2006 GED Testing Program Statistical Report

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Letter from the AC E P r e s i d e n t ...... i v

Letter from the G e d T e s t i n g S e r v i c e E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r ...... v

A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s ...... v i i

E x e c u t i v e S u m m a r y ...... i x

I n t r o d u c t i o n ...... 1 About the Data ...... 1 About the 2002 Series GED Tests...... 3

S e c t i o n I : W h o L ac k s a H i g h s C h o o l D i pl o m a a n d W h o T o o k t h e G e d T e s t s ? ...... 5 Who Lacks a High School Diploma?...... 5 Who Took the GED Tests? ...... 7 GED Candidate Demographics...... 10 Candidate Performance on the GED Tests...... 12

S e c t i o n i i : W h o P a s s e d t h e G e d T e s t s ? ...... 1 3 GED Passer Demographics...... 15 Passer Performance on the GED Tests...... 17

S e c t i o n i i i : T rends in the G e d T e s t i n g P r o g r a m ...... 1 9 Foreign-Language Versions...... 19 Audiocassette, Braille, and Large-Print Editions...... 20 Other Trends...... 20

S e c t i o n i v : About the G e d T e s t i n g P r o g r a m ...... 2 3 GEDTS Vision ...... 23 GEDTS Mission...... 23 GEDTS Values...... 23 Partnership ...... 23 History of the GED Tests...... 24 GEDTS Staff ...... 24 GED Administrators...... 25 GEDTS Advisory Committee...... 30 ACE Board of Directors...... 32 GEDTS Publications ...... 33

A pp e n d i c e s Appendix A: GED Testing Program Policies, by Jurisdiction: 2006...... 34 Appendix B: Percentage of GED Candidates, by Age Group and Average Age: 2006 ...... 38 Appendix C: Percentage of GED Candidates, by Gender: 2006 ...... 40 Appendix D: Percentage of GED Candidates, by Race/Ethnicity: 2006...... 42 Appendix E: Percentage of GED Candidates, by Highest Grade Completed, and Mean and Mode Highest Grade Completed: 2006...... 44 Appendix F: Percentage of GED Candidates, by Years Out of School and Average Years Out: 2006...... 46 Appendix G1: Percentage of Candidates Reporting Various Reasons for Taking the GED Tests in the United States: 2006...... 48 Appendix G2: Percentage of Candidates Reporting Various Reasons for Taking the GED Tests in Insular Areas and Federal and Other Contracts: 2006...... 50 Appendix H1: Standard Score Statistics for All GED Candidates in Language Arts, Writing; Social Studies; and Language Arts, Reading Tests: 2006...... 52 Appendix H2: Standard Score Statistics for All GED Candidates in Science and Mathematics Tests: 2006 ...... 54 Appendix I: GED Candidate Participation, by Number Tested, Percentage Who Completed Battery of Tests, and Percentage Who Passed: Changes from 2005 to 2006...... 56 Appendix J: Percentage of GED Passers, by Age Group and Average Age: 2006...... 58 Appendix K: Percentage of GED Passers, by Gender: 2006...... 60 Appendix L: Percentage of GED Passers, by Race/Ethnicity: 2006...... 62 Appendix M: Percentage of GED Passers, by Highest Grade Completed, and Mean and Mode Highest Grade Completed: 2006...... 64 Appendix N: Percentage of GED Passers, by Years Out of School and Average Years Out: 2006...... 66 Appendix O1: Percentage of Passers Reporting Various Reasons for Taking the GED Tests in the United States: 2006...... 68 Appendix O2: Percentage of Passers Reporting Various Reasons for Taking the GED Tests in Insular Areas and Federal and Other Contracts: 2006...... 70 Appendix P1: Standard Score Statistics for All GED Passers in Language Arts, Writing; Social Studies; and Language Arts, Reading Tests: 2006...... 72 Appendix P2: Standard Score Statistics for All GED Passers in Science Test, Mathematics Test, and Test Battery: 2006...... 74 Appendix Q: Number of GED Candidates Tested, by Language: 2006...... 76 Appendix R: Number of GED Candidates Tested, by Special Edition of the GED Tests: 2006...... 78 Appendix S: Trends in GED Testing, All Candidates: 1949–2006 ...... 80 Appendix T: Selected Statistics on GED Candidates, by Jurisdictional Group: 2002–2006 ...... 82 Appendix U: Number of GED Credentials Issued, by Series Tests (1943–2001) and Number of GED Passers, by 2002 Series GED Tests (2002–2006)...... 84 Appendix V: Selected Statistics on GED Passers, by Jurisdictional Group: 2002–2006...... 86 Appendix W: Formulas for Table Statistics...... 88 L i s t o f t A b l e s a n d F i g u r e s

L i s t o f t A b l e s Table 1: GED Tests Average Standard Score and Estimated National Class Rank of Graduating U .S . High School Seniors: 2001...... 4 Table 2: Target Population and GED Candidates Who Tested, Completed, and Passed: 2006...... 8

L i s t o f F i g u r e s Figure 1: Percentage of U .S . Adults Without a High School Diploma, by State...... 5 Figure 2: Percentage of U .S . Adults in Key Demographic Groups Without a High School Diploma ...... 6 Figure 3: Percentage of U .S . and Canadian Adults Without a High School Diploma Who Took the GED Tests, by State or Province/Territory: 2006 ...... 7 Figure 4: Standard Score Distributions for All Candidates in the GED Testing Program, by Content Area Test: 2006 ...... 12 Figure 5: Percentage of Adults Without a High School Diploma Who Passed the GED Tests, by State: 2006...... 13 Figure 6: Pass Rates on the GED Tests, by U .S . State: 2006...... 14 Figure 7: Pass Rates on the GED Tests, by Canadian Province/Territory: 2006 ...... 15 Figure 8: Standard Score Distributions for All U .S . GED Passers, by Content Area Test: 2006...... 18 Figure 9: Standard Score Distributions for All Canadian GED Passers, by Content Area Test: 2006...... 18 Figure 10: Number of Candidates Tested with Spanish- and French-Language GED Tests: 1999–2006 ...... 19 Figure 11: Percentage of Candidates Who Tested with Special Editions of the GED Tests: 1999–2006...... 20 Figure 12: Trends in the Number of Candidates Who Tested, Completed, and Passed the GED Tests: 1995–2006. . . . . 21 Letter from the ACE President r e s i d e n t P

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n behalf of the American Council on Education (ACE), the parent organization of the General Educational Development (GED) Testing Service, I salute the 419,000 adults who passed the GED Tests in 2006. We Ohope these motivated individuals feel the satisfaction of achieving a major personal goal that is a critical step in expanding their opportunities, whether they pursue further postsecondary education or seek advancement in the workforce. They are role models for their families and inspirations to their communities.

etter from the A It is also important to applaud the many GED Administrators, GED Examiners, and staff members who deliver the L program and administer the tests. Without their commitment to the GED Testing Service, our ability to reach so many individuals would be limited. We thank them for their dedication.

It is clear to those of us in higher education, as well as political and business leaders, that in order for the United States to thrive in the current global economy—in which knowledge is the ultimate currency—we must harness the talent of all our citizens. This includes adults who may not have had the opportunity to earn a high school diploma. Passing the GED Tests provides these adults with a credential that earns them the prospect of pursuing a college or university education, attaining better employment, and ultimately making meaningful contributions to the knowledge economy.

Lifelong learning is a cornerstone of the GED Testing Service as well as a fundamental area of focus for ACE. We continue to place special emphasis on providing programs that promote adult access to and success in postsecondary education and the workforce, and ensure that the value of nontraditional learning is upheld.

This 2006 GED® Testing Program Statistical Report is intended to provide you with useful information about those who take and pass the GED Tests and I trust that it will encourage further research and discussion. rt p o

e David Ward President American Council on Education i c a l R st i t a t S ® GED iv 2 0 0 6 Slettere c t i o nfrom I the G e d T e s t i n g S e r v i c e E x e c u t i v e D i r e c t o r GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 2 0 0 6 —our latest annual Testing Program Statistical Report ®

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e are pleased to deliver to you the statistical report of all GED test takers. As in the past, this should prove to be a valuable resource for those inside and outside the GED testing program community who study these data with the goal of

Sylvia E. Robinson Assistant Vice President and Executive Director GED Testing Service certificate, or credential for a second chance at fulfilling their dreams. My expectation is that the information in this report will be shared, discussed, and analyzed to spur research and policy discussions that will ultimately benefit the people we serve. this report. We share a common, crucial goal: to offer adults a second chance to earn a high school equivalency diploma, Our collaboration with our new International Database (IDB) contractor has enhanced the data verification procedure, and the internal staff and organizational changes we have made bring our best resources to bear on on input from our jurisdictional partners and other valued colleagues. While we are pleased with our progress thus far in presenting this latest report, we remain committed to exploring additional approaches to improve the presentation of information and analyses provided in the future. improving the services and opportunities offered to adults on local, state/provincial/territorial, and national levels. We strive to present the data in a clear and accessible format. As in past years, we have made changes based W Letter from the GED Testing Service Executive Director

Acknowledgments d e l w o n k c A g s t n e m e wish to acknowledge Carol Ezzelle, Anne Guison-Dowdy, and Wei Song of the GED Testing Service (GEDTS) for their contributions to the Wdata analyses, authorship, and production of this report. Several GEDTS colleagues provided comments that improved this report, including Ruth Johnston, Jeanna Grimes, Yung-chen Hsu, Lyn Schaefer, Sylvia Robinson, Bob MacGillivray, Adora Beard, Raghu Nath, and Martha Bozman. We also thank Jaci King, assistant vice president of the American Council on Education’s (ACE) Center for Policy Analysis, and the ACE staff who edited and designed this report.

This publication was made possible through the exceptional leadership of the GED Administrators and GED Examiners who direct the testing program, serve the candidates, and partner with GEDTS to provide adults with a second opportunity to earn a high school equivalency credential, diploma, or certificate. Finally, we extend our appreciation to the official GED scoring sites for providing candidate demographic and test information and to MARSYS for managing the centralized database. D E G ® S t a t i T S R l a c i e o p T R

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he 2006 GED® Testing Program Statistical Report own GED testing program, is dependent upon the

is the 49th annual report in the program’s 65- funding it receives, and establishes many testing pro- a y r Tyear history of providing a second opportunity gram policies. Hence, it is important to recognize that to adults without a high school diploma to earn their jurisdictional policies, including those of testing fees jurisdiction’s1 GED credential, and, as a result, advance and prescreening and retesting requirements, vary and their educational, personal, and professional aspira- undoubtedly affect testing program outcomes such as tions. The report provides candidate demographic and pass rates. For example, jurisdictions that prescreen GED Tests performance statistics as well as historical candidates by requiring them to pass the Official GED information on the GED testing program. The GED Practice Tests generally have higher GED Tests battery Testing Service (GEDTS)™, with the cooperation of pass rates. Some jurisdictions may require a candidate jurisdictions who administer the GED Tests, is the sole to complete the entire battery before retesting on an source of worldwide data on the GED testing program individual test for which he or she did not earn the and the adults the program serves. minimum standard score; if the retesting occurs in the next calendar year, that candidate would be counted as The GEDTS mission is as follows: As a nonprofit pro- failing in the current year’s statistical report. This report gram of the American Council on Education, GEDTS draws attention to several known cases in which the stands as the only legitimate and time-honored archi- outcomes are the evidence of disparate policies. tect of the Tests of General Educational Development (GED® Tests) that certify the high school–level academ- Highlights of the 2006 GED® Testing Program Statistical ic achievement of national and international non–high Report include the following: school graduates. In collaboration with key partners, we develop, deliver, and safeguard our tests; we analyze the testing program and its participants; and we S e c t i o n I : W h o L ac k s a H i g h s C h o o l develop policies, procedures, and programs to ensure D i pl o m a a n d W h o T o o k t h e G e d T e s t s ? equal access to our tests. • The 2000 U.S. Census indicates that more than In 2006, more than 714,000 adults worldwide took 39 million adults in the United States aged 16 and 2

some portion of the GED test battery of five tests mea- older, or 18 percent of the U.S. adult population, D E G suring writing, reading, social studies, science, and lack a high school diploma. mathematics. Of that total, more than 614,000 complet- ® S

ed the battery of tests. More than 419,000 of the com- • Across the entire GED testing program in 2006, t a

pleters—nearly 68 percent—met the passing standard 1.5 percent of adults without a high school diploma t i by earning scores equal to or above those earned by took one or more parts of the GED test battery, T S

40 percent of graduating high school seniors. 1.3 percent of adults without a high school diploma R l a c i completed the battery, and 0.9 percent passed the Although this report is presented in such a way to battery. In other words, of all the adults who lack e

facilitate comparisons across jurisdictions of pass rates, a high school diploma, only one out of every 100 o p candidate demographics, and trends across time, a attempted and passed the GED Tests. T R word of caution is warranted for making such comparisons. Ultimately, each jurisdiction manages its

1 Throughout this report, the term jurisdiction is used to refer to an entity such as a U.S. state, U.S. insular area, Canadian province or

territory, U.S. military facility, correctional institution, and VA hospital that administered a GED testing program. 6 0 0 2

2 For the purposes of this report, an adult is someone aged 16 or older in the United States and the insular areas. This definition is consistent with the definition in the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and the U.S. Code (Title 20: Education, Chapter 73: Adult Education and Literacy, Subchapter I: Adult Education and Family Literacy, Paragraph 9202: Definitions). In a context of adult basic and secondary education, these three sources define adults as individuals “who have attained 16 years of age and who are not enrolled or required to be enrolled in secondary school under state law.” For Canada, adults are people 15 years and older, based on 2001 Canadian Census data. 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt E x e c u t i v e S u m m a r y • • • • • • • Language Arts, Writing Tests (88 percent). (88 Tests Writing Arts, Language and percent) (81 Mathematics the on score dard stan minimum the meet to enough high scored candidates Fewer percent). (90 Studies Social and percent); (91 Reading Arts, Language percent); (93 Science tests: three following the for highest were Canada) in 450 and States United the in (410 test area content each on score standard minimum jurisdiction’s their achieving candidates of age percent the 2006, in tested who candidates all For career. military their support or military the enter to tested they that indicated candidates of percent Seven testing. for job, better a get to primarily reasons, employment identified percent Forty-eight satisfaction. personal and model role positive a being as such reasons, personal for tested they indicated percent, 52 candidates, all of half than More reasons. tional educa for tested they that indicated candidates of percent 60 Nearly Tests. GED the taking for reasons prevalent most the were reasons Educational years. eight approximately was testing before school of out years of number average overall The Tests. GED the taking before years 10 than more waited candidates the of percent 25 Yet less. or year one for school of out been had they that indicated candidates the of percent 30 Overall, education. school high their of more or half completed they that reported candidates all of percent 70 2006, In origin. Hispanic of were percent 19 and American, African were percent 23 white, were percent 53 2006, in tested they when race/ethnicity indicated who candidates all Of Tests. GED Series 2002 the of life the over stable relatively remained have candidates of distributions race/ethnicity The percent. 3 at candidates, of group smallest the up made older and years 50 aged candidates age, of years 90 over adults reaches program testing GED the Although candidates. all of percent 30 for accounted old years 18 to 16 candidates 2006, In candidates. Canadian for years 31 and candidates U.S. for years 25 approximately at stable relatively remained has age average the Tests, GED Series 2002 the of release the Since years. 25 was candidates all of age average The former. the influences often ter lat The policies. center testing and jurisdictional and Tests, GED the take to preparation of levels dates’ candi issues: major two by affected are rates pass and completion Tests GED passed. percent 68 2006, in battery test GED the completed who those Of

- - - - • • S • • • • • e preparation. test one-on-one offered and/or charge, of free Tests Practice GED Official the offered tests, the take to preparedness of evidence show to candidates their required others three least at and Tests Practice GED Official the pass to candidates their required five rates, pass highest the with jurisdictions 10 the Of Tests. GED the taking before Tests Practice GED Official the pass and/or study of program education adult an completed have to candidates required generally rates pass higher had that Jurisdictions Canada. in tested they if 450 or States United the in tested they if score test area content individual each on 410 of score mum mini a earning and greater), or 2,250 of total score standard a to (equivalent tests area content vidual indi five the on greater or 450 of score average an earning by Tests GED the passed adults) 419,000 than (more candidates of percent 68 2006, In average standard scores. standard average the by indicated as tests difficult most two the were Writing Arts, Language and Mathematics seniors. school high graduating U.S. of percent 33 top mated esti the by achievable score a to corresponds higher or 528 of score a 528; was tests area content five the across score standard average battery test GED The 2006. in passers GED by testing for reason endorsed quently fre most the was testing for reason educational an candidates, GED of population entire the with As years. seven nearly was passers GED for school of out years of number average The higher. or grade 10th completed passers GED the of percent 73 2006, In tested. who race/ethnicity each in candidates of number the to relative stable remained have and 2005 to similar were percentages these of All Islander/Hawaiian. Pacific percent 1 and Asian, percent 2 Native, Alaska or Indian American percent 2 Hispanic, percent 16 American, African percent 17 white, percent 62 was 2006 in passers all of distribution race/ethnicity The Tests. GED Series 2002 the of operation the within years 25 and 24 between remained has and years, 24 was jurisdictions all across passers of age average The c n o i t i i : W P o h a G e h t d e s s d e

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• Four jurisdictions (Puerto Rico, California, Texas, • GEDTS is a program of the American Council on and New York) accounted for over 55 percent of Education (ACE). As such, its mission, vision, and S

the more than 30,000 candidates who tested pre- values are tied to those of ACE, and GEDTS shares m m u dominantly using the Spanish-language version. ACE’s core values of inclusiveness and diversity.

New York and New Brunswick tested 78 percent of GEDTS recognizes the responsibility of those in the a y r the 752 candidates who used the French-language educational community to contribute to society, and version. embraces the belief that widespread access to excellent postsecondary education, particularly for those • Since 1943, the GED Tests have provided a second- adult learners who seek lifelong learning, is the cor- chance opportunity to more than 16 million indi- nerstone of a democratic society. viduals who have passed the tests. • The GED testing program is an international part- • The average volume of testing for the 2003–2006 nership involving the GED Testing Service, each of administrations of the 2002 Series GED Tests was the 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia, the only about 84 percent of the average volume Canadian provinces and territories, the U.S. insular observed in the 1995–2000 administrations of the areas, the U.S. military, and federal correctional insti- 1988 Series GED Tests. It is unclear what or whether tutions. GEDTS develops and delivers the GED Tests societal or jurisdictional changes affected testing vol- and establishes the test administration procedures ume. and passing standard. All jurisdictions administer the GED Tests and award their high school equivalency • In general, since 2002 there have been gradual diplomas, certificates, or credentials to adults who increases each year in the number of candidates meet the GED Tests passing standard and any other who tested and the number of candidates who com- jurisdictional requirements. pleted the GED Tests. • In total, the jurisdictions operate more than • Sixty-eight percent of completers passed the GED 3,200 Official GED Testing Centers worldwide. Tests in 2006, compared with 72 percent in 2005. Self-reported testing center profile data in 2006 indi- The 2006 pass rate was closer to pass rates observed cated that adults can take the GED Tests throughout in the years 1997 to 2003, when pass rates ranged the year, with more than 47 percent of the centers from 69 percent to 71 percent. offering tests at least once a week and 79 percent at

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I ntroduction GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 2 0 0 6 - - - - - centers outside the ™ a t d A e t h o d o l o g y one of 19 official GED electronic scoring centers for processing. Candidate- and test-level data were then uploaded to a centralized database. Demographic surveys completed by GED candidates who took one or more of the GED Tests in 2006 were used to create the candidate-level data demographic tables and figures in this report. All demographic analyses were based on available candidate responses to the demographic survey that candidates completed candidates by requiring them to pass the Official GED Practice Tests generally have higher GED Tests battery pass rates. Some jurisdictions may require a candidate to complete the entire test battery before retesting on an individual test for which he or she did not earn the minimum standard score; if the retesting occurs in the next calendar year, that candidate would be counted as failing in the current year’s statistical report. This report draws attention to several known cases in which the outcomes are the evidence of disparate policies. A b o u t t h e M This report presents available data from the 2006 administration of the GED testing program. Data collec tion began at the more than 3,200 Official GED Testing Centers, which operated in the 50 states, the District of Columbia, eight insular areas, 13 Canadian prov inces and territories, U.S. military bases throughout the world, federal correctional institutions, veterans admin istration hospitals, and Prometric above-mentioned jurisdictions. Candidate demographic surveys, completed by candidates at the time they began testing, and test booklets were forwarded to Although this report is presented in such a way to facilitate comparisons across jurisdictions on pass rates, candidate demographics, and trends across time, a word of caution is warranted for making such com parisons. GEDTS develops and delivers, and specifies the use, administration, passing standard, and security protocol for the GED Tests. However, ultimately, each jurisdiction manages its own GED testing program, is dependent upon the funding it receives, and estab lishes many testing program policies (see Appendix A). It is important to recognize that jurisdictional policies (and even policies implemented at individual Official GED Testing Centers), including those of testing fees and prescreening and retesting requirements, vary and undoubtedly affect testing program outcomes such as pass rates. For example, jurisdictions that prescreen - - - - -

ince 1958, the GED Testing Service (GEDTS)™ has produced annual statistical reports profiling GED candidates and the GED testing program.

