Hello Stephanie,

 

Even if the Colorado statistics (what year are they from?) are in the
ballpark, it still means that 40% (a very high number) of high school
graduates might or would not be able to pass the GED test. Unless I'm
missing something, a GED certificate reveals more about baseline skills than
does graduation from HS.

 

I still remain interested in how the 5,000 HS graduates were selected for
GED norming purposes, and whether they represent an "acceptable" sample of
all HS graduates nationwide.  Further, do the statistics accommodate for the
fact that one can get a score of 410 on any given part of the test provided
the total score is at least 2,250?  And, if so, I'd be interested in what a
breakdown across the GED test subjects would look like when compared with HS
graduates.  

 

Thank you for all the information so far,

 

Michael

 

From: assessment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:assessment-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Stephanie Moran
Sent: Monday, June 01, 2009 9:33 AM
To: 'The Assessment Discussion List'
Subject: [Assessment 1967] GED and HS Scores

 

A bit more info from the CO Dept of Ed AEFL site

 

GED Standard Score and Estimated Class Rank 
of Graduating High School Seniors 


GED Score

Est. Class Rank

GED Score

Est. Class Rank


700

Top  1%

550

Top 25%


670

Top  2%

530

Top 33%


660

Top  3%

520

Top 40%


640

Top  5%

500

Top 50%


610

Top 10%

460

Top 55%


580

Top 15%

450

Top 60%


570

Top 20%

 

 

 

 

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