The General Educational Development (GED) exam provides a "second chance" for people who, for various reasons, did not complete a secondary school program. The purpose of this study was to examine the differences in salary, employment and enrollment in post-secondary education associated with completion of the General Educational Development (GED) exam, as well as an examination of differences between students who participated in formal GED preparation classes and people who were receiving public assistance. / Four null hypotheses were formulated to answer the research questions. A survey questionnaire was developed to gather data related to answering the hypotheses. Subjects included 1988-90 GED graduates in New York State. Multiple regression analysis and analysis of covariance were used to analyze the data. / Analysis of the data found that there was no significant difference in employment or salary over time following acquisition of the General Educational Development (GED) exam. However, there was a significant difference in post-secondary education enrollment. Also, there was no relationship between receiving public assistance and salary or employment. However, there were reported changes in people's lives. People reported increased self-esteem, feeling "better" about themselves and more self confident. They also reported an increase in family literacy activities, including reading to children and helping them with homework, watching the news, reading newspapers, writing letters and going to the library. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 52-10, Section: A, page: 3503. / Major Professor: Mary L. Pankowski. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1991.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76494 |
| Contributors | Goodwin, Julia Anne., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 115 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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