committee members. Information about the GED testing program, includ ing the jurisdictional policies for issuing high school equivalency credentials, diplomas, or certificates; GEDTS staff members; GED Administrators and their contact information; and ACE and GEDTS board and who passed the GED Tests in the report year. program, testing GED the about information Trend ver foreign-language of use the on statistics as such trend and Tests, GED the of editions special and sions since jurisdiction by and series test by information 1943. The potential need for high school equivalency credentials among adults and a description of the population of adults without a high school diploma who took the GED Tests in the report year. Demographic and test score summaries for adults • • • present the following: • tions that administered the GED Tests in 2006, and is divided into four sections and a series of appendices. These sections combine figures, tables, and text to educational, personal, and professional aspirations. This report presents data made available from jurisdic ing the GED Tests and earning their jurisdictions’ high school equivalency credential, diploma, or certificate, these adults gain a second chance to advance their tests. More than 419,000 of the completers—nearly 68 percent—met the GED Tests passing standard by earning scores equal to or above those earned by 40 percent of graduating high school seniors. By pass In 2006, more than 714,000 adults worldwide took some portion of the GED test battery of five tests. Of that total, more than 614,000 completed the battery of outcomes, such as pass rates for the GED Tests, as well as to identify areas for further study. report to assist in making informed educational and policy decisions. Many will use the report to note the effects of testing program policies on testing program candidate demographics and testing program outcomes across jurisdictions and years. GED testing program partners and other interested constituents may use this S These reports were developed primarily for GED test ing program partners who use the data to compare Introduction at the time they began testing. A second demographic Statistics on adults who passed the GED Tests were survey may have been completed if a jurisdiction based on candidates who completed all five content was not aware that a candidate tested previously in area tests and met the passing standard by the end of another jurisdiction. In accordance with the passage of the current report year. If those passers tested more Canada’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIPP) in 2003, than once on a content area test(s), their best test score

ntroduction only age and gender statistics are reported for the was used in analyses; this best score may have been a I Canadian jurisdictions. score obtained in a previous year. For most candidates, the earliest year one or more of the five tests may have To be included in the current report, a candidate must been completed is 2002. However, candidates who have taken at least one of the five content area tests tested in Prometric centers outside the United States in the GED test battery in the current report year and and Canada could have taken one or more of the tests must not have passed the battery in a prior year.3 as early as 1988. Candidates were represented in the jurisdiction where they last tested in the current report year. Hence, each Again, keep in mind that when making comparisons candidate was represented only once in the analyses. across jurisdictions, it is important to avoid over- Prior to the 2002 Series GED Tests, when individual interpretation of any differences that appear. For jurisdictions provided summary statistics to GEDTS, example, if one jurisdiction has a higher pass rate than multiple jurisdictions may have reported the same can- another, this may reflect underlying differences in GED didate if the candidate tested in more than one jurisdic- testing program policies, such as prescreening require- tion. ments (see Appendix A), homogeneity of candidates in jurisdictions, or statistics based on a small number of Even though each candidate was represented only candidates. once in the statistics, the jurisdictional groupings used in some of the figures and all of the tables do not provide mutually exclusive distinctions in terms of geo- D efinitions of T e r m s graphic location. For example, Michigan prisons data Adult—For the purposes of this report, an adult is were reported under federal and other contracts and someone aged 16 or older in the United States and the not under the state of Michigan because Michigan pris- insular areas. This definition is consistent with the defi- ons fund and manage their own GED testing program nition in the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act, independent of the state of Michigan’s GED testing Title II of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and program. However, Michigan prisons were not the only the U.S. Code (Title 20: Education, Chapter 73: Adult prisons or correctional facilities to administer the GED Education and Literacy, Subchapter I: Adult Education Tests. Other jurisdictions tested prisoners, and those and Family Literacy, Paragraph 9202: Definitions). In a candidates were included in their respective jurisdic- context of adult basic and secondary education, these

rt tion’s statistics. three sources define adults as individuals “who have attained 16 years of age and who are not enrolled or p o

e All scores referred to in this report are standard scores required to be enrolled in secondary school under that range from 200 to 800. The GED Tests score state law.” For Canada, adults are people 15 years and analyses based on all candidates used the best stan- older, based on 2001 Canadian Census data. i c a l R dard score that was earned in the current report year. st i Standard score statistics were based on scores from the Federal and other contracts—Federal correctional insti- t

a English-, Spanish-, and French-language versions. In tutions, international (civilian) testing sites, Michigan t

S 2006, Prometric centers operating abroad still admin- prisons, DANTES (Defense Activity for Non-Traditional ® istered the 1988 Series GED Tests. Because the 1988 Education Support; military and dependent family Series GED Tests measure somewhat different content members tested on military facilities in the United GED from the 2002 Series GED Tests and the standard States and internationally), and veterans administration scores are on a different scale, scores from Prometric (VA) hospitals. centers were not included in any standard score analyses. GED candidates—Adults who have taken at least one of the five tests in the GED test battery, regardless of whether they completed or met the GED Tests passing standard. The term test takers is often used inter- changeably with candidates. 2 0 0 6

3 Some candidates who passed the GED test battery may have continued to retake one or more of the GED Tests in an attempt to increase their scores for scholarships, trade or educational program entrance, and so forth. I GED completers—Candidates who have taken all five • The GED Tests passing standard is rigorous. In n o i t c u d o r t n tests in the GED test battery, regardless of whether order to pass the GED Tests, a candidate’s perfor- they met the GED Tests passing standard. The number mance must meet or surpass the performance of of completers serves as the denominator for calculating 40 percent of traditional graduating high school the pass rate. All five tests must be completed in order seniors. for the candidate to have an opportunity to be consid- ered a passer. • The GED Tests are demanding. The five tests amount to 7½ hours of testing and measure skills GED passers—Completers who have earned an aver- in communication, information processing, problem age score of 450 or greater on the five individual solving, and critical thinking. content area tests (equivalent to a standard score total of 2,250 or greater) and have, in addition, earned individual content area test scores of 410 or greater in the D eveloping the 2 0 0 2 S e r i e s G e d T e s t s United States or 450 or greater in Canada. The number During the four years of development culminating of adults who met the passing standard serves as the in the release of the new GED Tests series in 2002, numerator for calculating the pass rate. Some jurisdic- national panels of experts researched and created the tions require adults to fulfill additional requirements test specifications, new test questions were developed, beyond passing the GED Tests in order to receive their a score scale was determined, and the passing stan- GED credential. dard for the 2002 Series GED Tests was established. GEDTS follows the Standards for Educational and Insular areas—Include all commonwealths, territories, Psychological Testing established by the American and freely associated states. Although the U.S. Office Psychological Association, the American Educational of Insular Affairs does not exercise responsibility for Research Association, and the National Council on Puerto Rico, Puerto Rico is referred to as an insular Measurement in Education (1999). area. The term insular areas replaces IAFAS (Insular Areas and Freely Associated States), which was used in The creation of test specifications involved enlisting the annual statistical reports in 2004 and prior. aid of content matter experts who had specific knowledge of classroom practices and also state, provincial, Jurisdictions—An entity such as a U.S. state, U.S. insu- or national curriculum standards. A diverse group of lar area, Canadian province or territory, U.S. military these experts—diverse geographically and in gender facility, correctional institution, and VA hospital that and ethnicity—made up each GED Tests content area administers a GED testing program. committee. Each of the committees was charged with the same broad goal, to identify what is currently being

taught in U.S. and Canadian high schools. To achieve D E G About the 2002 S e r i e s G e d T e s t s this, each committee inventoried the current curricu-

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60 years. The GED Tests certify these competencies, no Test questions were field-tested on graduating high R l a c i matter where or in what manner the individual learned school seniors before becoming a part of final test them. Every participating jurisdiction worldwide rec- forms. Each test question underwent multiple reviews e

ognizes that an adult who passed the GED Tests has by internal and external content specialists. Test ques- o p earned scores equal to or greater than those earned by tions included on the GED Tests were reviewed for T R 40 percent of recent high school graduates. fairness using both judgmental and psychometric procedures. Only questions that showed evidence of • The GED Tests provide adults the opportunity to meeting both content and statistical requirements—that certify their attainment of high school–level knowl- match the content specifications, have passed fairness edge and skills. The 2002 Series GED Tests reflect reviews, and possess appropriate values of discrimina- high school curriculum standards developed at the tion and difficulty—were included on the GED test national and jurisdictional levels while including forms. The entire test development process provided 6 0 0 2 content relevant to the workplace and community. support that the tests were as free as possible from The five tests in the GED test battery are Language materials that might be advantageous or disadvanta- Arts, Writing; Language Arts, Reading; Social Studies; geous to particular groups of individuals and that each Science; and Mathematics. question truly measured an adult’s knowledge and skills. During the 2001 standardization and norming, the first Separate norms are prepared for the United States, three operational GED test forms were administered to Canada, and Puerto Rico. Currently, the percentile a national stratified random sample of graduating high ranks reported for the 2002 Series GED Tests are based school seniors in order to establish normative scores on the 2001 standardization and norming (see Table (norms) and to set the passing standard. Only seniors 1). In spring 2007, GEDTS conducted its second norm-

ntroduction who were expected to meet the academic requirements ing within the 2002 Series GED Tests in order to devel- I for graduation were included in all GEDTS’s test develop updated norms. In the United States, beginning in opment studies. The norms—percentile ranks—allow 2008, percentile ranks will reflect comparison of an comparison of an adult’s performance on the GED adult’s performance on the GED Tests to the perfor- Tests to the performance of graduating high school mance of graduating high school seniors in 2007. seniors in 2001. Individual jurisdictions may set a passing standard higher, but not lower, than the passing GED Tests scores have the following properties: standard established by GEDTS. • The median GED Tests standard score for U.S. In the years after the standardization, GEDTS complet- graduating high school seniors is 500 for each of the ed a series of three yearlong development processes five tests. by equating additional operational GED test forms of the tests, amounting to a total of 11 operational forms • The standard deviation is 100 points for U.S. gradu- of the 2002 Series GED Tests in the English language. ating high school seniors.

• The percentage of graduating seniors who scored I nterpreting G e d T e s t s S c o r e s at or below each GED Tests standard score value is Each test score is reported on a standardized scale the same for each of the five tests. ranging from 200 to 800. To pass the GED Tests, a candidate must attain an average of the five individual • The percentile ranks provided on the Official content area test scores of 450 or greater (equivalent to Transcript of GED Tests Results are those for gradu- a standard score total of 2,250 or greater); in addition, ating high school seniors, not for the GED candi- each individual content area test score must be 410 or dates. greater in the United States and insular areas and 450 or greater in Canada (see Appendix A for individual • A GED candidate’s national class rank can be esti- jurisdiction requirements). The passing standard used mated based on the average standard score of all in the United States and insular areas follows a model five tests. that allows students to compensate for performance in one content area by stronger performance in another; t A b l e 1

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S mation, and express themselves in writing at a level ® meeting or exceeding that of at least 40 percent of 640 Top 5% graduating high school seniors. In other words, four 610 Top 10% GED out of 10 graduating high school seniors could not 580 Top 15% pass the GED Tests on their first attempt. 570 Top 20% 550 Top 25% In addition to standard scores, the GED Tests also 530 Top 33% report normative scores—percentile ranks—based on a nationally representative, stratified random sample of 520 Top 40% graduating high school students tested in the spring of 500 Top 50% their senior year. The GED Tests standard scores and 460 Top 55% 2 0 0 6 percentile ranks can be used to describe the perfor- 450 Top 60% mance of knowledge and skills of an adult who takes Source: 2001 GED® Testing Service. the GED Tests compared with the performance of con- temporary, traditional, graduating high school seniors. S e c t i o n I GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 2 0 0 6 -

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NA NA C 1 andidates andidates Candidates 676,020 22,936 12,719 21,486 24,182 51,780 13,846 11,526 11,325 10,188 19,391 12,158 12,095 12,787 25,843 31,424 42,899 13,848 47,033 18,121 11,428 16,579 19,979 21,146 55,858 14,726 (N) 2,243 8,715 3,223 9,202 1,821 8,070 2,438 5,235 3,923 3,275 8,478 4,013 9,799 4,589 5,754 5,419 2,048 1,047 4,833 8,106 3,072 5,884 1,749 5,166 1,461 6,399 6,571 T ested in2006 639 151 114 244 NA W 80 59 39 ho ho T ested, ested, Tested (%) 2.7 1.3 2.0 1.4 3.3 1.9 1.5 2.6 1.9 1.8 3.0 1.3 2.1 1.8 2.4 3.9 1.5 2.1 2.4 1.6 1.7 1.4 2.9 1.2 1.6 1.7 2.0 1.6 1.6 3.9 1.6 2.4 1.8 1.1 0.6 1.2 3.2 0.9 1.7 2.5 5.9 1.4 0.5 0.6 0.5 1.0 0.4 4.0 2.9 1.6 3.5 2.2 2.5 3.4 1.6 1.5 1.7 0.6 – – – C ompleted, and and ompleted, Candidates 580,107 12,254 23,084 26,979 39,594 10,134 38,260 16,239 13,282 19,585 48,928 14,533 20,075 21,249 14,423 50,564 13,300 11,296 10,674 14,325 10,702 11,890 Battery of Battery (N) 8,267 4,515 3,683 3,800 1,927 1,014 4,329 7,998 1,943 3,601 1,353 9,021 4,998 6,093 1,547 8,604 2,022 8,970 9,113 1,225 6,634 1,846 5,161 2,688 2,671 7,132 8,118 2,885 9,642 4,148 639 142 242 899 NA 44 30 52 37 Completed in2006 P Completed assed: assed: Tests 100.0 (%) 98.4 64.0 95.8 89.3 70.1 94.1 85.9 92.3 96.8 89.6 73.2 81.3 98.7 89.6 63.2 72.3 94.0 61.2 38.6 37.5 88.1 99.2 94.9 77.4 54.4 96.7 66.5 92.6 61.5 95.2 87.6 98.7 69.0 98.7 62.7 87.5 70.5 99.0 98.9 67.3 59.6 97.7 82.2 96.1 75.7 98.6 68.5 81.6 98.0 94.3 70.0 73.9 88.0 95.8 71.9 98.4 98.3 85.8 63.1 – 2 2 00 6 Completed Population Battery of Battery Target Tests (%) 1.0 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.4 2.7 1.5 2.1 1.6 1.1 0.6 1.1 2.3 0.7 1.7 2.2 3.8 0.5 0.4 0.2 1.0 0.4 3.1 1.6 1.5 2.3 2.1 1.5 3.3 1.4 1.5 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.3 2.3 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.1 1.8 2.4 1.2 1.6 1.7 1.6 3.2 1.5 2.0 1.7 1.2 1.5 1.3 2.1 1.2 1.6 1.5 0.4 – – – 398,409 Candidates 13,561 17,065 26,046 26,392 11,219 10,877 13,173 31,702 10,283 13,155 16,323 12,049 28,345 (N) 4,113 3,963 3,632 9,785 3,253 1,371 2,739 8,309 6,517 1,702 1,383 1,154 7,264 3,213 4,786 1,241 5,594 1,431 7,575 6,293 1,008 4,204 7,879 1,508 3,498 2,254 2,006 8,597 5,979 5,789 9,839 6,932 5,095 2,488 6,584 8,724 1,655 Battery of Battery 524 598 145 778 NA 75 18 19 12 3 P assed in2006 Passed Tests 87.8 98.6 79.9 58.7 85.6 71.1 63.3 65.8 51.7 93.6 63.3 82.0 69.0 81.5 69.1 87.6 49.8 52.8 38.4 40.9 63.3 59.9 32.4 85.3 80.5 64.3 81.9 67.3 86.5 78.5 64.8 70.8 80.2 65.0 70.8 65.5 84.4 69.1 76.8 82.3 83.5 56.1 63.4 59.2 81.7 67.8 83.9 75.1 76.1 56.0 81.2 68.7 64.8 62.8 86.2 68.3 73.4 68.7 39.9 (%) 5.8 – Population Battery of Battery Passed Target Tests (%) 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.6 0.1 2.6 1.3 1.0 1.9 1.4 1.3 2.6 0.9 1.0 1.5 0.8 0.9 0.8 1.9 1.3 1.2 1.4 0.9 1.0 1.5 0.7 1.3 1.2 1.4 2.4 1.1 1.1 1.4 0.8 1.0 0.8 1.8 0.8 1.2 1.5 1.3 1.2 0.8 2.3 1.0 1.3 1.1 0.6 0.6 0.7 1.9 0.5 1.4 1.5 3.3 0.5 1.0 0.2 – – – S e c t i o n I GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 2 0 0 6 – – – – – – – 0.1 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.6 0.9 (%) Tests Target Passed Battery of Population Testing Service Data. ® – 0.0 (%) 66.1 68.3 63.5 52.0 55.8 74.2 69.7 66.6 50.7 63.1 53.4 18.3 74.2 60.9 46.9 58.2 79.3 78.6 67.0 Tests Passed 6 assed in 200 P Sources: 2006 GED 0 31 30 23 759 239 708 101 581 220 795 – Battery of 8,325 1,682 1,861 3,361 1,697 5,725 1,477 (N) 10,965 Candidates 419,354 – – – – – – – 0.2 1.3 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.5 2.8 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.4 (%) Tests Target Battery of Population Completed 2 – 96.7 86.0 91.8 84.2 83.1 50.0 93.8 94.9 98.9 97.4 97.0 98.9 90.4 98.5 98.9 93.8 96.7 98.7 97.4 (%) 100.0 Tests Completed ompleted in 2006 Completed in 1 64 29 359 160 169 361 – 3,232 3,333 1,089 1,396 1,089 4,527 1,365 2,158 8,544 1,990 (N) Battery of 12,598 17,268 614,121 Candidates – – – – – – – 0.2 1.5 0.2 1.1 0.0 0.6 0.8 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.8 0.1 0.5 3.1 (%) Tested 2 64 30 365 363 165 187 6 ested in 200 – T 4,598 1,455 2,186 8,774 3,840 4,012 1,148 1,433 1,101 2,122 (N) 13,031 18,814 714,436 Candidates 1 NA NA NA NA NA NA 3,920 6,865 5,950 32,530 237,395 550,160 691,850 269,735 183,440 150,280 211,635 arget T 6,024,980 2,098,740 1,582,480 opulation 46,874,890 of Adults Diploma Without a P High School Island Inst. 5 Other Territories Subtotal Prisons Total Subtotal Corr. 4 Columbia Edward Territory Scotia Jurisdiction Hospitals abroad still administered the 1988 Series GED Tests. tested on military bases within the continental United States and overseas. International = Civilians of any nationality tested through Prometric, a division of Sylvan Learning, Thomson ITP as well as those tested in St. Martin and Bermuda, proctored by GEDTS staff on an annual basis or by request. In 2006, Prometric Centers operating The numbers of candidates tested, completed, and passed were reported by the Puerto Rico GED Administrator, not from the GED Tests International Database. DANTES = Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support, including U.S. military personnel and dependent family members not enrolled in an education program, based on 2000 U.S. Census data. Population totals for Canadian jurisdictions include out-ofschool adults 15 years and older, without a high school diploma and further training or degrees, based on 2001 Canadian Census data, as reported by Statistics Canada. Those who completed the battery of tests in 2006 may have begun testing in a previous year. Population totals for the United States and the insular areas include adults 16 years and older, without a high school diploma and British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Nunavut Ontario Prince Saskatchewan Yukon 2000 U.S. Census Data. Federal and Contracts DANTES Quebec Canada Alberta Nova Federal International Michigan VA Program 5. 3. 4. 2. – = Not applicable or not possible to calculate. 1. NA = Not available. 1

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e d c h o o l aking the G S T u t o f O easons for e a r s Candidates may have selected more than one rea son for taking the GED Tests. This report gives equal weight to all responses. However, in reality, some response categories may have been more important than others, a distinction the data do not capture. Educational reasons were the most prevalent reasons for taking the GED Tests (see Appendices G1 and G2 for reasons for taking the GED Tests, by jurisdiction). Nearly 60 percent of candidates indicated that they tested for educational reasons. More candidates were interested in attending a two-year college (26 per cent) than a technical or trade program (22 percent) or a four-year college (18 percent). More than half of all candidates (52 percent) indicated they tested for personal reasons, such as being a positive role model and personal satisfaction. Forty-eight percent identified employment reasons (primarily to get a better job) for testing. Seven percent of candidates indicated that they tested to enter the military or support their military career. Y Years out of school calculations were based on the last year the candidate attended school and the current report year. Of all candidates tested in 2006, 75 per cent reported their last year in school. The last year in school was used to calculate the number of years out of school. Results of years out of school by jurisdiction are presented in Appendix F and should be interpreted with caution due to the low response rate. Overall, 30 percent of the candidates indicated that they had been out of school for one year (17 percent) or less than one year (13 percent). Yet 25 percent of the candidates waited more than 10 years before taking the GED Tests. The overall average number of years out of school before testing was approximately eight years. The averages among candidates in federal cor rectional institutions (16 years) and Michigan prisons (14 years) were nearly double the overall average. R - - -

o m p l e t e d C t h n i c i t y E ighest Grade a c e / lower. Marshall Islands (55 percent), Minnesota (54 percent), and American Samoa (53 percent). Only 11 percent of candidates reported completing only 8th grade or of candidates who completed the 11th or 12th grade: Utah (63 percent), California (60 percent), Guam (60 percent), the international program (59 percent), grade, and 7 percent had completed 12th grade (see Appendix E for highest grade completed statistics by jurisdiction). The following jurisdictions had a majority dates’ highest grade completed. In 2006, 70 percent of all GED candidates completed half or more of their high school education; specifically, 29 percent had completed 10th grade, 35 percent had completed 11th points, such as transitioning to high school (see www. ed.gov/programs/dropout/dropoutprogram.html). These findings are supported by data on GED candi The U.S. Department of Education states that students generally drop out of high school between the ages of 15 and 17 and often drop out at critical transition H candidates. In Hawaii and the insular areas, Pacific Islanders/Hawaiians represented the majority of candi dates. (See Appendix D for race/ethnicity statistics for all jurisdictions in 2006.) majority. In four states and DC, African Americans (DC and Maryland) or Hispanics (California, New Mexico, and Texas) represented the greatest percentage of whites represented the majority of candidates in the United States at the national level, in 10 states and the District of Columbia (DC) they did not reflect the for all U.S. candidates, the distributions in the insu lar areas and federal and other contracts, as well as across U.S. jurisdictions, varied. For example, while were white, 23 percent were African American, and 19 percent were of Hispanic origin. Although these percentages also reflect the race/ethnicity distribution remained relatively stable over the life of the 2002 Series GED Tests (see Appendix T for trend statistics for 2002 Series GED Tests). Of all candidates with indicated race/ethnicity who tested in 2006, 53 percent R The race/ethnicity distributions of candidates have federal correctional institutions, inmates of Michigan prisons, and military personnel. under federal and other contracts included inmates in 12 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt S e c t i o n I Scorerang Source: 2006 GED S i f was 469 of score standard average lowest The tests. area content five the of highest the was 525 of score standard Test Reading Arts, Language average The percent). (88 Tests Writing Arts, Language and percent) (81 Mathematics the on score standard minimum the meet to enough high scored candidates Fewer cent). per (90 Studies Social and percent); (91 Reading Arts, Language percent); (93 Science tests: three following the for highest were Canada) in 450 and States United the in (410 test area content each on score standard minimum jurisdiction’s their achieving candidates of percentage the 2006, in tested who candidates all For H2. and H1 Appendices in and section this in reported scores Tests GED influence will testing, before Tests Practice GED Official the pass to candidates requiring as such policies, center testing and Jurisdictional jurisdictions). all for test area content each on score standard minimum the meeting percentages and tics statis score test present H2 and H1 (Appendices tery bat test GED the passed or tests five all completed they whether of regardless battery, test GED the in tests five the of more or one took who candidates those of performance test the on reports section This T C tandard tandard s t s e Percentage of Candidates a g d i d n 4 e r u 10 15 20 25 30 0 5 es arenotequal S a core core 200–40 m r o f r e P e t Languag N =555,210 ® T D Writing esting Ser istributions for All All for istributions 0 e . Ar Black barcombines allscoresbel vice Data. ts, 410–440

