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GED Graduates Compete with HS Graduates
Although it is better to complete a high school program and to do it well, there is something really interesting about success on the GED too. In the spring of 2001, the American Council on Education tested high school seniors on the GED and they tested only those seniors who were expected to meet the academic requirements for graduation.
The average score in the United States on each of the five tests was 500, or 90 points above the minimum. I repeat, in my opinion, it is better for people to continue in high school and get a high school diploma, but there are exceptions. In my last years as a teacher of GED in New York City, my assistant brought her daughter, a dropout from the Bronx High School of Science to my class and demanded that I help her get 350 (now 3500) on the GED so her daughter could start Queens College in the fall. Her daughter obtained 351 and at the age of 16 entered college. There were medical reasons that forced this student to leave high school.
Many students hate to be compared to others but we have the breakdown for different groups to show people who dropped out of high school how well they compare with people who stayed in school and finished.
GED Standard Scores and Estimated National Class Ranking are provided here.
700 is the Top 1 % 670 is the Top 2 % 660 is theTop 3% 640 is the Top 5% 610 is the Top 10% 580 is the Top 15% 570 is the Top 20% 550 is the Top 25%
530 is the Top 33% 520 is the Top 40% 500 is the Top 50% 460 is the Top 55%
450 is the Top 60%
The other 40 is not published.
The American Council on Education uses information that was published in the Occupational Outlook Quarterly, Spring of 2001 that reveals that on the average a person who obtains a GED will earn $7,400 more a year than those who did not graduate from high school.
What does this all mean? People who drop out of high school and obtain the GED can do better than other people in society and compete with some or many of the people who stayed in high school and graduated. There is no reason to give up on your future based on this information. I encourage everyone who wants a GED to complete it now. And I especially urge our youth to put that GED on your job resume now or enroll in college. And please do not throw away that GED book, because I recommend, too, that everyone complete his or her studies after passing the GED, especially with low scores. You will impress more employers either in job interviews and or on the job training and it will help your career.
PLEASE MAKE A COPY OF THIS AND START SHOWING IT TO PEOPLE THAT YOU KNOW.
Photo of Profesor Martin addressing people at a public library seminar about GED. All public libraries and non-for-profit institutions can get his free seminar for the community by e-mail.
MARTIN N. DANENBERG
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ISLANDIA, NY 11749
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