By Martin Kehe, VP of Assessment Services at GED Testing Service. Kehe oversees the creation of the GED® test and the professional development training and resources for GED® educators. The following is a portion of his recent column on the InSession blog.
Since launching the new GED® program in 2014, GED Testing Service has been planning and conducting research on the outcomes of recent GED® graduates. More than two years have passed since our first test-takers graduated under the new testing program, and now it’s time for an update on the test-taker outcomes data we’ve been tracking.
About GED Testing Service Research
Our research is designed to document two main claims that we make about GED® graduates:
- Their credential provides them the same opportunities available to regular high school graduates, and
- That performing at the GED® College Ready and GED® College Ready + Credit levels means that graduates demonstrate skills that show preparedness for credit-bearing work in postsecondary education.
Our research to look for evidence of these claims is not a one-time proposition. It will continue and evolve over time just like our graduates.
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Comments
Thanks for posting this, Jessica. I also found the following interesting (from the website):
Do you know how the new passing scores will be factored in to the research data?
Cynthia Zafft
Postsecondary Completion Moderator
Cynthia,
Good afternoon! Martin Kehe recently delivered a presentation about various research efforts at COABE. Here's a link to that PowerPoint presentation. I hope this helps!
Research about the GED program will continue.
Thanks for asking,
Jessica