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

• NCJ Number: 194866
• Journal: Journal of Correctional Education Volume: 53 Issue: 1 Dated: March 2002 Pages: 28-31
• Author(s): Cyprian P. Agba Ed.D.; Steven M. Klosowski M.S.; Gary R. Miller M.S.
• Date Published: 2002
• Length: 4 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study seeks to determine whether official practice tests accurately predict scores on the GED test.

Abstract

The General Educational Development (GED) test has normally been used to appraise the educational development of adults who have not completed their high school education. A recent study of the correlation of GED practice tests to the GED tests concluded that not all practice tests are valid predictors of success on the GED test. This study, using a larger data base, concludes that all GED practice tests are valid predictors of success on the GED test. This study includes practice test rankings for overall performance as well as by individual subject areas (writing skills, social studies, science, interpreting literature and the arts, and mathematics). To prepare students for this test, adult facilities normally turn to official GED practice tests to enable them to ascertain the students’ academic GED readiness. This study analyzes data from more than a decade of record keeping at the Indiana Department of Corrections at the Westville Correctional Facility. All the official practice tests correlated with and predicted the performance of student offenders on all GED tests. Tables, references