (131)
This annotated bibliography includes a separate entry for each of
57 research reports written about the General Educational Development
(GED) tests. For inclusion, documents were required to meet three
criteria. They must: (1) focus on outcomes of GED graduation; (2)
present some form of empirical, research-based evidence concerning
the outcomes of GED graduation; and (3) constitute a primary research
report rather than a secondary commentary on someone else's report.
The documents are arranged in chronological order, from 1953 to 1992.
Each annotation provides this information: title; author(s); date;
publication information; overview; methodology; summary of findings;
and critique of study. A preface reaches the conclusion that of the
57 "flawed" tests of the GED, the GED passed at least 40 of them with
flying colors. Author and subject indexes are appended. These
subjects are indexed: affective outcomes, education outcomes,
economic outcomes, family-related outcomes, and military performance.
(YLB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; Affective Behavior; *Affective
Objectives; Annotated Bibliographies; *Educational Research;
Educational Status Comparison; Emotional Development; Graduates;
*Graduate Surveys; Graduation; *High School Equivalency Programs;
Military Service; *Outcomes of Education; Research Reports; *Rewards;
Student Educational Objectives; Vocational Followup
Identifiers: *General Educational Development Tests
ED351559 CE062431
Tests of General Educational Development Bibliography.
Aug 1992
38p.; For the 1987 edition, see ED 291 897.
EDRS Price - MF01/PC02 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: BIBLIOGRAPHY (131)
This document is a 596-item list of books, papers, journal
articles, dissertations, and other materials concerning the General
Educational Development (GED) tests. Topics covered include
postsecondary educational outcomes for GED completers, military
aspects of the GED program, scoring GED tests, test norms, benefits
of participation in the GED program, social studies and the GED,
adult learning, teaching methods, test coaching, measuring writing
ability, reading skills, using newspapers for delivering GED
programs, veterans' performance on the test, and statewide follow-up
studies of GED test completers. (KC)
Descriptors: Citations (References); Educational Resources;
*Equivalency Tests; *High School Equivalency Programs; High School
Graduates; Military Training; *Outcomes of Education; Research
Reports; Teaching Methods; Testing; *Testing Programs
Identifiers: *General Educational Development Tests
ED351558 CE062429
GED Testing Program: The First Fifty Years.
Allen, Colleen A., Ed.; Jones, Edward V., Ed.
1992
25p.
EDRS Price - MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: HISTORICAL MATERIAL (060)
This booklet commemorates the General Educational Development (GED)
Testing program's first 50 years. Included are the following: (1) a
description of a GED graduation; (2) reminiscences of three GED
administrators; (3) success stories from five GED graduates; (4)
descriptions of eight special GED programs; (5) an explanation of how
the GED system works; and (6) a timeline of dates important to the
program. The special programs described are as follows: (1)
Georgia's tax credit to employers to sponsor GED students; (2)
Delaware's GED program for state employees; (3) Hartford's
comprehensive services provided by the Urban League, one of which is
GED preparation; (4) Massachusetts's "Science Box" and "Math Jump
Start Kit, collections of instructional materials particularly
helpful to part-time adult basic education and GED teachers who have
little time to explore their regional clearinghouse; (5)
Pennsylvania's program to honor its outstanding students; (6)
Florida's scholarship for adults who complete high school with at
least a B average or score 277 or higher on the GED Tests; (7)
Arizona's testing fee waiver program; and (8) Washington's program
for GED students with limited English proficiency. (CML)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; *Dropout Programs; Educational
Attainment; *Educational History; *Equivalency Tests; *High School
Equivalency Programs; *Nontraditional Education; State Programs;
Success; Testing Programs
Identifiers: *General Educational Development Tests
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ERIC Documents Citations for Teachers of GED/Adult Basic Education
EJ440640 CE523554
The GED Teacher as Facilitator of Learning: A Contradiction of
Terms?
Corley, Mary Ann
Adult Learning, v3 n6 p17-18 Apr 1992
ISSN: 1045-1595
Document Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE (080); TEACHING GUIDE (052)
Facilitation techniques to motivate students preparing for the
General Educational Development Tests include (1) interviewing
students before the first class; (2) identifying needs and problems;
(3) mutually designing the learning plan; (4) selecting instructional
methods; and (5) evaluating outcomes. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; *Adult Educators; Teaching
Methods; *Test Coaching
Identifiers: *General Educational Development Tests
ED330874 CE057707
Teaching Basic Writing Skills to Adults: Introduction.
Johnson, Dell
[1990]
11p.
Document Type: BIBLIOGRAPHY (131)
This publication contains an annotated bibliography of 19 sources
of information for instructors of General Educational Development
Test (GED) preparation classes and adult basic education classes. An
introduction discusses the literature search that identified
materials and information to help GED instructors teach adult
education, generally, and writing instruction, specifically. It
describes the sources and the evaluation of those sources to locate
practical suggestions for activities on teaching writing skills or
easily understood insights or strategies for teaching adults. The
annotated bibliography gives examples of these types of sources:
articles, books, student study guides, and organizations. A brief
introduction to each type of source offers suggestions for locating
more resources. Annotations of print materials, which are in
alphabetical order by author, provide this information: author(s),
title, publisher and date of publication, pagination, and content
summary. Annotations of organizations, arranged alphabetically by
name of organization, provide this information: address, telephone
number, and description of services. An attachment is a
"pathfinder," a shorter version of the annotated bibliography
containing fewer annotations. (YLB)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; *Adult Education; Annotated
Bibliographies; Classroom Techniques; *High School Equivalency
Programs; Literature Reviews; Teaching Methods; *Writing Instruction;
*Writing Skills
Identifiers: *General Educational Development Tests
ED324536 CE056150
The GED Writing Skills Test Essay Teacher Training Manual.
Coombs, Lucinda H.
1987
66p.
Document Type: TEACHING GUIDE (052)
Target Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
This training manual contains background information about the 1988
General Educational Development (GED) test, ideas for teaching and
assessing writing to prepare students for the test, and samples of
classroom materials teachers can use. Sections include information
on the following: the writing process; student writing; managing the
instructional program; the essay; evaluation writing; holistic
scoring; and test-taking strategies. A case study provides two
drafts of an essay and analysis of it. Appendixes to the guide
contain a list of suggested writing topics, review checklists, and an
annotated bibliography of 50 items in the following categories: adult
education/GED, evaluation, peer response, writing process, research,
classroom applications, texts/workbooks, and writing forms.
References and an information source complete the guide. (KC)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education; Adult Learning; Adult Students;
Andragogy; Case Studies; Citations (References); Classroom Techniques;
Educational Resources; *Essay Tests; *High School Equivalency
Programs; Teaching Methods; *Test Coaching; Testing; Test Manuals;
*Writing (Composition); *Writing Instruction
Identifiers: *General Educational Development Tests
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