Part I. Description A. Title of the test: Test of General Educational Development B. Acronym used (if any): GED C. Author(s): General Educational Development Testing Service of the American Council on Education. D. Publisher: General Educational Development Testing Service of the American Council on Education. E. Year of publication: 1944-1998. F. Intended grade/ age level of use: Candidates for high school equivalency diplomas G. Intended purpose: To 'assess skills representative of the typical outcomes of a traditional high school education' for the purpose of awarding a secondary school level (GED) diploma. H. Test category (Achievement, intelligence and general aptitude, etc.) Achievement I. Description of test components (manual, test booklets, etc.): Answer Sheets Part II. Mental Measurements Yearbook (or Tests in Print) A. Date and yearbook number for the review you're using: Yearbook 11 B. Summary of test review (Summary of the reviewers review) Across the nation, there are various tests given to assess students of all ages. The GED (General Educational Development) is now one of the best and reliable assessments as of today. One of the main reasons the GED is now one of the best assessments is because of the exceptionally high reliability of the test, which ranges from .90 to .94. The greatest modification that has been done to improve this assessment has been the implementation of an essay examination. The essay examination section was added because the Tests Specification Committee advised that test takers should not be rewarded high-school equivalency if they cannot be determined to be sufficient in producing and organizing ideas, as well writing proficiently. Measures have also been taken to keep the scoring of the essay piece reliable by sending those who are training to Washington D.C. to be taught how to score appropriately. Two of the readers who have been trained will each analyze and score the essay, with a range of low of 1 to a high of 6. The two reader's scores are combined and the final score will be pulled from the total. If the scores of the two readers are drastically different, a third reader will read and score the paper. Although the scoring and modifications of the GED have been well-liked, the validity of the GED has yet to be proven. Part III. Publisher's Website A. What is the publisher's website for this test: www.gedtest.org. B. Give a brief overview of pricing “ costs for administrator's manual, test booklets, answer sheets, and scoring (if available). Prices for testing ; $37.50 per 10 test batteries; $15.98 per set of 50 universal machine-scorable answer sheets; $12.98 per set of 10 self-scoring answer sheets (for use with half-length practice test U.S. English Form CC only); full-length U.S. English practice test: $36 per set of 5; $14.91 per set of 25 corresponding answer sheets; $24.20 per administrator's set including teacher's manual (1989, 203 pages), scoring materials, and conversion tables, available in U.S. English half-length, U.S. English full-length, Spanish, or French; $40.50 per 10 Spanish-language edition batteries (or $.88 for one test and one universal answer sheet); $15.98 per 50 Spanish-language universal answer sheets; $40.50 per 10 French-language edition batteries (or $4.88 for one test and one universal answer sheet); $15.98 per 50 French-language universal answer sheets; $13.80 per 1 Large Print practice test (U.S. English only) and universal answer sheet; $47.87 per 1 audiocassette practice test (U.S. English only) with large print reference copy. Canadian English practice test batteries (2 forms) available from Gage Publishing Ltd., (416) 293-8141: C27.50 per 10 batteries (avalable singly at C$4.98 each); C$13.68 per 50 Canadian English universal answer sheets; C$25.99 per Canadian English administrator's set. C. From the publisher's website, what are some distinguishing characteristics of this test? Why choose this test in comparison to similar tests? If comparable tests are listed, what are they? Some distinguishing characteristics of the GED is that it offers the only learner-centric program that is recognized and portable from state to state. To date, there ha