An Appraisal of an Offender Population on the General Educational Development Test as Predicted by the General Educational Development Practice Tests.

Agba, Cyprian Peter; Klosowski, Steven M.; Miller, Gary R.

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ERIC Number: EJ642544

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 2002

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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0159

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An Appraisal of an Offender Population on the General Educational Development Test as Predicted by the General Educational Development Practice Tests.

Agba, Cyprian Peter; Klosowski, Steven M.; Miller, Gary R.

Journal of Correctional Education, v53 n1 p31 Mar 2002

Data from 2,068 Indiana inmates who took the General Educational Development (GED) practice and final tests between 1988-2000 were analyzed. All six practice tests correlated with performance on the GED test. Most accurate were the FF battery (for writing skills), CC (for social studies), BB (for science), EE (for interpreting literature and arts), and EE (for math). (SK)

Descriptors: Correctional Education, Predictive Validity, Prisoners, Scores

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: General Educational Development Tests

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