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Researchers, testing professionals, and legislators can search and download research reports produced and conducted by the GED Testing Service. Our suite of research reports and other publications cover a wide variety of topics throughout a GED® test-taker’s lifecycle, including: preparation, passing trends, postsecondary success, labor market findings, perceptions of the GED® credential, and much more.

GED Testing Service is here to answer any questions regarding the research and data we use. If you have specific questions regarding data or research please email Research@GEDtestingservice.com.

PREPARATION

• Preparation for and Performance on the GED® test (2009-2)
  • Preparation for and Performance on the GED® test (2009-2) - Key Findings

TESTING ON COMPUTER

• GED® Candidate Computer Familiarity Survey (2006)
• Reliability Analysis for the Internationally Administered 2002 Series GED® Tests (2009)

ESL TEST

• Reliability and Validity Evidence for the GED English as a Second Language Test (2009)
  • Reliability and Validity Evidence for the GED English as a Second Language Test (2009) - Key Findings

TESTING IN CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES

• GED Testing in Correctional Centers (2011-3)

PASSING TRENDS

• GED Examinee and High School Senior Performance on the GED Tests
  • GED Examinee and High School Senior Performance on the GED Tests (2007-1) - Key Findings

• Repeat GED Test Examinees: Who Persists and Who Passes? (2012-2)

  • Repeat GED Test Examinees: Who Persists and Who Passes? (2010-2) - Key Findings
• Examining the Validity of GED® Tests Scores with Scheduling and Setting Accommodations (2004)
• An Exploration of GED® Standard Score Stability: 2001 Through 2005 (2006)

• Policies of Test Centers and Jurisdictions and GED® Test Performance (2009)

  • Policies of Test Centers and Jurisdictions and GED® Test Performance (2009) – Key Findings  

DEMOGRAPHIC FINDINGS

• Differences Between Students Who Were and Were Not Retained in Grade (2007-3)
  • Differences Between Students Who Were and Were Not Retained in Grade (2007-3) - Key Findings

• Literacy of U.S. Adults with Disabilities Across GED Credential Recipients, HS Graduates, and Non-High School Graduates (2008-3)

  • Literacy of U.S. Adults with Disabilities Across GED Credential Recipients, HS Graduates, and Non-High School Graduates (2008-3) - Key Findings

• Health Literacy of U.S. Adults Across GED Credential Recipients, HS Graduates and Non-High School Graduates (2008-1)

  • Health Literacy of U.S. Adults Across GED Credential Recipients, HS Graduates and Non-High School Graduates (2008-1) - Key Findings

• Young GED Examinees and Their Performance on the GED Tests (2009-1)

  • Young GED Examinees and Their Performance on the GED Tests (2009-1) - Key Findings

• Economic and Noneconomic Outcomes for GED Credential Recipients (2008-2)
  

  • Economic and Noneconomic Outcomes for GED Credential Recipients (2008-2) - Key Findings

• Literacy of U.S. Adults with GED Credentials (2007-2) 

  • Literacy of U.S. Adults with GED Credentials (2007-2) - Key Findings
• General Academic Achievement of Adult High School Dropouts (2002)
• Dropouts Immediately Pursuing a GED® Credential (2006)
  
  

POSTSECONDARY SUCCESS

• Perceptions and Pathways: Life Decisions of GED Test Credential Recipients from Secondary to Postsecondary Education
• Crossing the Bridge: GED Credentials and Postsecondary Outcomes (2010)
  • Crossing the Bridge: GED Credentials and Postsecondary Outcomes (2010) - Abstract
• GED Test Passers in Postsecondary Institutions of up to Two Years: Enrollment and Graduation Patterns (2010)

• Crossing the Bridge: GED Credentials and Postsecondary Outcomes - Year Two (2011)

  • Crossing the Bridge: GED Credentials and Postsecondary Outcomes - Year Two (2011) - Quick Facts
• Journeys Through College: Postsecondary Transitions and Outcomes of GED Test Passers (2011) - Key Findings

• Journeys Through College (2): Postsecondary Transitions and Outcomes of GED®Test Passers (2011) 

  • Journeys Through College (2): Postsecondary Transitions and Outcomes of GED® Test Passers (2011) – Key Findings

• GED® Credential to College: Patterns of Participation in Postsecondary Education Programs (2010) (PDF; 287KB)

  • GED® Credential to College: Patterns of Participation in Postsecondary Education Programs (2010) – Key Findings 

• GED® Candidates and Their Postsecondary Educational Outcomes: A Pilot Study (2009) 

  • GED® Candidates and Their Postsecondary Educational Outcomes: A Pilot Study (2009) – Key Findings 

LABOR MARKET FINDINGS

• Labor Market Impacts of the GED® Test Credential on High School Dropouts: Longitudinal Evidence from NLSY97 (2011–2)
• Young GED Credential Recipients in the 21st Century: A Snapshot from NLSY97 (2011)
  • Young GED Credential Recipients in the 21st Century: A Snapshot from NLSY97 (2011) - Key Findings
    

TECHNICAL MANUALS

GED Testing Service has a technical manual available for each series of the GED® test. You will find the technical manual for the current series below. For more information on previous technical manuals, please email communications@gedtestingservice.com.

• 2002 Series Technical Manual (PDF)

DOWNLOAD 2011 REPORT

400,000 GRADUATES

Learn about the gender, ethnicity, and long-term goals of our 2011 test-takers.

JOURNEYS THROUGH COLLEGE

AFTER THE TEST

About one-third of adults who pass the GED® test graduate from a postsecondary program.

OUTCOMES FOR GRADUATES

INCOME, HEALTH, CIVIC ROLES

Adults who earn a GED® credential are more likely to be in good health, participate in the political process, and earn a higher weekly wage.

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