- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- GED completion rate high school-aged students
- Creator:
- Georgia. Governor's Office for Children and Families
- Contributor to Resource:
- Georgia. Governor's Office for Children and Families
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Governor's Office for Children and Families
- Date of Original:
- 2010-05
- Subject:
- GED tests--Statistics
High school equivalency examinations--Georgia--Statistics - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- bar graphs
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Fact sheet
- External Identifiers:
- OCLC 1378488697
IZ MMS ID 9942309193902959
Call Number G620.C55 M1 2010 G4
NZ MMS ID 9923823617502931 - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bg620-pc55-bm1-b2010-bg4-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bg620-pc55-bm1-b2010-bg4-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
Trend Data
EDUCATED
- IMPROVE School Performance
GOCF outcome indicator: GED completion rate
high school-aged students
Georgians Who Passed the GED, by Age, 2008 30% 25% 20% 15% 10% 5% 0%
16 17 18 19 20-24 25-29 30-34 35-39 40-49 50-59 65+
Data Source:2008 GED Testing Program Statistical Report .
As an alternative to a high school diploma, the General Educational Development tests (GED) are a set of 5 tests covering the content areas of Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science. Students who have not or do not graduate from high school may take the GED in lieu of a high school diploma. Many jobs and colleges recognize the GED as a measure of skills and competency comparable to a high school diploma. In order to be eligible to take the GED, a candidate must be a recognized resident of the jurisdiction in which they are taking the GED, must not have earned a high school diploma from an accredited high school, must not be currently enrolled in an accredited high school, and must be at least 16 years old. In 2008, Georgia teenagers between the ages of 16-19 represented 45.5% of those candidates that took the GED and passed (see chart for age breakdown). Young adults ages 20-24 represented the next highest age class of candidates that passed the GED, totaling 25.3%.
Data Sources Georgia Department of Technical and Adult Education, 2010. Get GED, 2010.
May 2010
Trend Data
GED Tests Breakdown
Writing Skills, Part I (50 questions, 75 minutes)
15% Organization 30% Sentence Structure
30% Usage 25% Mechanics
Writing Skills, Part II (45 minutes)
Essay
Social Studies (50 questions, 70 minutes)
15% History 30% Geography 30% Civics and Government 25% Economics
Science (50 questions, 80 minutes)
45% Life Science 20% Earth and Space Science
35% Physical Sciences
Language Arts, Reading (40 questions, 60 minutes)
20% Comprehension 15% Application 30-35% Analysis 30-35% Synthesis
Mathematics (50 questions, 90 minutes)
Number operations Algebra
Measurement/Geometry Data analysis/statistics