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T ® ests, by by ests, 1 0 T esting Ser U 2 0 . vice Data S . . S tate: tate: . 3 0 2 00 6 Percentag 4 0 5 0 e ofGED their polices published online. published polices their within noted as preparation test one-on-one offered and/or charge, of free Tests Practice GED Official the offered tests, the take to preparedness of evidence show to candidates their required others three least at and A) Appendix and 2 Table (see Tests Practice 6 0 49.8% 51.7% T ests 2006 56.0% 56.1% Pa 58.7% 59.2% U. 7 0 S. sser Ov 62.8 63.3% 63.3% 63.4% erall 64.3% 65.0% 64.8% 64.8% % s Pa 67.3% ss Rate(68.7% 68.7% 67.8% 65.8% 69.0% 69.1% 69.1% 68.3% 8 0 65.5% 71.1% 70.8% 70.8% 73.4% 75.1% 76.1% 76.8% ) 78.5% 9 0 79.9% 80.2% 80.5% 81.2% 81.5% 81.7% 81.9% 82.0% 82.3% 83.5% 83.9% 84.4% 85.3% 85.6% 86.2% 86.5% 87.6% 87.8% 0 93.6% 100 98.6% S e c t i o n i i GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 15 2 0 0 6 0 -

) 79.3% 0 9 ss Rate (66.1% 74.2% 74.2% Pa erall 69.7% 0 8 s c 66.6% h i 63.1% 2006 Canadian Ov ap 60.9% r 0 7 s 58.2% g sser 53.4% e m o Pa D 50.7% 0 6 ests T 46.9% s s e r a P 0 5 of GED ge e d 6 remained the same as in 2005 in both the United States and Canada. In the United States, 35 percent of all passers were aged 16 to 18 years, compared with 34 percent in 2005. In Canada, where the minimum age for testing is at least 18 years old in 12 of the 13 provinces/territories, 3 percent of the 2006 passers were aged 16 to 18 years, compared with 2 percent in 2005. G A g e The average age of passers across all jurisdictions was 24 years, and has remained between 24 and 25 years within the operation of the 2002 Series GED Tests (see Appendix J for age statistics for GED Tests pass ers in all jurisdictions in 2006 and Appendix V for age statistics since 2002). The average ages of passers in the United States and insular areas were 24 years and 25 years, respectively. The average ages of passers in Canada and among federal and other contracts were higher, at 30 years and 29 years, respectively, and correspond to higher average ages for all candidates tested in those jurisdictional groupings. Percentages of 16- to 18-year-old passers in 2006 00 2 0 4 Percenta - - erritory: - T 0 3 18.3% rovince/ P 0 2 anadian C . (NA) 0 1 vice Data ests, by T

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Province/T y (number of candidates passed) candidates of (number y ritor g er i ass NA = Not Source: 2006 GED unprepared, to take the GED Tests. 5 percentage points or more from 2005 were contacted for insight on the decrease, one jurisdiction speculated variability in pass rates at the test center level due to an influx of candidates who were mandated, and likely age points—from 2005 to 2006. When U.S. jurisdictions whose pass rate decreased by in pass rate of over 5 percentage points. All of the Canadian jurisdictions exhibited increases in pass rates—ranging from 1 percentage point to 40 percent United States. The jurisdictions of federal correctional institutions, Michigan prisons, DANTES, VA hospi tals, and international testing all experienced declines Forty-four jurisdictions (57 percent) exhibited a decline in pass rate of 2 percentage points or greater; 80 per cent of those jurisdictions were located within the candidates tested remained stable, the completion and pass rates declined in 2006 by 0.7 percentage points and 3.3 percentage points, respectively. at least one of the GED Tests, percentage of candidates who completed the GED test battery, and percentage who passed the GED Tests. Although the number of Appendix I depicts the change from 2005 to 2006 in the number of candidates in each jurisdiction who took F P 16 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt S e c t i o n i i were highly represented in the population tested. For tested. population the in represented highly were groups race/ethnicity specific those where jurisdictions with line in were groups race/ethnicity specific for ers pass of percentages highest the with jurisdictions The rates. pass of that including outcomes, program testing on effect an have may that policy speakers—a non-English for tion prepara Tests GED support not do funds federal that noting worth is It tested. were who race/ethnicity each in candidates of number the to relative stable remained have and 2005 to similar were percentages these of All jurisdictions). all for passers Tests GED for statistics race/ethnicity for L Appendix (see Islander/Hawaiian Pacific percent 1 and Asian, percent 2 Native, Alaska or Indian American percent 2 Hispanic, percent 16 American, African percent 17 white, percent 62 was 2006 in passers all of distribution race/ethnicity The R percent). (95 prisons Michigan and percent), (88 institutions correctional federal cent), per (85 programs DANTES under testing passers 10 every of nine approximately represented passers male contrast, In female). percent (52 Nunavut and female), percent (57 Quebec female), percent (61 Palau ing includ volumes, testing lowest the with jurisdictions the of few a in majority the were passers Female Islands. Mariana Northern the and Nunavut, Quebec, as such volumes testing lower with jurisdictions in only occurred overall the from points percentage 10 than greater differences but jurisdictions, many in occurred percentages overall the from Differences 2002. since unchanged remained have passers female and male of percentages the Overall, jurisdictions. all for passers Tests GED for statistics gender presents K Appendix percent). (59 male were candidates, of number the like passers, of majority The r e d n e G percent). 6 (also group age that in candidates Canadian of percentage the to comparable is which older, or age of years 50 were passers the of percent 6 Canada, In groups. jurisdictional those in group age that with tested candidates of percentages the to equal are percentages those passers; area insular and passers, U.S. passers, all of percent 2 for accounted older and years 50 aged Candidates Canada. in tested who group age that in percent 31 with compared passers, Canadian the of percent 33 for accounted group age This group. age 24-year-old to 20- the in were States United the in passers of one-quarter and overall passers of one-quarter Approximately / e c a E y t i c i n h t

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e d e o n t h e G c n a e s t i n g T sser Perform a easons for Official GED Practice Tests before testing, influence GED Tests scores reported in this section. mum standard score on each content area test for pass ers in all jurisdictions. Jurisdictional and testing center policies, such as those requiring candidates to pass the candidates who completed and passed the five tests in the GED test battery. Appendices P1 and P2 present test score statistics and percentages meeting the mini P This section reports on the test performance of those credential. trade program. Fifty-five percent and 47 percent of passers cited personal reasons and employment rea sons, respectively, with 37 percent indicating that they would like to get a better job through earning a GED 21 percent of the passers indicated interest in attend ing a four-year college. Twenty-three percent of the passers were interested in attending a technical or cent in Arizona to 97 percent in Illinois. In terms of specific educational reasons, 28 percent of the passers indicated interest in attending a two-year college and reported by 61 percent of the passers who answered the question. Intentions for furthering education varied greatly across jurisdictions and ranged from 39 per reason for testing by GED Tests passers in 2006 (see Appendices O1 and O2). Although only 82 percent of passers completed the survey question on reason for testing, at least one educational reason for testing was R As with the entire population of GED candidates, an educational reason was the most frequently endorsed cent), and Michigan prisons (19 percent). all passers. The highest percentages of passers out of school more than 20 years were observed in Palau (38 percent), federal correctional institutions (24 per the highest percentages of passers out of school for more than 10 years. Passers who were out of school more than 20 years represented less than 8 percent of cent of the passers, more than 10 years elapsed from the time they left school until they passed the GED Tests. Among the U.S. states, Arizona (29 percent) and California, North Carolina, and Ohio (27 percent) had school for less than one year. These included Hawaii (28 percent); Arkansas, Florida, and Utah (25 percent); and Alabama and Mississippi (24 percent). For 22 per being out of school for one year (18 percent) or less than one year (15 percent). In five states, approxi mately 25 percent or more of the passers were out of school experience. One-third of the passers reported 18 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt S e c t i o n i i S F Source: 2006GED Source: 2006GED S F tandard tandard i tandard tandard i

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Number of Candidates Candidates of Number sted g Te S i o r e i umber of Source: 2006 GED F N York and New Brunswick tested the largest number of candidates who used the French-language version (328 Puerto Rico (5,600), California (4,397), Texas (3,927), and New York (3,067). These four jurisdictions accounted for more than 55 percent of the candidates who tested using the Spanish-language version. New The jurisdictions with the largest volume of GED Spanish-language version test takers in 2006 were taken. Appendix Q presents the volume of candidates who took the English-, Spanish-, and French-language versions for each jurisdiction. were classified into language versions based on the predominant language of the five tests: that is, the language in which the majority of the five tests were versions of the 2002 Series GED Tests were introduced in 2004. Candidates who took one or more of the five tests in the GED test battery in a foreign language I F Trends in the GED Testing Program 2

2 0 0 6 0 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt S e c t i o n i i i L editions. The top three jurisdictions with the largest the with jurisdictions three top The editions. Braille the using predominantly tested who candidates total the of percent 61 for accounted jurisdictions two these Together editions. Braille the using candidates three than more Washington—tested and York —New jurisdictions two Only edition. audiocassette the using predominantly tested who candidates total the of cent per 31 for accounted alone York New in Candidates States. United the in candidates by exclusively almost used was Tests GED the of edition audiocassette The jurisdiction.) each for candidates GED by taken tions edi special of volume the presents R (Appendix taken. were tests five the of majority the which in edition the is, that tests: five the of edition predominant the on based editions special into classified were edition print large- or Braille, audiocassette, an in battery test GED the in tests five the of more or one took who didates can versions, foreign-language the with As modation. accom an is edition large-print a in Tests GED the ing tak that consider not does Service Testing GED the as approval, need not do Tests GED the of edition print large- the use to want who Candidates modifications. test such for approved are and request who didates can to available are editions Braille and Audiocassette o i d u A P F Source: 2006 GED a ercentage of of ercentage Percentage of Candidates i g r 1 1 e r u g 0.00 0.05 0.10 0.15 0.20 0.25 0.30 t n i r P - e A C , e t t e s s ® C T andidates andidates esting Ser 0.01 1999 0.17 E 0.08 s n o i t i d B vice Data r W a ho ho i 0.1 L L 0.0 . T <0.0 2000 8 ested with with ested , e 5 1 a d n S

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4 436 , 2006 614,121 419,35 714 2005 619,846 443,607 715,365 6 00 2 – 5 2004 424,766 704,365 604,927 99 1 assed P ests: 2003 T 412,044 703,512 596,283

® ED 510,451 2002 360,444 603,019 y assed the G 2001 683,866 cent in 2005. The pass rate in 2006 was closer to pass rates observed in the years 1997 to 2003, when pass rates ranged from 69 percent to 71 percent. It should be noted that 2004 and 2005 are the only two years in the previous 10 years that pass rates exceeded 71 percent. above). Even though it is unclear what or whether societal or jurisdictional changes affected testing vol ume, what is known is that the method of collecting GED testing program data changed in 2002. Prior to 2002, jurisdictions forwarded summaries of their GED testing program data directly to GEDTS, and candidates who tested across multiple jurisdictions would have been counted multiple times. In 2002 and onward, individual candidate demographic and test information was uploaded to a centralized database, and then sum marized by GEDTS. This procedural change may have caused at least some of the decline in testing volume. Since the introduction of the current test series in 2002, in general, there have been gradual increases each year in the number of candidates who tested and the num ber of candidates who completed the GED Tests. In 2006, the percentage of completers slightly decreased by about 1 percentage point from the percentage in 2005, and the percentage of passers decreased by over 3 percentage points. Sixty-eight percent of completers passed the GED Tests in 2006, compared with 72 per P 979,829 1,069,899 7 4 ear Y Completed Batter 2000 747,61 860,68 - 519,389 ompleted, and 751,637 1999 527,339 860,079 C ested, ested T 1998 T 718,464 509,576 822,181 ho 5 3 W 722,461 1997 827,10 495,87 vice Data. andidates 1996 C 867,802 758,570 544,136 9 4 7 esting Ser T ® 1995 723,89 829,90 520,93 umber of N 0 presents trends in the numbers candidates 400,000 200,000 800,000 600,000

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Source: 2006 GED Number Number of Candidate of g s i rends in the F T of the new test series on testing volume referenced about 84 percent of the average volume observed in the 1995–2000 administrations of the 1988 Series GED Tests (see Appendix S; 2001 and 2002 were excluded from this analysis because of the anomalous impact The average volume of testing for the 2003–2006 administrations of the 2002 Series GED Tests was only attempting to complete and pass the 1988 Series GED Tests in 2001, leaving fewer adults in the GED testing program for testing in 2002. with the introduction of the new test series in 2002. Hence, the decrease in numbers in 2002 was a result of the population of adults in the GED testing program the test battery in 2001 prior to the introduction of the new test series in 2002; candidates who did not do so were required to take all five content area tests again with the years of administration presented for the 1988 Series GED Tests. In 2001, the GED testing program recorded an unusually high volume of GED test tak ers due to the requirement that candidates had to pass 2001, (2) the subsequent decrease in numbers in 2002, and (3) the lower numbers observed for the years of administration of the 2002 Series GED Tests compared who tested, completed, and passed the GED Tests from 1995 to 2006. The most prominent observations from the figure are (1) the increase in numbers in Figure 12 22 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt S e c t i o n i i i dates who indicated they were planning further study further planning were they indicated who dates candi of percentage the 1990s, the in beginning Tests, GED the taking for reasons candidates’ to regard With grade. 10th the at stable remained has pleted com grade highest school high average the inception, program’s testing the Since Tests. GED Series 1949 the of administration the during years 29 to 25 to Tests GED Series 1988 and 1978 the of administration the ing dur years 28 to 25 from ranged candidates all of age average the 1995, to Prior years. 12 last the over 25 at unchanged relatively remained has candidates all of age average the demographics, candidate of terms In - - - employment reasons (47 percent) (see Appendix V). Appendix (see percent) (47 reasons employment for tested they indicated percentage lesser a and cent) per (61 reasons educational for tested they indicated 2006 in passers of percentage greater a candidates, all to contrast In breakdown). for G2 and G1 Appendices (see job better a get to primarily T), Appendix (see reasons employment for tested they indicated 2006 in tested who candidates of percent Forty-eight 2002. since percent 63 from decreased steadily has and cent, per 59 was education their advance to planned they indicated who candidates of percentage the 2006, In S). Appendix (see percent 68 and percent 59 between ranged has and year, every increased generally has - - S e c t i o n i v GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 23 2 0 0 6 - - - - Tests) ® p u e s v A L

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S e c t i o n i v GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 25 2 0 0 6 [email protected] Annette Young-Ogata GED Administrator Hawaii Department of Education 475 22nd Avenue, Room 124 Honolulu, HI 96816 (808) 586-3124; fax: (808) 586-3129 [email protected] Idaho Cheryl Engel GED Administrator State Department of Education Len B. Jordan 650 W State Street PO Box 83720 Boise, ID 83720-0027 (208) 426-3284; fax: (208) 426-1020 [email protected] Illinois Jennifer K. Foster GED Administrator Illinois Community College Board 401 E. Capitol Avenue Springfield, IL 62701 (217) 785-0123; fax: (217) 558-6700 Florida Teresa Bestor GED Administrator Florida Department of Education Bureau of Program Planning & Development Room 634, Turlington Building 325 West Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400 (850) 245-0449; fax: (850) 245-0990 [email protected] Georgia Kimberly Lee GED Administrator Georgia Department of Technology/Adult Education 1800 Century Place NE, Suite 555 Atlanta, GA 30345-4304 (404) 679-1621; fax: (404) 679-4911 [email protected] Hawaii

Columbia District of Philip PremDas GED Administrator University of the District of Columbia GED Office, Lower Level 4200 Connecticut Avenue NW MB 1005 Washington, DC 20008 (202) 274-7173; fax: (202) 274-7188 [email protected] (860) 807-2110; fax: (860) 807-2112 [email protected] Delaware Maureen Whelan GED Administrator Department of Education Collette Education Resource Center 35 Commerce Way, Suite #1 Dover, DE 11904 (302) 739-3743; fax: (302) 739-1318 [email protected] Denver, CO 80203 (303) 866-6942; fax: (303) 866-6947 [email protected] Connecticut Carl Paternostro GED Administrator State Department of Education Bureau of Adult Education & Nutrition Programs 25 Industrial Park Road Middletown, CT 06457 California Department of Education State GED Office 1430 N Street, Suite 5408 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 319-0758; fax: (916) 319-0967 [email protected] Colorado William Furney GED Administrator Colorado Department of Education GED Testing Program 201 E. Colfax Avenue, Room 100 Nancy Goodrich GED Manager

t o r s a STATES A d m i n i s t r e d [email protected] State GED Office 1430 N Street, Suite 5408 Sacramento, CA 95814 (916) 445-9438; fax: (916) 319-0967 Lily Roberts GED Administrator California Department of Education [email protected] California Luther S. Harden Bldg., Room 305D Little Rock, AR 72201-1083 (501) 682-1980; fax: (501) 682-1982 GED Test Administrator Arkansas Department of Workforce Education #3 Capitol Mall [email protected] Arkansas Janice Hanlon 1535 West Jefferson Phoenix, AZ 85007 (602) 258-2410; fax: (602) 258-4977 Director, Adult Education State Department of Education ADE - Adult Education, Bin VIR Arizona Karen Liersch PO Box 115509 Juneau, AK 99811-5509 (907) 465-8714; fax: (907) 465-4186 [email protected] Development 1111 W. 8th Street DOLWD-ES Division Amelia J. Iutzi ABE/GED State Director Alaska Department of Labor & Workforce [email protected] Alaska 401 Adams Avenue, Suite 280 Montgomery, AL 36104-4353 (334) 353-4885; fax: (334) 353-4884 GED Administrator State Department of Education GED Testing Program Department of Postsecondary Education Alabama Dixie Mitchell (as of 8/15/07) UNITED G 26 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt S e c t i o n i v [email protected] 342-5736 (504) fax: 453-2721; (877) 70802 LA Rouge, Baton 4-271 Room Bldg, Claiborne Street Third North 1201 Education of Department Louisiana Training & Education Adult Director Faucette K. Debi Louisiana [email protected] 573-5436 (502) fax: 573-5114; (502) 40601 KY Frankfort, 250 Suite Drive, Center Capital 1024 Education Postsecondary on Council Education Adult Kentucky Administrator GED Helton J. Brenda Kentucky [email protected] 296-4526 (785) fax: 291-3038; (785) 66612-1368 KS Topeka, 520 Suite Street, Jackson SW 1000 Regents of Board Kansas Administrator GED Glass S. Dianne Kansas [email protected] 281-6544 (515) fax: 281-3636; (515) 0319-0146 IA Moines, Des Building Office State Grimes Colleges Community of Division Education of Department Administrator GED Hartwig John Iowa [email protected] 233-0859 (317) fax: 232-0523; (317) 46204 IN Indianapolis, 229 Room House, State Program Testing GED Education Adult of Division Education of Department Indiana Administrator GED Waite Nancy Indiana J. Andrew McMahan Andrew J. Maine [email protected] 432-6365 (601) fax: 432-6481; (601) 39211 MS Jackson, Road Ridgewood 3825 Colleges Community/Junior for Board State Administrator GED Richardson Eloise Mississippi [email protected] 634-8458 (651) fax: 582-8437; (651) 55113 MN Roseville, West 36 Highway 1500 Learning & Families Children, of Department Administrator GED Colwell Jim Minnesota [email protected] 335-3461 (517) fax: 373-1692; (517) 48913 MI Lansing, Floor 3rd Bldg., Victor Square Washington N. 201 Testing GED - Education Adult of Office Development Career of Department Michigan Administrator GED Williams Ben Michigan [email protected] 338-3394 (781) fax: 338-6604; (781) 02148 MA Malden, Street Main 350 Office GED Education of Department Massachusetts Administrator GED Derfler Ruth Massachusetts [email protected] 333-8435 (410) fax: 767-0068; (410) 21201 MD Baltimore, Street Baltimore West 200 Education of Department State Administrator GED Alvey Patricia Maryland [email protected] 287-5894 (207) fax: 624-6754; (207) 04333-0023 ME Augusta, #23 Station House State Education of Department State Administrator GED Nebraska [email protected] 444-1373 (406) fax: 444-4438; (406) 59620-2501 MT Helena, 202501 Box Avenue 11th 1300 Instruction Public of Office Administrator GED Strong David Montana [email protected] 526-5710 (573) fax: 751-3504; (573) 65102 MO City, Jefferson 480 Box PO Street Jefferson 205 Education Secondary & Elementary of Department State Administrator GED Poteet Bill Missouri [email protected] 271-1953 (603) fax: 271-6698; (603) 03301 NH Concord, 20 Suite Street, Fruit South 21 Rehabilitation and Learning Adult of Division Education Adult of Bureau Education of Department State Administrator GED Tasker Deborah New [email protected] 687-9114 (775) fax: 687-9167; (775) 89701 NV City, Carson Street Fifth East 700 Education Workforce Education of Department Nevada Administrator GED Moen Katherine Mary Nevada [email protected] 471-8127 (402) fax: 471-4807; (402) 68509-4987 NE Lincoln, 94987 Box PO South Mall Centennial 301 Education Adult Education of Department Nebraska Education Adult Director, Bauer L. Vicki Hampshire S e c t i o n i v GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 27 2 0 0 6 Carolina Dakota (801) 538-7870; fax: (801) 538-7868 [email protected] GED Administrator Tennessee Department of Labor & Workforce Development 500 James Robertson Parkway Davy Crockett Tower, 11th Floor Nashville, TN 37245 (615) 532-5057; fax: (615) 532-4899 [email protected] Texas G. Paris-Ealy GED Administrator Texas Education Agency William B. Travis Building 1701 North Congress Avenue Austin, TX 78701 (512) 463-9292; fax: (512) 305-9493 [email protected] Utah Murray Meszaros GED Administrator Utah State Office of Education 250 East 500 South PO Box 144200 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-4200 South David Stout GED Administrator South Carolina Department of Education GED Testing Office 1429 Senate Street, Suite 402 Columbia, SC 29201 (803) 734-8348; fax: (803) 734-8336 [email protected] South Marcia Hess GED Administrator Department of Labor Adult Education & Literacy/GED Office 700 Governors Drive Pierre, SD 57501-2291 (605) 773-3101; fax: (605) 773-6184 [email protected] Tennessee Susan Doughty

