This report contains 13 tables and 13 figures documenting the results for the General Educational Development (GED) tests in 1994. The tables and figures provide information on the following: GED participation and credentials issued--percent change from 1993 to 1994; testing volumes; percent tested by age group; credentials issued by age group; testing by language; testing by special editions and adaptations; highest grade completed; additional data; credentials issued 1984, 1990-1994, percent change 1984-1994, and cumulative since 1971; population of adults without high school diplomas, GED participation rate, and GED credentialing rate, by jurisdiction; trends in GED testing, 1949-1994; GED passing score requirements, percent of high school graduates meeting GED standards, and jurisdictions requiring GED standard; and policies for issuing high school equivalency credentials based on GED tests, by jurisdiction, comparative testing data, 1949-1994; minimum score requirements; percentage of graduating high school seniors meeting minimum score requirements; percent and number of people who took the GED tests in 1994, by region; number of GED candidates planning further study compared with total tested 1961-1994; and number of GED candidates receiving credentials compared with total tested 1974-1994. Some of the highlights are the following: (1) 710,666 adults took the GED tests in 1994, nearly 4 percent higher than in 1993; (2) in the United States, 5 percent more test-takers completed the test battery, and 7 states reported increases of 15 percent or higher; (3) 498,000 test-takers were successful in 1994, 14 percent higher than the total awarded a decade earlier; (4) nearly 10 million people have received GED credentials since 1971; (5) in 1994, 517,826 met passing score requirements (73 percent of the total completing the tests); (6) as in previous years, most GED candidates had completed 10th grade or higher; and (7) 66 percent of all candidates in 1993 were planning further study, the highest in the program's history. The report includes a list of GED central staff, governing board and advisory committee members and state administrators; information on how the data were gathered, and a list of 16 GED Testing Service publications. (KC)