Is the GED an Effective Route to Postsecondary Education for School Dropouts?

Autor/inn/en	Tyler, John; Lofstrom, Magnus
Titel	Is the GED an Effective Route to Postsecondary Education for School Dropouts?
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 29 (2010) 5, S.813-825 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2010.03.001
Schlagwörter	Postsecondary Education; Dropouts; High School Graduates; Grade 8; At Risk Students; Economics; Comparative Analysis; Longitudinal Studies; Educational Attainment; Outcomes of Education; Equivalency Tests; Texas; General Educational Development Tests + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Post-secondary education; Tertiäre Bildung; Drop-out; Drop-outs; Dropout; Early leavers; Schulversagen; High school; High schools; Graduate; Graduates; Oberschule; Absolvent; Absolventin; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Volkswirtschaftslehre; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg
Abstract	We use data from the Texas Schools Microdata Panel (TSMP) to examine the extent to which dropouts use the GED as a route to postsecondary education. Lacking suitable instruments that would allow us to directly address potential biases in estimating the "GED path" to postsecondary education, our approach is to base estimates on a set of academically "at risk" students who are very similar in the 8th grade. We observe that the eventual high school graduates in this group have much better postsecondary education outcomes than do the similar at-risk 8th graders who drop out and obtain a GED. We discuss potential explanations for the observed differences in the postsecondary education outcomes of the two groups. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10