Island Jacqueline Korengel GED Administrator Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Shepard Building 255 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02903-3414 (401) 222-8950; fax: (401) 222-2823 [email protected] fax: (503) 378-8434 [email protected] Pennsylvania Janice Wessell GED Administrator State Department of Education 333 Market Street, 12th Floor Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333 (717) 783-3373; fax: (717) 783-0583 [email protected] Rhode 2500 N. Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599 (405) 521-3321; fax: (405) 522-5394 [email protected] Oregon Deborah Lares GED Administrator Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development 255 Capitol Street NE Salem, OR 97310-1341 (503) 378-8648, ext. 373; GED Administrator State Department of Education 25 S Front Street, Mailstop 106 1st Floor Columbus, OH 43215-4183 (866) 644-6338; fax: (614) 752-3956 [email protected] Oklahoma Stephanie Curtis GED Administrator State Department of Education Lifelong Learning Section Ohio Joan Myers Carolina Dakota York Mexico Bismarck, ND 58505-0440 (701) 328-2393; fax: (701) 328-4770 [email protected] Adult Education and Literacy State Capital Building 600 East Boulevard Avenue G. David Massey Assistant State Superintendent Department of Public Instruction (919) 807-7214; fax: (919) 807-7164 [email protected] North North Carolina Community College System 5015 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-5024 North Lou Ann Parker GED Administrator (518) 486-2182; fax: (518) 486-5746 [email protected] GED Administrator New York State Education Department 89 Washington Avenue, Room 306 EB Albany, NY 12234 New Patricia Mooney Sante Fe, NM 87501-2786 (505) 827-6507; fax: (505) 827-6616 [email protected] GED Administrator State Department of Education 300 Don Gaspar, Room 122 New Lisa G. Salazar PO Box 500 Trenton, NJ 08625-0500 (609) 633-0655; fax: (609) 292-3478 [email protected] Programs New Jersey Department of Education 100 River View Plaza Robert M. Berezny GED Administrator Vocational-Technical, Career and Innovative New Jersey 28 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt S e c t i o n i v [email protected] 777-6567 (307) fax: 777-7885; (307) 82002 WY Cheyenne, Floor 8th Carey, 2020 Commission College Community Wyoming Administrator GED Elwood Margaret Wyoming [email protected] 264-9553 (608) fax: 267-2275; (608) 53707 WI Madison, Street Webster S 125 Instruction Public of Department State Wisconsin Administrator GED Enghagen Robert Wisconsin [email protected] 558-4874 (304) fax: 558-6315; (304) 25305-0330 WV Charleston, 250 Room 6, Bldg. East Boulevard Kanawha 1900 Education of Department Virginia West Administrator GED Kimbler Debra West [email protected] 664-8808 (360) fax: 704-4321; (360) 98504-2495 WA Olympia, 42495 Box PO Avenue 7th 319 Colleges Technical & Community for Board State Administrator GED Bruch Alleyne Washington [email protected] 225-3352 (804) fax: 371-2333; (804) 23218-2120 VA Richmond, 2120 Box PO Street 14th North 101 Education of Department Education Adult of Office Virginia Administrator GED Bergtholdt Debbie Virginia [email protected] 828-3146 (802) fax: 828-0077; (802) 05620-0000 VT Montpelier, Street State 120 Education of Department Vermont Administrator GED Parker Sharon Vermont Virginia (692) 625-3394; fax: (692) 625-7203 (692) fax: 625-3394; (692) 96960 MH Majuro, Islands Marshall the of Republic 1258 Box PO Islands Marshall the of College Administrator GED Schmidt D. Wayne Marshall [email protected] 734-8324 (671) fax: 735-5611; (671) 96921 GU Barrigada, Facility Postal Main 23069 Box PO College Community Guam Administrator GED Reyes C. Lolita Guam [email protected] 320-5500 (691) fax: 320-2647; (691) 96941 FM Pohnpei, Palikir Government National Micronesia of States Federated Administrator GED Billen Wehns Federated [email protected] 633-4240 (684) fax: 633-5237; (684) 96799 AS Pago, Pago Samoa American of Government Education of Director Administrator GED Himphill Mike American Areas Insular [email protected] 235-4940 (670) fax: 234-5498; (670) 96950 MP Saipan, Campus Terlaje As 501250 Box PO Islands Mariana Northern the of Commonwealth College Marianas Education/Northern of Department Administrator Director/GED ABE Calixterio Fe Northern Islands Mariana Samoa tates of States Islands Micronesia Eduardo Corneiro Eduardo Virgin [email protected] 7625 ext. 759-2000, (787) 00919-0759 PR Juan, San 190759 Box PO Services Education Adult Administration Education of Department Administrator GED Castro Milagros Puerto [email protected] 488-2830 (680) fax: 488-5452; (680) 96940 PL Koror, 189 Box PO Instruction and Curriculum of Bureau Education of Ministry Administrator GED Ngiraremiang Siles Palau [email protected] 356-0271 (250) fax: 356-8133; (250) 9T6 V8W BC Victoria, GOVT PROV STN 9886, Box PO Education of Ministry Examiner Chief Neufeld Brenda British [email protected] 422-4889 (780) fax: 422-2626; (780) 5E6 T5J AB Edmonton, 800 Suite NW, Street 108th 10044 Boulevard Capital 44 Branch Assessment Learner Education Alberta Administrator GED Newton Ross Alberta Canad [email protected] 776-9488 (340) fax: 774-5394; (809) 00802-6746 VI Thomas, St. Amalie Charlotte Gade Kongens 1834 Education Adult and Technical Career, of Office State Education of Department Administrator GED Islands Rico Columbia 9

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Prisons Services Prisons International David Skarupa Account Manager Prometric 1000 Lancaster Street Baltimore, MD 21202 (443) 923-6405; fax: (443) 923-8970 [email protected] Michigan Julie DeRose Education Manager Michigan Department of Corrections Grand View Plaza PO Box 30003 Lansing, MI 48909 (517) 373-3605; fax: (517) 373-8776 [email protected] Contract DANTES Bob Berkley GED Administrator Attn: Code 20B 6490 Saufley Field Road Pensacola, FL 32509-5243 (850) 452-1111, ext. 3131; fax: (850) 452-1160 [email protected] Federal Bureau of Renee Ritter GED Administrator Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Prisons 320 First Street Washington, DC 20534 (202) 305-3541; fax: (202) 305-7363 [email protected]

Island Edward Territory PO Box 2799 Whitehorse, YT Y1A 5K4 (867) 668-8741; fax: (867) 668-8828 [email protected] Ernie Lipinski GED Administrator Saskatchewan Learning 1945 Hamilton Street, 12th Floor Regina, SK S4P 2C8 (306) 787-8131; fax: (306) 787-7182 [email protected] Yukon Shelagh Rowles Dean, Developmental Studies Yukon College 500 College Drive (902) 368-6286; fax: (902) 368-6144 [email protected] Quebec Marc Le Duc GED Administrator Direction de la Formation Générale des Adultes 1035 De La Chevrotiere, 17th floor Québec, QC G1R 5A5 (418) 646-8363; fax: (418) 528-7454 [email protected] Saskatchewan Toronto, ON M4F 2B9 (416) 484-2600, ext. 6134; fax: (416) 325-3383 [email protected] Prince Barbara Macnutt Manager Department of Education Literacy Initiatives Secretariat 16 Fitzroy PO Box 2000 Charlottetown, PE C1A 7N8 GED Administrator Government of Nunavut Education Headquarters PO Box 1000, Station 980 Iqaluit, NU X0A 0H0 (867) 975-5600; fax: (867) 975-5635 [email protected] Ontario Ron Pelland GED Administrator & Chief Examiner Ontario Education Communications Authority 2180 Yonge Street, 7th Floor Nunavut Carla St. Louis Labrador Territories Scotia (902) 424-0882; fax: (902) 424-0666 [email protected] Department of Education PO Box 578 Halifax, NS B3J 2S9 Nova Bobbie Boudreau Chief Examiner (867) 920-8939; fax: (867) 873-0338 [email protected] Department of Education Lahm Ridge Tower, 2nd Floor Franklin Avenue Yellowknife, NT X1A 2L9 Northwest Bonnie Koslowski GED Administrator (709) 729-6261; fax: (709) 729-0611 [email protected] Evaluation and Research PO Box 8700 St. John’s, NL A1B 4J6 Newfoundland and Robert Gardiner GED Administrator and Chief Examiner Department of Education (506) 444-3492; fax: (506) 444-4960 linda.o’[email protected] 470 York Street, Suite 120 PO Box 6000 Fredericton, NB E3B 5H1 Department of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Apprenticeship and Certification Branch New Brunswick Linda O’Brien GED Administrator Brandon, MB R7A 6C2 (204) 726-6027; fax: (204) 726-6339 [email protected] Advanced Education and Literacy Adult Learning & Literacy 340 9th Street, Room 129 Marie Matheson GED Administrator Manitoba Education Manitoba 3

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Official T P olicies, by Jurisdiction: Jurisdiction: by olicies, Centers 11 114 19 195 109 317 41 77 92 69 38 (N) NA 30 25 19 41 71 33 22 27 60 49 32 20 80 46 48 26 12 48 87 22 60 33 50 45 34 22 1 8 1 esting Commonwealth of Kentucky High School Equivalency School High Kentucky of Commonwealth New York State High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High State York New Massachusetts High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Massachusetts Delaware State Board of Education Endorsement Education of Board State Delaware State of Nebraska Department of Education High Education of Department Nebraska of State South Carolina High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Carolina South North Carolina High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Carolina North New Jersey State-issued High School Diploma School High State-issued Jersey New California High School Equivalency Certificate Equivalency School High California State of Alaska High School Diploma by GED by Diploma School High Alaska of State Louisiana High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Louisiana Illinois High School Equivalency Certification Equivalency School High Illinois Commonwealth Secondary School Diploma School Secondary Commonwealth Montana High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Montana Idaho High School Equivalency Certificate Equivalency School High Idaho Diploma Equivalency School High Arizona North Dakota GED High School Diploma School High GED Dakota North Maine High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Maine Ohio High School Equivalence Diploma Equivalence School High Ohio Iowa High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Iowa Certificate of High School Equivalency School High of Certificate GED High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High GED Certificate of High School Equivalence School High of Certificate Certificate of High School Equivalency School High of Certificate State of Florida High School Diploma School High Florida of State State of Hawaii High School Diploma School High Hawaii of State High School Equivalency Certificate Equivalency School High Certificate Equivalency School High High School Equivalency Credential Equivalency School High Kansas State High School Diploma School High State Kansas New Mexico High School Diploma School High Mexico New Connecticut High School Diploma School High Connecticut High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Diploma Equivalency School High Diploma Equivalency School High State of Minnesota GED Diploma GED Minnesota of State Oklahoma High School Diploma School High Oklahoma Arkansas High School Diploma School High Arkansas Maryland High School Diploma School High Maryland Credential Awarded 2 00 T School Diploma School GED Certificate GED itle ofGED GED Diploma GED Examination Diploma adjoining states may test when a testing site is not is site testing a when test may states adjoining secondary school in Nevada. Non-residents from Non-residents Nevada. in school secondary residency or in armed forces and have attended have and forces armed in or residency resident or last attended school in state in school attended last or resident 30 days resident of Illinois and resident and Illinois of resident days 30 30 days resident or active duty military duty active or resident days 30 resident or in armed forces; see policy see forces; armed in or resident resident or address of record in state in record of address or resident resident, in armed forces, or inmate or forces, armed in resident, Residency Requirements easily accessible in their own state own their in accessible easily resident or in armed forces armed in or resident in-state mailing address mailing in-state in-state mailing address mailing in-state of the regional district regional the of 30 days resident days 30 resident days 30 resident days 90 resident days 30 resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident none none none none none none none none none none NA $13 (ages 21 and over) and 21 (ages $13 T $0 for residents for $0 $50 maximum $50 maximum $25 $60 maximum $60 $100 average $100 esting F $50 average $50 (Battery) $65–$100 $60–$120 $75–$100 $50–$100 $25–$150 $55–$85 $35–$50 $0–$100 $37.50 $50 varies varies $65 $35 $55 $55 $25 $48 $40 $40 $65 $45 $40 $40 $68 $55 $75 $55 $40 $75 $50 $65 NA $0 ee yes, if younger than 19 than younger if yes, yes, if younger than 19 than younger if yes, yes, depending on the on depending yes, Practice T Must P Official GED testing center testing (yes/no) yes, if 17 if yes, yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no ass the ests? W S 16 (or completion of 8th of completion (or 16 17 (cities with 4,500 or 4,500 with (cities 17 chool Attendance Age of ithout high school graduate school high more population) more grade) E R 17 18 17 18 18 18 16 16 16 16 18 16 17 16 16 16 16 17 18 16 18 16 18 17 16 18 16 17 18 18 18 16 18 17 16 16 16 17 xceptions equired Without 60 days prior to 18 to prior days 60 inimum Age Minimum Minimum AgeforGEDT 18 Exceptions 19 18 18 18 18 19 18 16 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 19 18 18 16 18 19 16 18 17 18 16 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 18 18 18 18 19 18 With inimum Age Minimum Exceptions varies 16 esting 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 – – – – – ¹

Minimum Age for Credential Exceptions Without 18 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA 17 18 18 18 18 19 18 16 18 18 18 16 18 18 18 16 18 17 16 17 16 18 19 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 2 Minimum Scores Requirements * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * French Languages ESL T Candidates? for Spanish/ (yes/no) est Required yes yes NA no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 35 2 0 0 6 no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no NA yes yes est Required (yes/no) for Spanish/ Candidates? ESL T French Languages Appendix A continued on page 36 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Requirements cores Minimum S 2 17 16 18 19 18 18 18 18 17 16 17 16 17 18 16 18 18 18 16 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 17 18 18 19 18 NA NA NA NA NA NA 18 18 Without Exceptions for Credential inimum Age Minimum Age

¹ – – – – – 16 16 16 16 16 17 17 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 esting 16 varies Exceptions Minimum Age With 18 18 19 18 18 18 18 19 16 18 19 18 18 16 19 18 16 18 18 19 18 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 18 16 18 17 18 18 18 18 18 17 17 Exceptions 18 inimum Age for GED T Minimum Age Minimum Age 60 days prior to 18 Without equired equired xceptions 17 18 17 17 16 16 16 16 18 18 18 16 18 17 16 16 16 16 17 16 18 18 18 17 16 18 16 17 18 16 18 16 16 16 17 18 16 18 R E grade) more population) high school graduate ithout ithout Age of of Age chool Attendance Attendance chool 17 (cities with 4,500 or 16 (or completion of 8th S W ests? ass the no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes, if 17 (yes/no) testing center Official GED Must P Practice T yes, depending on the yes, if younger than 19 yes, if younger than 19 ee $0 NA $65 $55 $55 $25 $48 $45 $65 $40 $40 $55 $68 $40 $40 $55 $75 $75 $40 $50 $35 $65 varies varies $50 $37.50 $55–$85 $35–$50 $0–$100 $75–$100 $60–$120 $25–$150 $50–$100 $65–$100 (Battery) $50 average esting F $100 average $50 maximum $60 maximum $25 maximum $0 for residents T $13 (ages 21 and over) NA none none none none none none none none none none resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident 30 days resident 90 days resident 30 days resident 30 days resident of the regional district in-state mailing address in-state mailing address resident or in armed forces easily accessible in their own state esidency Requirements Residency resident, in armed forces, or inmate resident or address of record in state resident or in armed forces; see policy 30 days resident or active duty military 30 days resident of Illinois and resident resident or last attended school in state residency or in armed forces and have attended secondary school in Nevada. Non-residents from adjoining states may test when a testing site is not Diploma Examination GED Diploma itle of GED GED Certificate School Diploma T Credential Awarded Maryland High School Diploma Arkansas High School Diploma Oklahoma High School Diploma State of Minnesota GED Diploma High School Equivalency Diploma High School Equivalency Diploma High School Equivalency Diploma Connecticut High School Diploma New Mexico High School Diploma Kansas State High School Diploma High School Equivalency Credential High School Equivalency Certificate High School Equivalency Certificate State of Hawaii High School Diploma State of Florida High School Diploma Certificate of High School Equivalency Certificate of High School Equivalence GED High School Equivalency Diploma Certificate of High School Equivalency Iowa High School Equivalency Diploma Ohio High School Equivalence Diploma Maine High School Equivalency Diploma North Dakota GED High School Diploma Arizona High School Equivalency Diploma Idaho High School Equivalency Certificate Montana High School Equivalency Diploma Commonwealth Secondary School Diploma Illinois High School Equivalency Certification Louisiana High School Equivalency Diploma State of Alaska High School Diploma by GED California High School Equivalency Certificate New Jersey State-issued High School Diploma North Carolina High School Equivalency Diploma South Carolina High School Equivalency Diploma State of Nebraska Department of Education High Delaware State Board of Education Endorsement Massachusetts High School Equivalency Diploma New York State High School Equivalency Diploma Commonwealth of Kentucky High School Equivalency esting 1 8 1 45 26 48 46 80 20 32 49 60 27 22 33 22 34 50 33 60 87 48 12 22 41 19 71 25 30 NA (N) 77 41 38 69 92 109 317 19 114 11 195 Centers Official T 3 Columbia States Island Carolina Carolina Dakota Jurisdiction Hampshire Mexico York Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New New Jersey North North Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode South California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota United Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Georgia New New District of 36 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s – = Not applicable. Not = – available. Not = NA test. area content each on 41 of minimum a and average) (45 225 of score total Minimum **** Center. Testing GED Official the of jurisdiction the on depend requirements other and scores Minimum *** test. area content each on minimum 450 ** test. area content each on 410 of minimum a and tests of battery the on average) (450 2,250 of score total Minimum * Appendix A continued from page 35 page from continued A Appendix Northwest Marshall Saskatchewan Virgin Puerto Palau N. International South DANTES and Federal Quebec Alberta Canada Guam American Areas Insular VA Michigan Yukon Prince Ontario Nunavut Nova Labrador and Newfoundland Brunswick New Manitoba British Micronesia Federated Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee Institutions Federal Mariana Hospitals Virginia Jurisdiction Scotia Dakota Islands Territory Edward Rico Columbia Correctional Islands Prisons Samoa tates of States Territories Islands Other Island Contracts Official T Centers 100+ 174 115 (N) NA NA NA NA NA NA 29 79 67 79 11 21 18 11 56 36 19 43 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 esting State of West Virginia High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Virginia West of State Northwest Territories High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Territories Northwest British Columbia Secondary School Equivalency School Secondary Columbia British Certificat d’Equivalence d’Etudes Secondaires d’Etudes d’Equivalence Certificat Grade 12 High School Equivalency Certificate Equivalency School High 12 Grade Michigan High School Equivalency Certificate Equivalency School High Michigan Manitoba Senior Years Equivalency Diploma Equivalency Years Senior Manitoba High School Equivalency Diploma Grade 12 12 Grade Diploma Equivalency School High Secondary School Equivalency Certificate Equivalency School Secondary Alberta High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Alberta General Educational Development degree Educational General Secondary School Equivalency Certificate School Secondary GED High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High GED Certificate of Educational Competence Educational of Certificate American Samoa High School Diploma School High Samoa American Certificate of High School Equivalency School High of Certificate High School Equivalency Certificate Equivalency School High Certificate Equivalency School High High School Equivalency Certificate Equivalency School High High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High High School Equivalency Diploma Equivalency School High Equivalency Diploma School Equivalency High Utah GED Testing Certificate Testing GED Utah Credential Awarded GED Equivalency Diploma Equivalency GED Virginia GED Certificate GED Virginia High School Diploma School High Equivalency Diploma Equivalency T GED Certificate GED GED Certificate GED see jurisdiction see itle ofGED Certificate NA NA NA NA NA NA

none for testing; WA State resident for issuance of issuance for resident State WA testing; for none resident, citizen, or landed immigrant landed or citizen, resident, Residency Requirements resident; see policy for exceptions for policy see resident; resident or U.S. citizen U.S. or resident 6 months as resident as months 6 10 days as resident as days 10 bona fide resident fide bona credential resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident none none none none none none none none none none none none none NA NA NA NA NA – – $150 ($40 per content per ($40 $150 $60 maximum per maximum $60 content area test area content T $60 maximum $60 maximum $75 esting F (Battery) $80–$160 $55–$65 $0–$100 $50–$75 area test) area variable varies $28 $65 $35 $45 $20 $80 $37 $20 $30 $40 $65 $60 $50 $20 $50 $35 $55 NA NA NA NA NA NA $0 $0 $0 ee Practice T Must P Official GED (yes/no) yes NA NA NA NA NA no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no ass the ests? W S chool Attendance Age of ithout E NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA R 16 16 16 16 16 18 16 16 16 18 16 16 16 16 16 18 16 18 18 16 18 18 18 16 – – – – xceptions equired Without 16 (if not eligible for eligible not (if 16 18 and peers have peers and 18 inimum Age Minimum parole until 17) until parole see jurisdiction see Minimum AgeforGEDT graduated 18.5 17 18 NA NA NA NA NA Exceptions 19 18 16 18 18 19 18 19 19 19 18 16 18 16 18 18 19 19 18 18 18 18 19 18 18

