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ERIC Number: ED185491
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 1980-Mar-26
Pages: 13
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
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The Tests of General Educational Development in Differential Prediction of Two-Year College Academic Performance.
Wolf, John C.
The predictive value of the high-school-level battery of the tests of General Educational Development (GED) for two-year college academic performance was investigated. GED tests scores were examined to determine if they could substitute for a complete high school record as a source of predictor data. Student record data from a registrar's office of a community college was evaluated. The results support the premise that the GED is a valid and positive predictor of first semester, two-year college GPA. There were no significant differences between academic performance of high achool graduates and non-high school graduate GED recipients in the study. (Author/BCR)
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Grade Equivalent Scores, Grade Point Average, Predictive Measurement, Predictor Variables, Research Projects, Test Reliability, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Speeches/Meeting Papers; Reports - Research
Education Level: N/A
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Language: English
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Note: Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Personnel and Guidance Association (Atlanta, GA, March 26-29, 1980).