GED takers had higher grade 8 test scores and were more likely White and less likely lunch-eligible than HiSET and TASC takers¶

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Evidence · 1 study · associational r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2021 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? GED takers had received higher grade 8 standardized test scores, were more likely to identify as White, and were less likely to have been eligible for the national school lunch program in grade 8 than HiSET and TASC takers. → Jacob Hartog 2021

Evidence¶

Jacob Hartog 2021¶

Jacob Hartog, Lily Fesler, Brittany Tabora. (2021). Characteristics and Performance of High School Equivalency Exam Takers in New Jersey. Regional Educational Laboratory Mid-Atlantic, Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/rel/regions/midatlantic

q2 · i? · associational · r2

Observational comparison across the three New Jersey HSE exams among the same grade 8 cohort. The study reports that "GED takers had received higher grade 8 standardized test scores" and differed in race/ethnicity and lunch eligibility relative to HiSET and TASC takers.

"GED takers had received higher grade 8 standardized test scores, were more likely to identify as White, and were less likely to have been eligible for the national school lunch program in grade 8 than HiSET and TASC takers."

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Under New Jersey's original passing thresholds, first-attempt passing was more likely on the HiSET and TASC than on the GED after controlling for grade 8 test scores — related
• HSE exam takers completed fewer years of school and were more likely to be lunch-eligible and to identify as Black or Hispanic than non-exam takers — related
• Under the new thresholds, two-thirds of GED takers and more than half of HiSET and TASC takers passed on the first attempt, and three-quarters of all takers ever passed each exam — related
• After New Jersey reduced the passing thresholds for two exams, first-attempt passing rates were similar across the three HSE exams — related
• Teachers who were White, female, or had five or more years of experience scored about 14 percentage points higher; emergency-certified teachers scored 14 points lower — related