With inimum Age Minimum see jurisdiction see Exceptions esting NA NA NA NA NA 18 17 16 17 18 16 16 16 16 17 16 16 16 16 17 16 17 16 – – – – – – – – – – – - ¹

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est Required (yes/no) see jurisdiction Testing Service Data. for Spanish/ andidates? Candidates? ® ESL T French Languages Source: 2006 GED * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** *** NA NA NA NA NA **** Requirements cores Minimum S 2 18 18 18 16 18 19 19 19 18 19 18 18 16 18 19 18 18 19 18 18 18 16 19 19 18 18 16 NA NA NA NA NA 18 17 18.5 Without see jurisdiction Exceptions for Credential inimum Age Minimum Age

¹ - – – – – – – – – – – – 16 16 18 17 16 17 18 16 17 16 17 16 16 16 16 17 16 16 NA NA NA NA NA esting Exceptions see jurisdiction Minimum Age With

18 19 18 19 19 19 18 19 18 18 16 18 18 16 18 16 18 19 18 18 18 18 19 19 18 Exceptions NA NA NA NA NA 18 17 18.5 graduated inimum Age for GED T Minimum Age see jurisdiction parole until 17) Minimum Age 18 and peers have 16 (if not eligible for Without equired equired xceptions – – – – 16 16 16 18 16 16 16 18 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 18 18 18 16 18 18 16 18 16 R NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA E ithout ithout Age of of Age chool Attendance Attendance chool S W ests? ass the no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no NA NA NA NA NA yes (yes/no) Official GED Must P In most—but not all—jurisdictions, exceptions to the minimum age policy are granted on a case-by-case basis. For more information, contact the jurisdictional GED Administrator (listing on pages 25–29). Connecticut offers free GED testing for persons under age 21. See jurisdictional requirements in the GED Examiner’s Manual for exceptions, limitations, and additional fees, or contact the jurisdictional GED Administrator (listing on pages 25–29). Practice T 2. 3. 1. ee $0 $0 $0 NA NA NA NA NA NA $20 $45 $35 $65 $30 $20 $37 $80 $50 $60 $65 $40 $50 $20 $55 $35 $28 varies variable area test) $0–$100 $50–$75 $55–$65 $80–$160 (Battery) esting F $60 maximum $75 maximum T content area test $60 maximum per $150 ($40 per content – – NA NA NA NA NA none none none none none none none none none none none none none resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident resident credential bona fide resident 10 days as resident 6 months as resident resident or U.S. citizen resident; see policy for exceptions esidency Requirements Residency resident, citizen, or landed immigrant none for testing; WA State resident for issuance of

NA NA NA NA NA NA Certificate itle of GED see jurisdiction GED Certificate GED Certificate T Equivalency Diploma High School Diploma Virginia GED Certificate GED Equivalency Diploma Credential Awarded Utah GED Testing Certificate High School Equivalency Diploma High School Equivalency Diploma High School Equivalency Diploma High School Equivalency Certificate High School Equivalency Certificate High School Equivalency Certificate Certificate of High School Equivalency American Samoa High School Diploma Certificate of Educational Competence GED High School Equivalency Diploma Secondary School Equivalency Certificate General Educational Development degree Alberta High School Equivalency Diploma Secondary School Equivalency Certificate High School Equivalency Diploma Grade 12 Manitoba Senior Years Equivalency Diploma Michigan High School Equivalency Certificate Grade 12 High School Equivalency Certificate Certificat d’Equivalence d’Etudes Secondaires British Columbia Secondary School Equivalency Northwest Territories High School Equivalency Diploma State of West Virginia High School Equivalency Diploma esting 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 18 43 19 36 56 67 21 11 79 79 29 NA NA NA NA NA NA (N) 115 174 100+ Centers Official T Contracts Island Other Islands Territories States of Samoa Prisons Islands Correctional Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Dakota Scotia Jurisdiction Virginia Hospitals Mariana Federal Institutions Ontario Prince Yukon Michigan VA Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Wisconsin Wyoming Federated Micronesia British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nova Nunavut Quebec Federal and DANTES Insular Areas American Guam Canada Alberta South Saskatchewan International N. Palau Puerto Virgin Marshall Northwest 38 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California ercentage of G of ercentage P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Jurisdiction Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina x i d n e Island Columbia B ED ®

C 674,906 Candidates with andidates, by Age Group and Average Age: Age: Average and Group Age by andidates, 55,735 14,718 22,924 12,719 21,475 24,120 51,766 13,792 11,512 11,324 10,167 19,307 12,077 12,087 12,781 25,840 31,415 42,898 13,847 47,032 18,009 11,395 16,484 19,914 21,042 1,749 5,165 1,461 6,399 2,241 8,707 3,203 9,194 1,815 8,048 2,428 5,228 3,919 3,271 8,478 4,000 9,744 4,587 5,754 5,416 2,046 1,039 4,832 8,091 3,072 (N) Known Age 639 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 (%) 99.8 99.4 99.7 99.5 99.8 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.4 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.7 99.7 99.7 99.6 99.6 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.6 99.3 99.7 99.4 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.2 99.8 99.4 99.7 12.6 (%) 3.5 5.4 0.0 4.1 5.2 5.6 9.7 0.1 4.2 0.0 5.0 2.8 1.1 2.1 8.6 5.5 1.1 4.6 5.0 1.4 7.0 3.4 3.4 3.6 2.9 5.2 5.0 6.6 1.0 1.8 4.2 6.3 0.1 7.5 4.4 5.9 1.5 0.0 1.6 8.0 3.5 5.6 2.2 2.7 0.1 1.1 0.1 9.8 4.4 8.6 7.6 16 12.4 13.1 13.7 17.9 13.0 17.3 11.1 16.5 13.3 16.5 10.6 10.8 16.3 18.1 10.1 21.5 14.9 18.8 12.0 16.0 12.8 20.6 12.6 16.2 13.2 15.4 18.6 23.7 15.6 15.3 19.8 10.0 15.7 18.1 14.1 10.9 14.4 12.8 15.1 17.2 (%) 8.3 5.3 9.9 8.7 5.3 7.6 6.8 9.5 9.7 9.4 5.7 8.9 17 15.0 14.9 12.5 14.7 11.4 17.7 13.7 14.3 17.3 16.7 22.4 15.4 16.7 11.6 14.5 17.1 14.0 10.3 14.1 19.8 17.3 14.4 15.8 11.9 16.2 15.6 25.1 13.5 14.8 11.4 14.5 14.8 15.7 14.0 12.9 15.8 10.8 13.3 16.3 11.9 17.4 15.8 14.9 16.2 16.9 16.1 16.1 15.9 14.5 20.7 (%) 9.7 9.7 18 10.3 11.5 10.9 11.8 11.6 11.0 11.9 11.9 10.2 10.8 10.2 11.2 11.4 12.7 10.6 10.8 12.1 11.1 11.5 11.6 12.7 10.5 10.9 10.5 12.1 12.7 12.4 10.4 13.5 (%) 9.6 9.5 9.7 7.8 8.5 9.7 9.1 9.6 7.2 7.7 8.3 9.4 9.1 9.0 9.8 8.1 9.1 8.6 9.7 8.7 8.5 9.4 9.1 19 2 00 20–24 24.9 20.7 24.9 25.5 28.5 24.9 27.9 21.2 16.9 27.0 21.1 29.0 33.0 30.8 24.0 23.0 18.1 25.0 28.1 19.6 24.9 26.8 24.7 25.8 21.3 25.2 25.3 23.2 22.7 28.3 24.5 29.5 28.1 20.8 23.9 31.3 28.8 22.9 27.9 21.8 24.6 28.9 21.5 29.3 23.8 22.8 21.5 34.6 30.4 27.1 22.6 29.4 6 (%) Age Group 25–29 12.8 11.1 14.2 12.8 16.2 13.2 14.4 11.8 13.0 11.5 13.5 15.2 13.9 13.3 11.3 15.3 10.1 11.0 15.7 11.2 13.4 11.0 13.1 13.2 13.4 12.4 11.5 13.5 11.2 14.2 17.3 10.3 14.0 11.8 11.7 14.7 11.8 12.0 14.7 10.1 12.1 11.8 15.9 13.4 10.1 11.3 (%) 8.4 9.0 9.5 8.6 9.6 9.8 30–34 (%) 7.3 5.7 7.6 6.4 7.3 6.4 8.7 6.2 4.7 6.5 5.1 6.3 5.3 8.1 7.7 9.0 7.1 9.1 4.5 5.4 5.7 8.8 6.8 7.6 6.6 4.4 5.1 8.3 7.9 6.3 6.8 6.2 7.2 6.7 7.9 9.0 4.4 8.3 6.9 6.5 9.1 5.9 7.0 7.3 4.2 6.7 5.9 7.9 6.9 6.0 5.9 3.9 35–39 (%) 5.3 3.2 5.7 3.3 4.7 4.2 5.7 4.4 3.3 4.4 4.1 4.7 4.9 6.3 5.8 7.8 5.1 7.2 3.3 3.7 3.8 6.0 4.2 5.8 5.1 2.9 3.8 5.7 5.2 4.8 4.1 5.4 5.3 5.4 4.6 5.8 3.3 6.4 5.7 4.2 6.6 4.4 5.2 4.7 3.3 4.7 3.5 5.4 4.4 4.9 5.0 3.9 40–9 (%) 6.1 3.5 5.9 4.5 5.9 4.7 6.8 6.2 4.0 5.5 4.3 5.4 3.9 7.9 7.0 8.5 5.7 8.1 4.4 3.4 5.9 6.8 5.3 6.2 6.7 3.6 4.0 6.6 5.4 5.3 4.1 5.9 5.9 6.8 6.5 6.3 3.5 8.3 6.9 4.7 7.7 6.0 6.5 5.2 3.6 5.6 4.0 6.4 5.0 5.3 5.8 3.7 50–9 (%) 2.0 1.1 2.0 1.0 1.4 1.9 2.2 1.3 0.6 2.0 1.5 3.6 0.8 1.9 1.5 2.3 1.6 2.3 1.3 1.2 1.3 1.9 1.9 1.5 2.8 1.0 1.0 2.2 2.4 1.5 2.2 2.0 2.3 1.7 1.8 2.2 0.9 4.0 2.1 1.4 2.7 2.2 1.6 1.4 0.9 1.9 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.6 1.8 1.9 60+ (%) 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.1 0.4 0.3 0.7 0.8 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 Avg. Age (years) 24.9 23.9 25.8 24.2 24.9 25.0 22.6 23.1 25.3 25.0 24.4 24.1 25.0 25.2 24.4 24.9 26.2 22.9 27.0 25.3 23.7 26.5 25.0 24.5 24.6 22.6 24.3 23.1 25.6 24.5 24.1 24.2 23.5 22.8 25.1 23.5 25.0 24.3 25.8 23.9 22.0 24.6 23.2 25.1 23.8 26.2 25.1 26.4 24.1 26.4 23.0 22.8 9

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 3 2 0 0 6 * NA NA NA 23.3 24.8 21.3 25.5 26.6 26.7 31.1 32.1 31.9 31.4 32.0 32.5 31.8 29.4 34.0 30.0 31.2 28.0 21.9 33.4 20.4 31.2 30.8 29.9 25.2 25.2 (years) Avg. Age Avg. Testing Service Data. * NA NA NA ® 0.3 1.4 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 0.8 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.0 0.5 0.7 0.3 0.4 (%) 0+ 60+ * NA NA NA 4.6 7.8 4.7 0.0 0.0 4.2 0.2 4.4 2.7 0.8 0.0 1.3 0.9 4.7 4.7 4.8 6.9 6.6 6.7 6.6 3.8 5.3 3.2 1.8 2.1 (%) 12.1 50–59 Source: 2006 GED * NA NA NA 0.9 1.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 1.3 8.8 4.5 6.5 (%) 13.8 23.0 12.5 17.2 10.0 15.8 15.1 10.0 14.6 18.1 19.8 18.2 22.4 20.1 13.4 16.2 11.9 40–49 * NA NA NA 8.3 7.9 8.8 2.0 1.0 8.1 6.2 0.0 3.8 7.0 8.0 9.4 9.2 7.9 9.4 6.0 5.5 (%) 10.9 16.7 14.9 11.7 10.1 12.5 10.4 15.1 10.8 35–39 * NA NA NA 9.7 8.8 3.3 3.5 1.6 2.7 1.7 5.3 9.6 7.5 (%) 10.9 13.3 21.6 13.0 14.4 15.0 13.2 13.8 14.6 10.7 12.7 12.0 19.4 11.5 14.8 10.5 30–34 * NA NA NA 9.0 4.0 8.1 6.8 8.0 (%) 14.8 15.6 19.7 23.3 10.5 27.3 21.5 15.2 23.8 14.0 20.3 18.6 17.1 13.1 11.5 15.4 26.9 16.5 21.0 13.3 13.1 9 25–29 Age Group * NA NA NA (%) 36.4 23.6 20.3 26.4 33.3 38.4 14.8 25.4 27.1 27.0 30.0 59.3 37.5 35.1 18.0 28.5 25.0 27.3 29.6 27.9 27.8 17.7 30.5 22.0 31.5 25.0 20–24 * NA NA NA 19 9.5 9.3 9.4 5.4 0.4 3.6 6.3 4.7 4.2 5.3 7.2 7.2 2.7 7.6 6.0 9.7 (%) 10.0 20.7 18.5 13.5 10.3 16.9 12.3 10.7 10.3 10.2 * NA NA NA 18 2.5 3.8 6.3 3.4 3.3 0.0 2.3 7.5 7.9 2.9 0.9 1.1 1.5 0.0 0.0 1.1 2.2 5.4 (%) 17.3 21.8 24.3 11.5 13.6 19.3 13.0 14.5 * NA NA NA 17 0.6 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 6.3 0.8 0.0 6.6 0.0 8.2 1.7 1.3 0.9 0.2 3.8 6.7 (%) 23.7 10.8 12.7 12.0 * NA NA NA 16 2.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 2.7 1.2 0.0 2.5 0.0 8.0 0.4 2.6 3.3 (%) * NA NA NA 53.5 99.9 89.5 99.9 99.8 99.5 99.0 99.9 99.8 94.9 99.6 99.3 90.4 99.4 99.6 (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2 64 30 37 59 80 NA NA NA 363 165 186 365 243 114 150 683 Known Age 2,055 4,007 2,122 1,028 1,431 1,099 4,598 1,455 2,184 8,757 (N) 17,005 12,906 andidates with Candidates with 705,500 Island Subtotal Inst. Other Islands Territories States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia Jurisdiction Hospitals Mariana Federated Marshall N. Palau Puerto British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Nunavut Ontario Prince Saskatchewan Yukon Federal International Michigan VA Micronesia Virgin Nova Federal and Contracts DANTES Quebec Canada Insular Areas Alberta American Guam Program * = Not reported due to small numbers. Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results when response rate is below 85 percent. NA = Not available. 4

2 0 0 6 0 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama U.S ercentage of G of ercentage P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Virginia C x i d n e Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina Island Columbia Jurisdiction ED ®

C andidates, by Gender: Gender: by andidates, 661,892 Candidates withKnownGender 11,400 55,417 14,668 22,852 12,712 21,292 24,014 51,340 11,436 11,324 18,943 11,873 12,055 12,580 25,464 31,400 42,898 13,848 46,691 18,010 16,231 19,649 21,019 1,741 5,147 1,457 6,399 2,232 8,493 9,158 1,768 7,961 9,098 1,374 5,061 3,857 3,249 9,917 8,474 3,878 9,302 4,581 5,754 5,416 2,033 4,833 8,061 3,063 (N) 866 969 634 2 00 6 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 (%) 96.6 94.9 99.7 99.8 98.4 98.5 99.9 99.3 99.9 92.6 99.2 99.3 99.4 99.4 99.7 99.8 99.5 97.9 99.6 98.3 99.4 99.7 99.2 99.6 99.5 97.5 26.9 99.6 99.9 99.5 99.1 97.1 99.3 99.2 98.6 65.7 56.4 96.7 98.3 99.2 99.2 97.3 97.7 97.7 97.9 Male 55.9 61.1 58.4 57.2 59.4 56.5 55.5 59.4 54.1 57.3 56.4 52.5 54.3 51.9 62.0 55.0 57.8 58.2 59.1 61.0 59.5 50.9 56.7 61.6 56.2 55.3 57.3 57.4 59.7 54.9 51.5 56.8 56.7 56.0 54.4 58.6 53.6 56.7 55.5 54.6 52.8 52.3 54.0 58.7 57.7 53.4 54.7 56.7 54.9 63.6 56.4 53.0 (%) Gender F emale 49.1 38.9 41.6 42.8 40.6 43.5 44.5 40.6 45.9 42.7 43.6 47.5 45.7 48.1 38.0 45.0 42.2 41.8 40.9 39.0 40.5 43.3 38.4 43.8 44.7 42.7 42.6 40.3 45.1 48.5 43.2 43.3 44.0 45.6 41.4 46.4 43.3 44.5 45.4 47.2 47.7 46.0 41.3 42.3 46.6 45.3 43.3 45.1 36.4 43.6 47.0 44.1 (%) A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 41 2 0 0 6 * NA NA NA 7.4 (%) 11.4 43.4 46.8 43.0 45.6 58.6 15.7 10.8 42.2 59.5 41.6 47.5 44.3 47.7 53.2 39.6 42.6 32.1 45.0 43.0 48.2 62.7 41.0 52.3 53.1 emale F Testing Service Data. ® Gender Source: 2006 GED * NA NA NA (%) 88.6 56.6 53.2 54.4 41.4 84.3 89.2 57.8 92.6 40.5 58.4 52.5 55.7 52.3 46.8 60.4 57.4 67.9 55.0 57.0 51.8 37.3 59.0 47.7 46.9 57.0 Male NA NA NA * 79.6 97.4 96.9 98.8 96.7 98.2 98.4 10.1 94.8 98.8 98.9 94.9 99.6 98.8 95.6 92.1 89.5 99.4 98.7 (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 2 64 29 37 59 79 NA NA NA 185 365 386 243 139 361 165 109 666 (N) 1,088 4,598 1,455 2,146 8,638 3,804 1,414 2,122 1,027 14,976 12,873 andidates with Known Gender Candidates with 690,407 Subtotal Micronesia Labrador Contracts Island Jurisdiction Subtotal Inst. Other Islands Territories States of Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia Hospitals Mariana Program Canada DANTES Quebec Guam Federal and Alberta Insular Areas American Yukon Federal International Michigan VA Federated Marshall N. Palau Puerto British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Northwest Nunavut Ontario Prince Saskatchewan Virgin Nova * = Not reported due to small numbers. Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results when response rate is below 85 percent. NA = Not available. 42 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama U.S ercentage of G of ercentage P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina x i d n e Island Jurisdiction Columbia D ED ®

C andidates, by by andidates, Known Race/Ethnicity 605,398 21,353 10,912 22,284 45,372 10,313 10,791 17,190 10,041 11,703 12,276 24,122 28,643 42,892 13,826 43,532 15,631 11,249 12,892 18,903 20,017 53,519 13,816 Candidates with (N)(%) 8,261 8,639 8,939 1,641 6,821 8,307 1,121 4,278 3,701 2,969 8,012 7,553 3,717 9,209 4,328 5,744 4,624 1,931 4,833 8,030 2,535 1,692 4,917 1,419 6,392 2,155 833 895 625 R

ace/

100.0 100.0 E 94.8 25.8 93.1 85.8 93.9 41.6 90.1 92.2 87.6 84.5 60.0 46.0 81.7 94.3 90.7 89.5 95.3 78.6 88.6 82.6 89.1 92.6 94.0 96.8 94.3 99.8 96.0 93.3 85.3 94.3 91.2 85.5 97.8 99.8 92.6 99.1 86.3 82.5 98.4 96.7 77.8 95.2 94.6 94.7 97.1 99.9 95.8 93.8 96.1 89.6 thnicity: thnicity: 1 Hispanic 2 Origin 00 18.8 22.8 14.1 16.8 25.8 35.8 46.9 38.1 13.3 11.4 15.7 15.6 45.2 29.3 11.0 13.5 25.9 52.5 27.5 24.8 14.6 23.8 14.1 (%) 4.0 7.9 5.2 9.6 7.2 4.9 4.6 2.0 1.8 6.2 5.6 3.5 3.6 2.2 8.1 4.1 4.8 7.2 4.0 6.1 3.2 1.3 7.9 7.2 4.9 3.9 2.0 2.9 7.1 6

American ndian or Indian Alaska Native 32.8 33.3 16.2 30.5 13.0 21.6 (%) 0.8 0.5 4.4 1.1 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 2.4 1.8 1.4 7.7 1.0 7.2 3.8 0.9 6.3 0.6 1.2 3.1 0.6 0.6 1.0 2.4 0.5 4.4 0.7 1.6 1.0 0.6 1.2 2.9 5.1 1.4 1.2 7.7 2.1 0.9 0.9 2.2 1.3 0.6 3.0 1.6 2.5

Asian 23.4 (%) 1.7 0.5 1.1 0.8 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.1 1.4 1.3 5.2 0.5 0.9 2.6 0.6 0.6 1.8 0.3 3.1 1.8 0.6 1.2 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.6 1.3 1.5 0.8 0.5 0.9 0.8 3.0 1.0 2.2 0.8 2.2 0.9 0.4 0.7 0.5 3.3 0.9 3.2 1.6 0.6 0.7 0.5 1.5 0.9

Race/Ethnicity American African 22.8 17.9 31.2 41.2 24.7 84.5 36.2 27.4 12.6 16.5 31.1 25.8 13.3 36.8 17.2 19.9 36.0 12.4 30.0 11.8 26.5 32.7 34.2 31.5 13.5 13.6 17.6 43.1 19.0 28.3 17.6 49.0 34.4 16.3 11.1 12.8 (%) 0.9 3.1 9.3 7.8 6.0 2.5 9.6 8.3 3.8 4.4 5.4 3.4 2.9 2.9 1.7 4.9

Hawaiian Islander/ Pacific 38.1 (%) 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.2 0.5 2.3 0.1 0.6 2.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 2.0 0.4 1.2 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 2.1 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

White 76.1 57.1 83.6 63.1 54.2 83.0 74.7 35.7 75.3 57.4 59.9 54.1 56.9 74.3 62.5 67.8 60.3 57.5 35.6 30.2 37.8 91.1 54.6 65.5 69.6 76.9 53.6 61.8 61.3 54.2 43.3 88.2 61.4 79.6 70.1 77.5 76.7 44.0 79.3 26.5 51.7 55.9 54.4 44.5 50.8 31.2 76.6 44.9 51.8 65.1 53.5 (%) 3.8

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 43 2 0 0 6

* NA NA 5.2 0.0 2.6 1.0 7.7 6.4 4.5 (%) 34.1 53.1 11.1 72.3 22.7 36.8 White Testing Service Data.

