Enhancing GED Instruction to Prepare Students for College and Careers: Early Success in LaGuardia Community College's Bridge to Health and Business Program. Policy Brief

Autor/inn/en	Martin, Vanessa; Broadus, Joseph
Institution	MDRC
Titel	Enhancing GED Instruction to Prepare Students for College and Careers: Early Success in LaGuardia Community College's Bridge to Health and Business Program. Policy Brief
Quelle	(2013), (12 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	High School Equivalency Programs; Developmental Studies Programs; Health Education; Business Education; Improvement Programs; Program Effectiveness; College Preparation; Change Strategies; Educational Strategies; Enrollment Rate; Achievement Gains; Matched Groups; Control Groups; Comparative Analysis; Program Descriptions; Enrollment Influences; Achievement Need; College Readiness; College Bound Students; Noncollege Bound Students; Adult Education; New York; General Educational Development Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developmental studies; Developmental psychology; Study; Studies; Entwicklungspsychologie; Studium; Gesundheitsaufklärung; Gesundheitsbildung; Gesundheitserziehung; Wirtschaftserziehung; Wirtschaftspädagogik; Effizienzsteigerung; Lösungsstrategie; Lehrstrategie; Achievement gain; Leistungssteigerung; Adult; Adults; Education; Adult basic education; Adult training; Erwachsenenbildung
Abstract	Nationwide, close to 40 million adults lack a high school diploma or a General Educational Development (GED) credential. About a quarter of high school freshmen do not graduate in four years, and while many high school dropouts eventually do attend GED preparation classes, too few ever pass the GED exam or go on to college. Students with only a high school diploma already face long odds of success in a labor market that increasingly prizes specialized training and college education; for GED holders, the chances are even worse. MDRC partnered with LaGuardia Community College of the City University of New York (CUNY) to launch a small but rigorous study of its GED Bridge to Health and Business program, which aims to prepare students not only to pass the GED exam, but also to continue on to college and training programs. The results are highly encouraging: Bridge students were far more likely to complete the class, pass the GED exam, and enroll in college than students in a more traditional GED preparation class. (Contains 1 figure, 2 tables, and 11 notes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2021/2/06