* NA NA 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 (%) 81.5 79.7 87.0 98.0 68.8 100.0 Pacific Islander/ Hawaiian Source: 2006 GED

* NA NA 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 (%) 83.8 89.0 56.5 11.6 44.8 23.3 43.7 17.7 African American Race/Ethnicity

* NA NA 7.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.1 1.3 0.4 1.7 1.1 6.3 (%) 12.6 10.4 Asian

* NA NA 2.5 2.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.8 1.7 1.6 2.6 0.3 (%) Native Alaska Indian or American

* NA NA 0.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 1.0 7.7 1.6 4.5 2.4 (%) 11.7 28.2 18.8 18.5 Origin Hispanic 1 * NA NA 9.7 88.9 66.5 86.1 94.6 77.9 80.7 69.2 94.7 98.3 96.3 86.0 90.4

2 27 58 77 98 NA NA 130 621 374 231 2,069 6,833 3,238 (N) (%) Candidates with 12,516 618,535 Known Race/Ethnicity Micronesia Contracts Subtotal Inst. Other Islands States of Samoa Jurisdiction Prisons Islands Total Corr. Rico Islands Hospitals Mariana Canadian data on race/ethnicity were not available because of legal restrictions on collecting such data. Program Federal and Insular Areas DANTES Subtotal American Guam Federated Marshall N. Palau Puerto Federal International Michigan VA Virgin 1. Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results when response rate is below 85 percent. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 44 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California ercentage of G of ercentage P P Jurisdiction Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Virginia Dakota Carolina x i d n e Dakota Carolina Island Columbia E ED ®

C Known HighestGrade andidates, by by andidates, 538,616 11,180 14,599 20,070 52,251 13,961 21,628 10,882 21,451 16,708 10,340 10,944 17,772 10,798 11,752 12,272 21,299 27,624 42,884 13,510 41,199 15,596 (N) (%) 5,048 3,763 2,205 8,259 8,787 1,696 6,909 8,357 1,094 4,009 3,692 3,006 8,216 7,766 3,756 9,161 4,244 5,520 4,591 1,968 4,833 7,953 2,732 Candidates with 776 926 629 NA NA NA NA Completed 1 H 100.0 100.0 88.1 97.7 94.9 58.8 93.5 94.8 98.3 94.8 24.1 94.3 85.6 95.5 99.8 93.1 32.3 85.6 60.4 44.9 76.6 94.1 91.8 89.7 96.6 80.6 91.7 88.8 91.6 93.6 93.5 97.2 92.5 95.9 96.0 82.4 84.7 96.1 87.9 88.4 98.4 97.6 87.6 98.1 86.1 88.9 97.8 85.7 ighest Grade Grade ighest NA NA NA NA None– (%) 5th 0.2 0.4 0.1 0.4 1.0 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.1 1.4 0.2 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.5 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.3 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.5 NA NA NA NA C ompleted, and and ompleted, P ercentage ofCandidatesWhoompletedGrade (%) 6th 0.4 0.5 1.2 1.2 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.4 1.5 1.3 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.5 1.6 0.4 0.3 0.3 1.5 0.4 1.2 1.0 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.4 0.8 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.3 1.0 0.5 0.4 0.8 NA NA NA NA (%) 7th 0.8 1.1 0.9 1.5 0.6 1.3 1.2 1.4 1.0 0.6 1.4 0.8 2.0 1.5 1.2 2.0 0.7 1.7 1.7 0.7 1.8 1.1 1.0 1.0 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.5 0.7 0.8 0.9 1.3 1.0 0.3 0.9 0.9 1.3 0.9 3.4 0.7 0.9 1.5 1.1 1.2 3.5 1.3 1.0 1.3 NA NA NA NA M ean and and ean 14.0 10.3 11.2 10.9 12.2 10.0 12.9 10.3 11.3 13.7 11.1 (%) 8th 7.4 8.1 7.6 9.2 7.0 8.2 7.0 7.8 6.7 8.1 3.6 8.6 9.8 9.7 9.1 6.8 9.5 3.8 6.5 9.5 7.2 8.1 7.9 9.8 6.5 8.1 6.5 8.2 5.3 7.0 9.8 8.1 4.2 7.2 9.2 7.7 8.2 NA NA NA NA 18.8 18.5 17.9 19.8 18.0 20.9 17.5 20.2 26.1 21.8 19.6 11.0 20.0 17.3 19.0 20.0 16.0 24.0 21.8 22.4 17.8 22.6 24.2 21.9 19.4 17.5 21.7 19.2 23.2 18.3 21.1 17.4 18.7 15.9 19.5 19.2 18.9 23.7 12.6 18.6 21.5 22.0 20.3 22.0 23.0 19.9 19.0 M (%) 9th 9.8 NA NA NA NA ode ode H 10th ighest Grade Grade ighest 32.4 31.0 28.6 28.7 30.2 27.7 27.3 25.4 27.0 32.5 29.0 22.7 30.1 26.7 29.2 27.4 29.5 29.7 30.2 21.1 26.7 30.4 30.7 31.5 26.8 31.1 29.7 30.4 29.1 28.8 28.2 30.7 29.3 30.7 28.1 31.1 32.2 31.4 28.6 27.6 32.5 30.2 30.6 29.1 27.7 30.1 32.4 28.5 (%) NA NA NA NA 11th 36.9 35.5 36.3 32.9 37.2 29.8 33.4 38.2 25.9 32.2 33.9 47.4 34.0 34.2 32.8 29.8 42.5 30.3 31.8 45.4 27.9 38.9 31.4 29.2 30.8 35.7 35.1 31.1 37.3 34.0 33.6 31.5 38.0 36.8 39.6 34.3 31.1 35.1 25.1 45.6 36.3 30.0 30.2 33.2 27.1 30.8 34.0 34.4 (%) NA NA NA NA C ompleted: ompleted: 12th 11.5 13.0 12.5 11.1 17.7 11.4 (%) 3.0 5.0 7.0 5.5 6.1 6.6 5.9 5.4 5.8 4.5 8.5 6.9 3.5 3.5 4.0 7.7 4.8 2.5 4.1 3.9 4.9 6.1 3.7 5.0 2.9 6.1 6.8 4.8 8.9 5.9 5.5 4.9 5.2 8.5 3.9 6.5 5.0 4.5 4.6 2.7 4.2 7.4 NA NA NA NA Completed Highest

Grade Mean 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.1 10.0 10.4 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.5 10.1 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.2 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.3 10.0 10.0 10.0 2 9.9 9.8 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.8 9.9 9.7 9.8 9.9 9.7 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.7 9.8 NA NA NA NA 00 6 Completed Highest

Grade Mode NA NA NA NA 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 10 11 11 10 10 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 45 2 0 0 6 * 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 NA NA Mode Grade Highest Completed Testing Service Data. ® * NA NA 9.7 9.6 9.6 9.8 10.0 10.2 10.4 10.5 10.4 10.1 10.4 10.5 Mean Grade Highest 9.8

Completed * NA NA Source: 2006 GED 7.3 9.2 6.9 7.9 2.5 3.8 8.2 6.1 5.8 (%) 11.1 13.8 18.0 26.8 12th * NA NA (%) 34.3 39.3 41.7 52.3 41.4 38.0 21.2 28.7 46.5 25.8 32.2 29.1 30.0 11th * NA NA (%) 28.5 26.8 30.6 27.2 22.4 25.3 31.7 23.8 29.7 25.7 26.2 30.7 27.5 10th * NA NA 9.6 6.8 9th (%) 19.0 16.5 13.9 17.2 15.2 30.8 18.9 13.5 22.8 19.5 20.1 * NA NA 8.2 6.1 2.8 2.9 5.2 7.7 6.6 1.6 3.3 9.9 9.9 8th (%) 15.2 12.4 * NA NA 1.3 2.7 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 3.8 1.6 0.3 3.5 2.2 2.6 7th (%) * NA NA 0.8 1.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 2.5 0.8 1.4 6th (%) ercentage of Candidates Who Completed Grade ercentage of P * NA NA 0.5 1.0 0.8 1.6 0.1 1.2 1.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 2.5 1.0 0.0 5th (%) None– NA NA * 9.5 85.3 71.2 80.8 94.4 87.6 81.6 92.3 98.0 98.3 98.8 91.2 92.9 1 2 Completed 36 58 79 NA NA 122 638 366 239 104 Candidates with 2,063 7,689 3,273 (N) (%) 13,393 552,647 Known Highest Grade Inst. Other Islands States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Corr. Rico Islands Jurisdiction Hospitals Mariana Canadian data on grade completed were not available because of legal restrictions on collecting such data. Federated Marshall N. Palau Puerto Virgin Federal International Michigan VA Program Micronesia Contracts Federal and DANTES Insular Areas Subtotal Guam American Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results when response rate is below 85 percent. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 1. NA = Not available. 46 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California ercentage of G of ercentage P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Jurisdiction Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina x i d n e Island Columbia F ED ®

C andidates, by by andidates, 507,516 12,278 19,334 10,329 19,519 20,795 12,160 10,091 15,316 10,984 10,859 17,925 21,703 37,880 13,190 36,752 14,307 12,838 11,836 18,751 45,679 1,528 4,537 1,193 3,286 1,870 7,080 7,782 1,600 6,052 7,414 3,291 3,405 2,575 9,142 7,125 8,743 6,358 3,387 8,333 3,874 4,593 3,971 1,767 4,833 7,492 2,397 8,386 (N) (%) 656 944 787 589 Candidates with Out ofSchool Known Y Y ears ears ears 100.0 87.4 77.4 87.8 59.2 88.7 81.7 51.4 81.8 83.4 83.4 81.2 20.4 84.3 81.2 84.6 90.8 87.9 86.0 23.5 75.0 53.5 38.7 62.9 86.8 78.6 79.3 89.1 69.9 79.0 71.9 75.0 84.4 85.0 90.8 84.4 79.8 84.9 69.4 73.3 86.3 69.1 88.3 75.2 92.2 95.2 78.1 92.4 79.0 78.0 73.4 75.1 1

O ut of of ut S chool and Average Average and chool (%) 13.7 13.9 11.9 21.7 10.8 10.5 12.0 11.4 14.1 18.4 15.8 17.0 10.4 10.1 14.8 16.8 19.9 11.7 14.7 11.2 16.9 25.0 22.9 19.4 23.0 17.7 13.6 16.5 22.8 11.3 13.1 13.2 16.2 15.6 14.2 14.6 10.2 16.6 15.6 13.1 10.5 19.6 <1 7.4 7.3 3.0 8.5 9.0 8.7 8.6 8.1 8.5 9.7

20.0 14.3 18.3 12.6 17.9 23.1 19.9 20.4 16.5 14.1 10.0 14.7 14.3 18.1 13.3 18.9 21.4 18.8 14.2 18.7 17.3 17.7 21.5 21.2 16.0 16.4 19.3 20.5 16.9 16.3 19.5 17.2 10.7 19.6 13.5 15.7 20.7 17.0 19.6 16.3 16.5 21.8 19.1 21.0 14.1 15.4 19.7 21.0 18.2 23.0 16.2 16.8 (%) 1

Y Number ofY ears ears 10.9 12.3 11.8 14.0 10.3 10.5 10.7 11.0 11.4 11.9 10.4 10.3 10.4 10.5 10.7 10.1 10.8 12.9 11.0 10.7 10.6 11.7 12.7 11.6 11.9 11.3 12.3 11.5 11.2 10.8 11.6 10.4 10.8 12.4 12.7 12.8 13.7 11.3 10.4 (%) 9.8 8.8 9.3 9.4 8.6 9.4 9.0 9.5 9.5 7.8 9.3 9.8 9.8 2

O ut: ut: 2 ears OutofSchool 00 3–5 16.5 20.4 19.2 15.3 18.7 26.3 16.5 16.5 16.4 17.0 16.8 14.4 15.3 15.3 17.7 19.1 16.1 19.5 16.3 20.1 20.0 14.8 21.9 16.6 18.3 18.0 15.4 14.5 21.5 12.9 19.3 14.0 17.3 17.9 20.5 17.7 19.7 17.5 16.3 20.3 17.3 15.3 16.2 19.7 18.9 16.0 22.3 19.7 17.9 24.0 15.0 17.1 (%) 6

6–10 17.8 16.3 13.4 17.8 20.5 16.5 20.5 17.6 15.2 17.6 17.5 19.1 18.7 15.2 17.3 15.2 18.5 17.6 21.0 19.6 15.9 11.2 20.4 23.8 14.6 20.6 15.9 13.8 16.5 15.8 14.8 12.6 17.7 16.7 18.3 22.2 16.6 17.9 19.1 16.2 18.5 16.7 20.6 15.1 17.3 21.3 19.8 15.8 16.8 16.8 13.9 17.4 (%)

11–20 13.8 12.1 10.1 11.6 16.4 17.4 17.0 14.3 13.4 16.2 14.7 13.9 14.6 12.9 12.5 16.1 12.1 16.0 17.8 14.5 12.4 18.6 13.9 19.1 11.2 10.3 13.3 12.6 13.7 15.5 18.6 18.1 14.9 12.2 15.8 16.0 14.4 10.1 13.4 14.9 14.2 11.2 12.8 11.3 14.6 (%) 8.7 9.8 9.0 8.2 8.8 9.1 8.9

21+ 11.3 10.7 11.1 13.4 13.4 10.7 11.5 10.5 11.4 10.0 11.2 16.0 10.2 10.5 13.6 10.1 10.4 (%) 8.8 8.3 7.3 9.4 9.8 9.9 5.7 6.2 6.9 9.0 9.2 5.7 6.6 9.8 6.5 6.0 9.9 8.8 9.0 5.8 5.3 7.4 7.1 6.1 6.8 9.4 7.9 5.9 8.3 8.6 7.9 7.7 9.0 7.9 5.8

Average Y Out ears 7.4 6.4 8.1 6.9 7.2 7.6 5.3 4.9 7.7 7.4 6.6 6.5 7.8 7.7 7.0 7.5 8.7 5.6 9.9 7.8 6.1 7.4 5.5 7.6 7.1 5.5 6.8 5.8 7.5 7.1 6.3 6.9 6.3 5.4 7.9 6.2 7.6 7.1 8.5 7.0 4.9 6.6 5.7 7.5 6.6 9.6 8.1 8.6 6.9 9.2 5.5 5.4

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 47 2 0 0 6

* NA NA 7.5 7.6 5.5 7.3 3.9 8.1 9.1 9.3 4.1 5.4 ears Out 13.4 16.3 14.1 Y Average Average

Testing Service Data. ® * NA NA 7.8 6.7 3.8 0.0 2.8 1.4 5.4 (%) 10.1 21.6 14.3 18.8 26.6 26.1 21+

* NA NA 6.7 1.9 7.2 Source: 2006 GED (%) 15.0 32.0 19.1 29.6 19.0 43.3 27.3 24.2 13.4 10.2 11–20

* NA NA 7.1 (%) 17.6 22.8 18.4 16.7 19.1 24.1 32.4 16.7 16.8 23.6 26.2 12.0 6–10

* NA NA 5.4 (%) 17.0 11.1 19.6 23.3 19.5 33.3 15.5 21.4 13.4 24.9 17.8 13.0 3–5 School ears Out of

* NA NA 2 4.3 6.7 7.0 9.8 0.6 3.6 (%) 10.3 12.8 25.9 21.4 15.9 10.6 12.7 Y Number of

* NA NA 1 5.0 7.1 0.3 3.2 (%) 16.6 15.5 26.7 15.7 11.1 12.7 22.3 18.9 28.0

* NA NA 7.2 3.7 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.6 3.1 6.8 <1 13.4 13.3 15.2 14.9 13.9 (%) *

NA NA 8.6 1 74.7 59.3 86.4 68.7 72.2 76.9 91.5 88.8 73.7 96.7 74.2 85.4 ears Known Y 2 Out of School 30 54 71 84 NA NA andidates with Candidates with 587 332 236 112 (N) (%) 1,888 6,031 2,898 11,151 519,254 Subtotal Inst. Other Islands States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Corr. Rico Islands Jurisdiction Hospitals Canadian data on years out of school were not available because of legal restrictions on collecting such data. Mariana Program International VA Federated Marshall N. Palau Puerto Virgin Federal Michigan Micronesia Contracts Federal and Insular Areas DANTES Guam American Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results when response rate is below 85 percent. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 1. NA = Not available. 48 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A Oklahoma Indiana Hawaii Delaware Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Illinois Idaho Florida of District Connecticut Colorado California U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama ercentage of of ercentage P P Subtotal Jurisdiction York Mexico Hampshire Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina 1 G x i d n e Island Columbia C andidates andidates Indicating Reason 550,832 10,573 21,022 17,386 10,334 10,850 17,253 10,826 11,689 12,258 21,652 25,726 41,285 13,846 43,516 10,280 10,586 13,829 14,837 19,602 52,450 13,957 21,619 8,815 8,023 1,684 6,907 8,581 1,098 4,063 3,754 2,978 7,764 7,402 3,709 9,109 4,275 3,078 4,452 1,970 4,831 7,954 2,442 1,651 4,972 3,068 2,203 7,518 (N) for T Candidates 917 625 774 839 R esting

eporting eporting

100.0 100.0 (%) 94.4 83.4 96.2 74.3 92.7 53.0 47.9 93.9 94.8 98.2 86.3 26.0 94.3 83.1 95.8 37.3 92.5 86.9 33.6 85.6 62.0 45.0 77.6 95.7 90.9 89.7 95.8 76.2 89.0 89.0 87.3 92.4 93.0 96.6 93.2 53.5 95.9 83.8 82.2 96.2 81.9 96.2 87.6 97.8 92.5 98.1 56.7 79.5 92.6 81.5 1

V arious arious Four-Year College 13.6 13.7 18.8 15.6 17.4 22.6 18.3 19.6 18.7 16.5 19.3 18.8 17.4 16.5 16.5 17.4 18.2 12.9 22.9 23.5 26.1 18.6 14.2 20.1 22.1 23.3 23.8 17.4 19.2 22.4 24.0 17.2 25.4 14.9 21.2 13.4 22.4 10.8 21.6 26.2 17.8 23.6 34.5 26.4 16.0 17.4 16.5 22.3 11.4 16.6 18.4 (%) 5.8

easons for for easons Two-Year College 26.5 22.5 18.1 29.3 27.4 29.7 16.7 28.6 24.7 18.8 29.6 31.7 22.9 26.3 17.9 33.1 26.7 25.4 31.5 22.4 30.7 25.9 19.5 33.0 23.5 28.1 43.3 29.0 27.1 33.5 28.0 22.6 19.3 16.3 27.1 28.2 27.6 19.4 21.3 29.5 23.5 31.1 24.8 33.1 26.8 25.4 27.0 22.4 15.2 11.8 23.2 26.2 (%)

T echnical or Technical Educational Reasons aking the G the aking Trade 20.9 88.5 12.6 11.3 32.5 20.1 24.9 30.4 16.0 15.1 15.8 15.6 12.7 16.6 34.2 26.2 17.2 18.6 16.9 21.6 14.0 18.0 22.2 17.2 33.5 19.8 23.5 14.2 22.3 15.9 16.3 30.3 12.3 16.6 22.5 21.3 15.5 14.4 14.8 18.3 15.3 24.8 14.8 17.8 19.0 17.1 29.9 14.4 21.3 22.5 (%) 8.4 9.8

Prog.

Certification ED Skills 10.0 10.0 10.7 14.7 11.9 13.2 10.0 11.1 10.2 10.7 (%) 8.7 7.6 7.3 6.5 6.5 9.2 9.3 9.2 7.0 6.1 9.4 7.8 8.4 7.3 8.7 7.9 6.3 6.4 9.1 8.7 9.9 7.8 8.2 6.1 7.6 7.3 9.2 6.7 8.3 9.1 8.9 8.1 7.7 7.7 8.1 9.3 7.8 8.6 4.6 8.7 5.4 8.4 ®

T ests in the the in ests

Training 10.1 15.2 12.2 10.3 17.6 15.0 14.0 20.4 23.8 10.2 12.8 11.4 11.4 12.4 12.2 10.2 10.1 11.2 10.7 15.2 10.4 12.6 10.3 15.3 Job (%) 9.6 8.8 6.3 7.0 5.3 9.8 9.7 7.8 6.3 6.7 6.1 8.8 9.4 7.9 9.9 8.3 8.4 8.1 8.2 9.5 9.5 7.6 8.9 9.6 6.8 8.2 7.5 9.5

U nited nited Any Reason 59.7 94.7 48.9 55.8 64.6 63.0 74.4 68.5 61.9 53.2 54.1 52.6 39.6 47.5 56.4 49.9 52.4 53.1 57.5 53.7 65.5 58.1 57.6 56.6 49.7 66.8 60.8 58.0 52.6 52.0 57.2 54.8 63.3 58.6 57.8 67.1 56.3 45.7 58.6 57.9 58.4 67.0 59.9 54.2 65.0 60.4 56.0 64.3 44.2 57.8 47.6 58.9 (%) Educ.

S tates: tates:

Entrance Military 2 (%) 6.4 3.9 5.7 9.3 5.4 6.1 3.2 6.9 2.9 5.3 5.7 7.3 4.5 9.9 4.1 5.8 3.7 6.7 7.1 7.7 7.5 8.9 6.3 5.1 6.0 9.4 5.2 5.0 4.7 8.0 4.8 6.0 3.6 3.8 5.7 5.1 8.1 5.0 5.3 9.2 6.3 5.9 4.8 6.8 3.5 5.6 9.8 8.2 4.1 7.1 8.0 5.7 00

6 ilitary Reasons Military

Military Career (%) 2.9 3.0 2.3 4.7 2.7 2.7 0.9 3.7 1.0 2.1 2.0 3.6 1.3 5.4 1.6 1.6 1.9 3.2 4.1 3.9 4.3 3.3 2.4 2.4 2.7 4.4 3.2 2.1 2.0 3.9 2.1 2.6 1.7 1.7 2.4 2.4 3.2 2.1 2.2 4.8 2.8 3.3 1.9 2.5 1.5 2.4 3.6 3.9 1.5 3.9 2.2 2.6

Military Reason 10.7 10.4 10.8 11.2 11.1 Any (%) 6.3 4.4 7.6 9.0 9.1 8.5 9.8 7.1 6.0 7.1 6.0 5.7 5.2 9.1 5.3 6.9 4.2 4.4 6.5 5.8 8.9 5.6 6.1 7.2 7.2 5.4 7.5 4.0 6.4 9.3 4.9 8.3 8.6 7.2 6.0 6.4 6.5 6.9 3.4 8.8 3.3 5.8 6.2 8.5 5.1 5.6 6.

13.1 20.4 11.8 First Job (%) Get 4.9 5.5 7.7 5.9 9.0 9.3 6.1 6.3 7.7 6.7 6.7 6.2 8.0 6.9 5.6 6.2 7.0 5.6 4.1 5.4 7.0 7.7 5.6 9.2 4.8 7.3 6.5 6.6 6.6 9.5 5.4 5.8 4.9 7.0 8.2 6.4 8.7 6.5 6.8 9.3 5.8 0.0 6.9 8.4 8.1 4.9 7.7 2.4 7.2

Current 13.8 39.8 Keep Job (%) 3.7 2.1 2.4 2.3 5.1 2.5 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.4 2.5 2.8 4.4 2.6 2.0 2.8 2.8 1.7 1.5 2.4 2.8 2.0 1.9 2.9 2.6 2.8 2.8 2.5 2.1 2.4 1.8 2.1 1.7 2.0 1.5 2.3 1.6 2.4 2.5 2.2 2.7 2.3 2.3 1.0 2.0 2.1 3.3 2.2 3.2 3.3 Employment Reasons

Better 37.9 33.6 42.2 41.7 39.2 42.7 60.2 32.4 41.7 42.8 36.7 40.4 43.9 43.8 35.7 41.2 43.2 36.2 36.8 39.0 38.9 40.7 42.8 37.7 49.4 41.3 44.5 40.7 44.9 44.0 38.7 38.8 42.1 35.5 33.9 45.6 40.3 49.0 20.8 34.6 34.0 36.4 34.5 40.5 48.5 40.2 37.5 35.9 30.7 38.6 Job (%) Get 4.4 6.9

Employer Required 10.9 10.1 11.1 12.6 10.9 10.2 11.9 13.5 11.1 (%) 8.4 5.6 8.6 7.5 7.3 9.0 8.0 6.6 8.7 7.7 9.3 8.0 8.0 7.1 5.5 6.9 8.0 8.8 5.6 8.6 8.7 8.4 7.7 9.6 8.6 7.5 9.5 7.2 7.1 6.1 7.6 8.3 6.1 9.4 5.4 7.7 9.6 8.0 8.6 6.1 7.0 9.9 8.5

Employ. Reason 48.3 40.4 49.7 54.7 53.4 50.4 69.8 53.8 52.0 51.3 44.2 50.4 52.0 52.9 48.3 49.9 52.2 49.5 43.4 47.1 48.2 48.0 48.5 46.8 57.4 49.7 52.5 51.5 51.8 53.3 46.5 48.4 50.3 45.9 41.8 52.4 47.5 58.4 43.7 42.5 44.7 45.4 40.8 51.8 56.3 13.0 48.6 49.4 45.1 39.6 49.3 49.3 Any (%)

Release 12.1 Early (%) 3. 1.8 2.5 3.3 3.1 4.0 2.2 1.7 3.7 3.0 1.6 2.1 4.6 2.9 3.8 8.0 1.9 3.3 3.9 2.4 5.0 1.4 0.9 5.6 2.6 2.4 2.7 3.6 0.8 2.0 0.9 2.0 0.9 4.5 4.0 2.1 1.9 3.9 2.2 5.8 2.5 2.6 1.1 1.1 0.7 4.3 2.3 7.6 3.0 2.4 4.2

Order Court 17.1 Social Reasons (%) 4. 9.1 4.9 7.6 5.0 3.0 3.4 5.5 9.6 3.9 3.3 1.7 5.2 2.4 7.1 8.8 3.0 2.6 1.3 3.2 1.3 2.6 3.6 7.7 6.4 5.9 3.7 2.5 8.3 2.0 2.6 0.9 2.4 4.4 8.7 7.6 5.9 4.9 9.4 3.6 2.8 2.1 2.0 2.6 1.1 5.2 1.3 6.8 3.5 1.6 0.4

R ublic Asst. Public equirement 11.8 19.5 (%) 2.1 0.2 1.2 3.1 6.2 0.6 3.9 1.1 0.7 3.0 2.0 0.5 3.3 2.9 1.5 1.7 1.3 2.7 0.8 1.4 1.1 1.1 1.8 0.4 2.6 2.1 0.9 0.4 2.3 0.8 2.5 0.3 1.6 0.6 0.6 1.5 5.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.3 1.3 0.6 1.2 2.2 1.3 0.8 0.6 2.4

Any Reason 10.6 12.9 12.1 13.4 20.3 10.0 14.0 11.4 12.4 10.6 10.7 11.5 14.8 17.2 17.2 11.6 11.0 13.7 23.0 (%) 9.1 8.0 7.1 9.4 8.0 9.4 5.5 7.4 7.4 8.7 6.9 4.7 8.7 3.5 5.1 9.3 9.0 7.1 5.4 5.3 4.8 3.4 7.3 8.6 9.3 5.3 4.9 3.9 4.0 2.8 4.6 6.6 5.9 Social

Role Positive 20.8 12.2 22.1 18.9 16.9 19.5 27.6 15.1 24.6 19.8 17.4 22.4 23.4 22.4 18.3 21.8 22.9 15.7 19.1 21.1 19.3 22.1 17.5 18.6 25.8 19.4 23.6 20.8 20.0 23.1 18.2 21.5 19.7 21.7 13.8 22.2 19.6 24.6 22.5 25.3 13.4 15.6 16.6 21.0 30.7 12.0 20.8 21.0 20.5 13.6 17.6 44.7 (%) Model

ersonal Reasons

Satisfaction Personal Source: 2006 GED 2006 Source: 47.2 46.9 55.7 52.3 46.7 49.3 75.7 46.8 48.6 48.2 47.8 47.3 52.6 53.2 53.6 51.6 51.9 50.7 45.9 47.4 46.7 48.0 57.3 48.1 59.4 53.5 57.7 45.5 55.5 53.7 46.5 48.5 57.1 48.5 38.4 55.9 54.0 58.6 18.2 55.1 42.1 40.3 46.1 44.3 65.1 41.9 51.8 48.6 53.5 39.9 52.1 17.7 (%)

Personal Reason 51.3 48.8 59.1 55.2 49.9 52.6 79.3 48.1 52.8 51.1 50.9 50.6 56.6 56.8 55.6 54.6 54.5 53.3 48.6 51.3 49.9 51.7 59.6 50.4 62.6 56.3 60.3 50.2 57.8 57.2 49.7 52.3 59.4 52.2 41.3 58.1 56.2 61.3 31.2 57.0 44.4 43.3 48.5 48.5 68.3 43.9 54.4 51.5 56.3 42.8 55.0 54.8 Any (%) ® Testing Service Data. Service Testing

Any Other Any Reason 14.4 20.0 16.0 17.1 19.1 19.1 17.2 14.5 16.9 15.3 12.0 15.6 12.5 22.0 17.7 17.3 11.7 14.1 17.5 12.6 16.9 18.4 16.5 18.0 19.4 17.4 13.9 14.2 14.4 15.5 14.6 16.2 10.4 17.5 17.6 14.5 26.5 24.1 17.5 11.6 14.2 16.8 16.1 21.3 12.6 22.1 (%) 9.9 8.2 3.5 4.9 6.9 0.0

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 4 2 0 0 6

8.2 9.9 0.0 6.9 4.9 3.5 (%) 12.6 17.5 14.1 11.7 17.3 17.7 22.0 12.5 15.6 12.0 15.3 16.9 14.5 17.2 19.1 19.1 17.1 16.0 20.0 22.1 12.6 21.3 16.1 16.8 14.2 11.6 17.5 24.1 26.5 14.5 17.6 17.5 10.4 16.2 14.6 15.5 14.4 14.2 13.9 17.4 19.4 18.0 16.5 18.4 16.9 14.4 Reason Any Other

Testing Service Data. ® (%) Any 79.3 52.6 49.9 55.2 59.1 48.8 56.2 58.1 41.3 52.2 59.4 52.3 49.7 57.2 57.8 50.2 60.3 56.3 62.6 50.4 59.6 51.7 49.9 51.3 48.6 53.3 54.5 54.6 55.6 56.8 56.6 50.6 50.9 51.1 52.8 48.1 54.8 55.0 42.8 56.3 51.5 54.4 43.9 68.3 48.5 48.5 43.3 44.4 57.0 31.2 61.3 51.3 Reason Personal

(%) 75.7 49.3 46.7 52.3 55.7 46.9 54.0 55.9 38.4 48.5 57.1 48.5 46.5 53.7 55.5 45.5 57.7 53.5 59.4 48.1 57.3 48.0 46.7 47.4 45.9 50.7 51.9 51.6 53.6 53.2 52.6 47.3 47.8 48.2 48.6 46.8 17.7 52.1 39.9 53.5 48.6 51.8 41.9 65.1 44.3 46.1 40.3 42.1 55.1 18.2 58.6 47.2 Source: 2006 GED Personal Satisfaction

ersonal Reasons

Model (%) 27.6 19.5 16.9 18.9 22.1 12.2 19.6 22.2 13.8 21.7 19.7 21.5 18.2 23.1 20.0 20.8 23.6 19.4 25.8 18.6 17.5 22.1 19.3 21.1 19.1 15.7 22.9 21.8 18.3 22.4 23.4 22.4 17.4 19.8 24.6 15.1 44.7 17.6 13.6 20.5 21.0 20.8 12.0 30.7 21.0 16.6 15.6 13.4 25.3 22.5 24.6 20.8 Positive Role

Social 9.4 7.1 8.0 8.6 7.3 3.4 4.8 5.3 5.4 7.1 9.0 9.3 5.1 3.5 8.7 4.7 6.9 8.7 7.4 7.4 5.5 9.4 8.0 5.9 6.6 4.6 2.8 4.0 3.9 4.9 5.3 9.3 9.1 (%) 12.1 12.9 10.6 14.8 11.5 10.7 10.6 12.4 11.4 14.0 10.0 20.3 13.4 23.0 13.7 11.0 11.6 17.2 17.2 Reason Any

3.9 0.6 6.2 3.1 1.2 0.2 5.8 1.5 0.6 0.6 1.6 0.3 2.5 0.8 2.3 0.4 0.9 2.1 2.6 0.4 1.8 1.1 1.1 1.4 0.8 2.7 1.3 1.7 1.5 2.9 3.3 0.5 2.0 3.0 0.7 1.1 2.4 0.6 0.8 1.3 2.2 1.2 0.6 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 2.1 (%) 19.5 11.8 equirement Public Asst. R

3.4 3.0 5.0 7.6 4.9 9.1 7.6 8.7 4.4 2.4 0.9 2.6 2.0 8.3 2.5 3.7 5.9 6.4 7.7 3.6 2.6 1.3 3.2 1.3 2.6 3.0 8.8 7.1 2.4 5.2 1.7 3.3 3.9 9.6 5.5 0.4 1.6 3.5 6.8 1.3 5.2 1.1 2.6 2.0 2.1 2.8 3.6 9.4 4.9 5.9 4.4 (%) Social Reasons 17.1 Court Order

2.2 4.0 3.1 3.3 2.5 1.8 1.9 2.1 4.0 4.5 0.9 2.0 0.9 2.0 0.8 3.6 2.7 2.4 2.6 5.6 0.9 1.4 5.0 2.4 3.9 3.3 1.9 8.0 3.8 2.9 4.6 2.1 1.6 3.0 3.7 1.7 4.2 2.4 3.0 7.6 2.3 4.3 0.7 1.1 1.1 2.6 2.5 5.8 2.2 3.9 3.3 (%) Early 12.1 Release

(%) Any 52.9 52.0 50.4 44.2 51.3 52.0 53.8 69.8 50.4 53.4 54.7 49.7 40.4 53.3 51.8 51.5 52.5 49.7 57.4 46.8 48.5 48.0 48.2 47.1 43.4 49.5 52.2 49.9 48.3 56.3 51.8 40.8 45.4 44.7 42.5 43.7 58.4 47.5 52.4 41.8 45.9 50.3 48.4 46.5 49.3 49.3 39.6 45.1 49.4 48.6 13.0 48.3 Reason Employ.

9.3 7.7 8.7 6.6 8.0 9.0 7.3 7.5 8.6 5.6 8.6 9.6 7.7 8.4 8.7 8.6 5.6 8.8 8.0 6.9 5.5 7.1 8.0 8.0 9.6 7.7 5.4 9.4 6.1 8.3 7.6 6.1 7.1 7.2 9.5 7.5 8.5 9.9 7.0 6.1 8.6 8.0 8.4 (%) 11.1 10.1 10.9 10.9 12.6 13.5 11.9 10.2 11.1 Required Employer

6.9 4.4 Get (%) Job 43.8 43.9 40.4 36.7 42.8 41.7 32.4 60.2 42.7 39.2 41.7 42.2 33.6 44.0 44.9 40.7 44.5 41.3 49.4 37.7 42.8 40.7 38.9 39.0 36.8 36.2 43.2 41.2 35.7 48.5 40.5 34.5 36.4 34.0 34.6 20.8 49.0 40.3 45.6 33.9 35.5 42.1 38.8 38.7 38.6 30.7 35.9 37.5 40.2 37.9 Better

mployment Reasons Employment 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.4 2.8 3.0 2.7 2.5 5.1 2.3 1.7 2.8 2.8 2.0 2.6 4.4 2.8 2.8 2.6 2.9 1.9 2.0 2.8 2.4 1.5 2.0 1.7 2.1 1.8 2.4 2.1 2.5 2.8 2.2 2.5 2.4 1.6 2.3 1.5 2.2 3.3 2.1 2.0 1.0 2.3 2.3 2.7 3.3 3.2 3.7 (%) Job Keep 13.8 39.8 Current

7.2 5.5 4.9 6.3 6.1 9.3 9.0 5.9 7.7 6.9 8.0 6.2 6.7 6.7 7.7 7.7 7.0 5.4 4.1 5.6 7.0 6.2 5.6 9.5 6.6 6.6 6.5 7.3 4.8 9.2 5.6 8.7 6.4 8.2 7.0 4.9 5.8 5.4 8.1 8.4 6.9 0.0 5.8 9.3 6.8 6.5 2.4 7.7 4.9 Get (%) Job First 20.4 13.1 11.8 Candidates could report more than one reason for testing. 1.

6.6 4.4 6.3 7.1 6.0 7.1 9.8 8.5 9.1 9.0 7.6 6.9 5.3 9.1 5.2 5.7 6.0 6.1 5.6 8.9 5.8 6.5 4.4 4.2 9.3 6.4 4.0 7.5 5.4 7.2 7.2 6.4 6.0 7.2 8.6 8.3 4.9 8.5 6.2 5.8 3.3 8.8 3.4 6.9 6.5 5.6 5.1 (%) Any 10.7 10.4 10.8 11.2 11.1 Reason Military

2.6 1.9 1.6 2.7 2.4 2.4 3.3 4.3 3.9 4.1 3.2 2.6 2.1 3.9 2.0 2.1 3.2 4.4 4.8 2.2 2.1 3.2 2.4 2.4 1.7 1.7 3.9 3.6 2.4 1.5 2.5 1.9 3.3 2.8 4.7 2.3 3.0 2.9 2.2 3.9 1.5 3.6 2.0 2.1 1.0 3.7 0.9 2.7 2.7 1.6 5.4 1.3 (%) Career Military

Military Reasons

5.7 5.0 5.2 9.4 6.0 5.1 6.3 8.9 7.5 7.7 7.1 6.7 3.7 5.8 6.8 4.8 5.9 6.3 9.2 5.3 5.0 8.1 5.1 5.7 3.8 3.6 6.0 4.8 8.0 4.7 6.9 3.2 6.1 5.4 9.3 5.7 3.9 6.4 8.0 7.1 4.1 8.2 9.8 5.6 3.5 4.1 9.9 4.5 7.3 5.7 5.3 2.9 (%) Military Entrance

Educ. (%) 58.9 58.0 60.8 66.8 49.7 56.6 57.6 58.1 65.5 53.7 57.5 53.1 52.4 49.9 54.2 59.9 67.0 58.4 57.9 58.6 45.7 56.3 67.1 57.8 58.6 63.3 54.8 57.2 52.0 52.6 68.5 74.4 63.0 64.6 55.8 48.9 94.7 59.7 47.6 57.8 44.2 64.3 56.0 60.4 65.0 56.4 47.5 39.6 52.6 54.1 53.2 61.9 Reason Any

9.5 7.9 9.4 8.8 6.1 8.9 7.6 9.5 9.5 8.2 8.1 8.4 8.3 9.9 5.3 7.0 6.3 8.8 9.6 7.5 8.2 6.8 9.6 6.7 6.3 7.8 9.7 9.8 (%) Job 12.4 11.4 11.4 12.8 10.2 23.8 20.4 14.0 15.0 10.4 15.2 10.7 11.2 10.1 10.2 12.2 12.2 15.2 10.1 15.3 10.3 12.6 17.6 10.3 Training

8.4 8.7 7.3 8.4 5.4 8.7 4.6 8.6 7.8 9.3 8.1 7.7 7.7 8.1 8.9 9.1 8.3 6.7 9.2 7.3 7.6 6.1 8.2 7.8 9.9 8.7 9.1 6.4 6.3 7.9 7.8 9.4 6.1 7.0 9.2 9.3 9.2 6.5 6.5 7.3 7.6 8.7 (%) 13.2 11.9 14.7 10.7 10.2 11.1 10.0 10.7 10.0 10.0 Skills Certification

Prog.

8.4 9.8 (%) 22.5 21.6 16.9 18.6 17.2 26.2 21.3 14.4 29.9 17.1 19.0 17.8 14.8 24.8 15.3 18.3 14.8 14.4 15.5 21.3 22.5 16.6 12.3 30.3 16.3 15.9 22.3 14.2 23.5 19.8 33.5 17.2 22.2 18.0 14.0 34.2 16.6 12.7 15.6 15.8 15.1 16.0 30.4 24.9 20.1 32.5 11.3 12.6 88.5 20.9 Trade Reasons Educational Technical or

(%) 26.2 29.7 27.4 29.3 18.1 22.5 26.5 28.2 27.1 16.3 19.3 22.6 28.0 33.5 27.1 29.0 43.3 28.1 23.5 33.0 19.5 25.9 30.7 22.4 31.5 25.4 26.7 33.1 17.9 26.3 22.9 31.7 29.6 18.8 24.7 28.6 16.7 23.2 11.8 15.2 22.4 27.0 25.4 26.8 33.1 24.8 31.1 23.5 29.5 21.3 19.4 27.6 College Two-Year

5.8 (%) 18.4 22.6 17.4 15.6 18.8 13.7 13.6 13.4 21.2 14.9 25.4 17.2 24.0 22.4 19.2 17.4 23.8 23.3 22.1 20.1 14.2 18.6 26.1 23.5 22.9 12.9 18.2 17.4 16.5 16.5 17.4 18.8 19.3 16.5 18.7 19.6 18.3 16.6 11.4 22.3 16.5 17.4 16.0 26.4 34.5 23.6 17.8 26.2 21.6 10.8 22.4 College Four-Year

1 81.5 53.0 92.7 74.3 96.2 83.4 94.4 53.5 93.2 96.6 93.0 92.4 87.3 89.0 89.0 76.2 95.8 89.7 90.9 95.7 77.6 45.0 62.0 85.6 33.6 86.9 92.5 37.3 95.8 83.1 94.3 26.0 86.3 98.2 94.8 93.9 47.9 92.6 79.5 56.7 98.1 92.5 97.8 87.6 96.2 81.9 96.2 82.2 83.8 95.9 (%) 100.0 100.0

esting 774 839 625 917 Candidates for T (N) 4,972 1,651 3,078 4,275 9,109 3,709 7,402 7,764 2,978 3,754 4,063 1,098 8,581 6,907 1,684 8,023 8,815 7,518 2,203 3,068 2,442 7,954 4,831 1,970 4,452 19,602 14,837 13,829 11,689 10,826 17,253 10,850 10,334 17,386 21,022 10,573 21,619 13,957 52,450 10,586 10,280 43,516 13,846 41,285 25,726 21,652 12,258 550,832 Indicating Reason Columbia Island Carolina Dakota Carolina Dakota Virginia Mexico York Hampshire Jurisdiction Subtotal U.S. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Georgia New New North North Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode South South Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Wisconsin Wyoming California Colorado Connecticut District of Florida Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New New Jersey Oklahoma Delaware Hawaii Indiana 5

2 0 0 6 0 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A and and Program Micronesia Contracts and Federal DANTES Subtotal Areas Insular Guam Virgin Federated VA Michigan International Federal Puerto Palau N. Marshall American ercentage of of ercentage P P Mariana Hospitals Jurisdiction O 2 G x i d n e Islands ther ther Rico Corr. Total Islands Prisons Samoa Subtotal tates of States Islands Other C Inst. ontracts: ontracts: C

andidates andidates 563,961 Indicating Reason 12,49 3,051 6,994 2,082 2 365 635 129 239 00 (N) for T Candidates NA NA 96 77 59 35 2 6 R esting

eporting eporting

100.0 (%) 81.1 76.0 79.7 95.2 85.4 84.2 96.3 98.0 89.7 92.4 66.4 9.5 * 1 NA NA

V arious arious Four-Year College 18.3 30.2 35.9 28.5 37.2 30.2 24.7 64.4 22.6 11.4 13.4 (%) 9.6 9.4 NA NA *

easons for for easons

Two-Year College 26.0 17.6 26.3 14.4 18.8 20.9 47.9 20.8 35.6 12.6 51.4 24.9 16.3 (%) NA NA *

T echnical or Technical Educational Reasons aking the G the aking Trade 22.4 16.4 21.1 12.4 10.5 25.1 19.9 (%) 9.0 9.4 3.9 5.1 5.7 9.1 NA NA *

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Certification ED Skills 12.3 10.6 13.5 13.0 13.6 15.3 11.0 (%) 8.4 5.7 3.9 5.4 2.9 7.9 NA NA ® *

T ests in in ests

Training 10.5 11.5 13.6 15.5 11.2 Job (%) 9.5 7.7 7.5 3.1 6.5 5.4 2.9 6. NA NA * I

nsular Areas and and Areas nsular

Any Reason 58.6 72.3 40.3 47.5 61.2 69.8 51.9 84.7 41.0 62.9 43.8 56.1 43.3 (%) NA NA Educ. *

Entrance Military F 51.6 21.9 15.6 33.9 25.7 20.3 (%) 5.8 0.3 0.2 3.1 3.4 0.4 8. ederal ederal NA NA *

ilitary Reasons Military

Military Career 49.4 11.5 10.4 18.0 11.2 (%) 2.7 0.5 0.1 4.7 0.0 8.6 0.3 8.4 NA NA *

Military Reason 76.6 28.1 22.1 39.7 28.6 24.9 13.1 Any (%) 6.8 0.6 0.5 0.3 5.4 3.4 NA NA *

10.4 10.4 15.3 First Job (%) Get 7.2 6.5 7.9 9.6 4.7 1.5 3.1 2.9 8.6 5.1 NA NA *

Current Keep Job (%) 3.7 3. 1.8 1.5 2.5 1.4 3.3 3.9 5.2 0.0 1.7 4.2 0.0 NA NA * Employment Reasons

Better 37.8 40.6 34.4 35.1 32.1 35.7 29.6 43.4 47.9 42.9 33.9 38.9 28.6 Job (%) Get NA NA *

Employer Required 10.6 10.8 10.5 11.3 10.9 11.9 11.4 (%) 8.5 7.9 6.8 6.3 6.5 5.9 NA NA *

Employ. Reason 48.1 49.6 41.3 42.7 43.3 41.3 38.6 52.7 56.3 54.5 50.8 45.2 37.1 Any (%) NA NA *

Release 11.8 Early (%) 3. 4.6 0.8 2.9 0.4 0.9 1.6 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 2.9 NA NA *

Order Court 11.5 32.2 Social Reasons (%) 4.5 1.1 6.5 0.0 0.9 0.0 5.2 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 NA NA *

R ublic Asst. Public equirement (%) 2.1 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0 2.1 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 * NA NA

Any Reason 14.8 39.2 (%) 9.2 1.9 1.9 9.1 0.4 1.6 5.2 2.6 0.0 0.8 2.9 NA NA Social *

Role Positive 20.9 26.1 19.7 28.6 17.0 28.0 17.7 14.7 17.7 23.4 23.7 22.6 (%) 8.6 NA NA Model *

P ersonal Reasons

Satisfaction Personal Source: 2006 GED 2006 Source: 47.5 62.0 38.9 63.7 42.5 66.7 47.5 38.0 21.9 39.0 16.9 55.2 14.3 (%) NA NA *

Personal Reason 51.7 66.7 44.6 68.0 47.4 72.1 50.2 40.3 28.1 44.2 33.9 59.8 20.0 Any (%) NA NA * ® Testing Service Data. Service Testing

Any Other Any Reason 14.4 14.9 15.1 20.8 16.2 13.6 10.5 10.1 18.8 15.6 22.0 15.9 (%) 5.7 NA NA *

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 51 2 0 0 6

* NA NA 5.7 (%) 15.9 22.0 15.6 18.8 10.1 10.5 13.6 16.2 20.8 15.1 14.9 14.4 Reason Any Other

Testing Service Data. ® * NA NA (%) Any 68.0 20.0 59.8 33.9 44.2 28.1 40.3 50.2 72.1 47.4 44.6 66.7 51.7 Reason Personal

* NA NA (%) 63.7 14.3 55.2 16.9 39.0 21.9 38.0 47.5 66.7 42.5 38.9 62.0 47.5 Source: 2006 GED Personal Satisfaction

ersonal Reasons P

* Model NA NA 8.6 (%) 28.6 22.6 23.7 23.4 17.7 14.7 17.7 28.0 17.0 19.7 26.1 20.9 Positive Role

* Social NA NA 2.9 0.8 0.0 2.6 5.2 1.6 0.4 9.1 1.9 1.9 9.2 (%) 39.2 14.8 Reason Any

NA NA * 0.5 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.5 2.1 (%) equirement equirement Public Asst. R

* NA NA 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.3 5.2 0.0 0.9 0.0 6.5 1.1 4.5 (%) Social Reasons 32.2 11.5 Court Order

* NA NA 2.9 0.8 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.6 0.9 0.4 2.9 0.8 4.6 3.3 (%) Early 11.8 Release

* NA NA (%) Any 56.3 52.7 38.6 41.3 43.3 42.7 37.1 45.2 50.8 54.5 41.3 49.6 48.1 Reason Employ.

* NA NA 6.3 6.8 5.9 6.5 7.9 8.5 (%) 10.9 11.3 10.5 10.8 11.4 11.9 10.6 Required Employer

* NA NA Get (%) Job 47.9 43.4 29.6 35.7 32.1 35.1 28.6 38.9 33.9 42.9 34.4 40.6 37.8 Better

Employment Reasons * NA NA 3.3 1.4 2.5 1.5 4.2 1.7 0.0 5.2 3.9 0.0 1.8 3.3 3.7 (%) Job Keep Current

* NA NA 5.1 1.5 4.7 9.6 7.9 2.9 3.1 8.6 6.5 7.2 Get (%) Job First 15.3 10.4 10.4 Candidates could report more than one reason for testing. 1. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers.

* NA NA 0.3 0.5 0.6 3.4 5.4 6.8 (%) Any 13.1 24.9 76.6 39.7 22.1 28.1 28.6 Reason Military

* NA NA 8.4 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.0 4.7 8.6 2.7 (%) 11.2 49.4 18.0 10.4 11.5 Career Military

Military Reasons

* NA NA 8.8 3.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 3.4 5.8 (%) 20.3 21.9 51.6 25.7 33.9 15.6 Military Entrance

* Educ. NA NA (%) 43.3 56.1 69.8 61.2 47.5 40.3 72.3 43.8 62.9 41.0 84.7 51.9 58.6 Reason Any

* NA NA 6.6 3.1 7.5 7.7 2.9 5.4 6.5 9.5 (%) Job 11.2 11.5 10.5 15.5 13.6 Training

* NA NA 7.9 2.9 5.4 3.9 5.7 8.4 (%) 11.0 15.3 13.6 13.0 13.5 10.6 12.3 Skills Certification

Prog.

* NA NA 9.1 5.7 5.1 3.9 9.4 9.0 (%) 19.9 25.1 10.5 12.4 21.1 16.4 22.4 Trade Educational Reasons Technical or

* NA NA (%) 16.3 24.9 17.6 51.4 12.6 35.6 20.8 47.9 20.9 18.8 14.4 26.3 26.0 College Two-Year

* NA NA 9.6 9.4 (%) 13.4 30.2 11.4 22.6 64.4 24.7 30.2 37.2 28.5 35.9 18.3 College Four-Year

NA NA 1 * 9.5 66.4 92.4 76.0 89.7 98.0 96.3 84.2 85.4 95.2 79.7 81.1 (%) 100.0

esting 2 35 59 77 96 NA NA Candidates for T (N) 239 129 635 365 3,051 2,082 6,994 12,494 Indicating Reason 563,961

Inst. Other Islands States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Corr. Rico Islands Jurisdiction Hospitals Mariana American Marshall N. Palau Puerto Federal International Michigan VA Virgin Federated Guam Insular Areas Subtotal DANTES Federal and Contracts Micronesia Program 52 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s S A tandard tandard Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama P P Subtotal Jurisdiction York Mexico Hampshire x i d n e Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina Island Columbia S core core H S tatistics for All G All for tatistics 1 530,524 13,345 17,231 42,932 13,039 18,051 19,995 15,323 45,146 11,446 10,761 13,457 10,034 10,669 11,876 19,772 23,019 35,689 35,682 14,461 1,361 8,968 4,476 5,684 1,545 7,802 2,049 8,731 8,193 1,201 6,111 1,877 4,701 2,606 2,433 8,978 6,817 7,252 2,872 8,661 4,412 4,045 3,795 1,747 3,820 9,876 7,435 1,991 6,768 N 915 847 627 Median 490 460 440 490 460 460 490 470 450 450 450 460 440 480 440 460 450 490 460 440 460 480 450 460 460 460 440 460 440 450 460 460 460 440 470 500 480 450 490 460 480 470 440 500 490 490 490 480 480 460 460 460 ED Writing ® Mean 484 465 466 465 480 461 493 461 479 464 495 455 463 479 494 464 477 472 475 452 472 461 466 468 479 480 460 489 510 490 466 503 478 488 480 462 505 497 500 495 491 489 481 476 477 500 476 456 497 472 484 502

C andidates in in andidates Std. 102 74 65 64 69 74 67 78 64 70 60 75 69 80 81 67 67 69 69 62 68 68 71 68 69 70 62 72 70 74 71 75 76 81 74 70 72 82 80 79 73 74 73 73 77 81 66 65 82 70 74 79 Dev. Met 88.2 94.0 92.6 83.0 92.6 88.8 93.8 93.0 88.6 89.6 90.4 85.2 89.2 85.4 94.4 86.4 91.2 91.8 92.8 78.6 83.8 85.6 92.0 86.0 93.8 89.8 90.0 82.2 91.0 85.0 85.4 86.0 93.8 90.8 89.2 95.2 98.0 92.8 85.6 95.0 88.0 87.6 87.0 82.2 98.2 89.2 94.0 90.6 94.6 91.2 92.6 84.0 Score L Req. (%) anguage Arts, Arts, anguage Min.

554,650 10,638 12,276 20,787 24,500 36,853 10,617 37,954 15,129 10,774 14,301 17,902 44,918 13,165 18,488 20,069 17,405 43,818 12,040 10,875 14,448 10,307 8,948 4,410 4,002 3,934 1,785 3,971 7,482 2,235 1,441 9,974 4,564 1,014 5,813 1,706 7,882 2,068 9,363 8,289 1,307 6,411 1,993 4,764 2,703 2,589 9,367 7,557 7,235 3,083 N 867 629 Median 490 500 530 530 540 490 520 500 480 500 480 540 500 510 500 510 500 520 470 520 520 490 520 490 520 520 480 500 500 490 500 500 520 500 510 500 500 490 480 530 500 530 510 520 470 520 500 490 500 520 480 500 W riting; riting; Social tudies Mean 504 491 507 535 536 541 495 524 505 492 501 484 546 505 518 507 517 501 523 472 526 523 492 523 498 526 520 492 503 510 496 507 502 530 504 520 507 508 497 487 530 504 530 515 521 475 526 508 498 499 526 488 S ocial ocial Std. S 78 74 78 75 81 84 80 84 81 84 78 75 85 82 85 76 85 82 88 84 82 83 84 84 80 88 87 83 80 79 81 80 82 83 83 76 75 79 84 85 84 84 79 85 85 81 83 86 84 87 79 83 tudies; and and tudies; Dev. Met 88.8 94.6 97.4 98.4 96.6 87.0 95.8 91.0 87.6 88.6 86.6 99.2 89.8 94.2 90.2 95.6 89.8 94.8 77.6 90.0 95.8 94.8 87.6 94.4 90.2 95.2 92.8 87.0 91.6 93.2 88.4 91.4 90.4 96.0 89.8 95.4 94.6 93.0 85.8 88.6 84.8 95.2 89.4 96.8 91.2 92.6 82.4 95.4 90.0 88.6 88.0 97.0 Score Req. (%) Min.

L 558,138 10,707 12,237 20,811 24,651 36,895 10,646 38,324 15,187 10,746 10,367 14,693 17,972 45,028 13,148 18,577 20,072 17,920 43,953 12,016 10,891 14,940 10,359 anguage Arts, Arts, anguage 8,915 4,419 4,146 4,065 1,805 3,982 7,464 2,214 1,429 4,606 1,023 5,791 1,691 7,956 2,104 9,506 8,310 1,307 6,395 1,967 4,793 2,757 2,583 9,418 7,540 7,279 3,028 N 875 630 Median 490 500 540 550 510 490 540 500 490 500 490 550 490 520 500 520 500 520 470 540 520 490 540 490 540 520 490 500 510 490 500 500 540 500 510 500 510 490 490 540 500 540 520 510 470 540 500 490 490 540 490 500 Reading R Mean eading eading 514 522 564 565 540 514 554 522 513 523 503 571 521 545 527 543 522 552 497 525 558 543 513 552 515 560 544 517 523 536 507 527 523 563 529 539 531 535 518 505 551 524 556 547 537 495 547 528 516 514 557 504 Std. T 106 107 105 104 110 101 114 111 105 102 102 104 105 105 112 105 101 101 105 107 104 110 107 105 111 108 107 109 104 105 105 101 107 100 103 104 108 108 104 107 101 106 107 107 104 106 109 106 102 99 97 97 ests: ests: Dev. Met 2 91.4 97.0 95.6 89.2 95.6 91.0 96.6 93.6 89.8 93.2 95.0 87.8 92.2 91.6 96.8 92.0 95.6 95.2 94.4 87.0 90.2 86.8 95.4 90.6 97.4 94.0 92.8 85.2 95.6 91.0 89.8 88.6 97.6 90.8 94.6 98.0 98.8 95.2 89.2 96.8 90.6 89.6 90.2 88.4 98.8 90.4 95.2 91.4 96.6 91.2 96.2 82.6 Score 00 Req. (%) Min. 6

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 53 2 0 0 6

Min. * NA NA NA (%) Req. Score 45.4 94.6 21.2 79.2 46.8 88.2 91.2 89.0 89.4 84.2 87.6 84.6 37.8 91.4 86.0 87.6 83.2 88.0 95.2 93.2 93.6 94.4 88.0 93.8 91.4 73.6 Met Dev. * 92 76 71 82 71 87 97 96 96 88 88 95 89 NA NA NA 115 118 116 106 114 114 111 110 113 136 115 102 106 Std. Testing Service Data. ® * NA NA NA 413 493 372 456 413 492 589 591 587 544 569 432 580 562 598 544 616 571 536 517 502 510 518 525 554 460 Mean Reading * NA NA NA 500 450 550 490 390 470 360 450 400 470 580 580 570 520 550 420 570 550 615 520 610 510 490 480 490 540 Source: 2006 GED Median 2 33 52 48 96 64 25 NA NA NA 202 119 550 310 137 895 159 291 313 N 1,911 1,031 1,147 4,237 1,188 2,084 7,459 2,524 11,395 12,382 582,465

Min. * NA NA NA (%) Req. Score 55.8 93.2 14.6 77.8 63.6 86.2 91.8 90.6 88.6 75.2 80.2 71.0 81.0 35.4 92.0 84.8 81.4 84.6 94.2 93.4 87.2 91.6 90.0 76.2 86.8 93.0 Met Dev. * 97 64 61 77 80 68 83 85 88 87 80 83 85 82 83 80 85 87 83 71 68 71 74 84 88 NA NA NA 102 Std. * NA NA NA 420 496 350 440 441 472 547 553 543 494 514 417 547 522 493 512 555 533 532 499 477 490 517 459 504 502 Mean Social Studies * NA NA NA 470 500 420 490 340 460 420 470 540 550 540 490 510 400 540 520 475 500 570 530 490 470 480 510 500 530 Median 2 34 55 45 55 62 26 NA NA NA 203 123 515 316 142 936 155 301 318 N 1,916 1,031 1,208 4,227 1,205 2,092 7,518 2,600 12,530 11,525 579,220

Min. * NA NA NA (%) Req. Score 51.6 93.8 30.8 81.4 50.6 84.6 89.0 90.4 79.2 64.6 83.4 86.6 89.2 78.4 82.2 36.6 91.8 78.4 89.4 84.0 88.0 87.4 76.0 88.0 85.0 85.2 Met Dev. * 56 58 47 79 63 69 76 89 70 61 84 84 68 57 66 53 77 53 76 71 73 73 70 59 80 NA NA NA 101 Std. * NA NA NA 406 469 392 450 417 535 558 497 471 535 461 447 522 454 470 440 454 478 442 541 502 558 515 512 526 471 Mean Writing * NA NA NA 430 520 440 410 455 380 430 410 440 530 550 480 460 530 510 440 450 430 435 540 490 530 510 500 460 460 Median 1 33 39 43 83 57 25 NA NA NA 509 194 333 145 117 929 312 142 316 N 1,941 1,013 1,205 7,536 2,690 4,222 1,223 2,087 11,551 12,626 555,210 Inst. Other Islands States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia Jurisdiction Hospitals Mariana Guam Insular Areas Subtotal Alberta Federal and Contracts Canada DANTES Quebec Federated Micronesia Marshall N. Palau Puerto British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Virgin Nova Nunavut Ontario Prince Island Saskatchewan Yukon Federal International Michigan VA American Program Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results because some results can be based on a small number of candidates. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 54 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s S A tandard tandard U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California P P Subtotal Jurisdiction York Mexico Hampshire x i d n e Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina Island Columbia S core core H S tatistics for All G All for tatistics 2 554,644 44,949 13,171 18,530 20,176 17,085 44,517 12,086 10,873 14,490 10,381 10,689 12,260 20,711 24,543 36,893 10,446 37,743 15,038 10,744 14,140 17,872 1,699 7,971 2,136 9,294 8,318 1,287 6,388 1,974 4,784 2,739 2,613 9,386 7,402 7,297 3,054 8,988 4,423 3,888 3,965 1,787 4,031 7,492 2,241 1,442 9,796 4,591 1,012 5,804 N 878 627 ED Median 510 520 530 510 520 520 550 520 530 530 520 500 520 500 550 520 540 540 540 500 540 530 510 520 550 510 530 550 550 510 510 540 530 510 520 490 550 520 530 520 530 520 550 500 540 540 520 540 520 540 540 520 ®

C andidates in in andidates Science Mean 523 551 545 518 546 521 556 549 512 526 535 509 523 523 558 526 536 538 528 501 518 501 556 525 552 546 544 499 548 530 516 517 554 514 529 560 562 518 511 552 530 512 524 493 566 522 542 523 541 521 555 502 S cience and and cience Std. 81 74 84 78 79 85 83 88 84 87 79 79 90 85 86 80 86 85 88 86 82 88 83 87 84 91 89 84 78 82 84 87 87 87 82 79 82 82 85 85 88 88 86 82 90 84 85 87 90 87 88 84 Dev. M athematics athematics Score Met 93.0 97.2 99.0 99.2 94.2 90.4 98.0 93.4 91.6 92.6 89.0 99.6 92.6 96.8 93.2 97.6 92.8 98.0 86.8 97.8 96.6 92.8 96.8 93.6 97.4 95.8 91.2 95.4 95.8 90.6 93.8 93.2 98.0 94.4 97.0 96.8 95.6 88.4 92.2 88.0 97.2 92.8 97.6 95.4 95.8 87.8 97.2 93.0 92.0 91.6 98.2 93.2 (%) Min. Req.

T 554,103 ests: ests: 10,944 12,283 21,645 24,908 37,751 10,072 37,400 15,399 10,846 13,330 18,048 45,519 13,384 18,720 20,520 14,672 45,341 12,558 10,999 13,756 10,324 9,014 4,454 3,925 3,847 1,828 4,041 7,633 2,027 1,377 8,881 4,648 5,972 1,543 8,123 2,166 8,837 8,531 1,235 6,321 1,854 4,905 2,629 2,555 9,508 6,922 7,572 2,880 N 898 633 925 2 00 6 Median 470 470 500 500 480 450 490 480 450 470 430 510 460 480 460 480 450 500 450 490 490 450 480 450 490 480 460 470 480 470 470 460 490 470 470 480 480 450 450 440 490 460 490 490 490 440 490 460 450 460 490 470 Mathematics Mean 466 472 504 504 483 458 491 479 457 472 437 515 461 482 464 484 459 499 452 468 490 487 458 483 461 489 482 462 471 481 468 468 463 493 466 475 482 485 454 460 450 489 466 489 485 487 446 491 467 460 464 494 Std. 72 66 71 65 73 78 76 85 78 81 76 70 83 77 79 71 77 71 80 79 75 79 75 76 76 75 80 79 71 73 74 80 80 78 72 69 74 73 84 80 84 77 79 74 80 77 75 78 82 81 81 73 Dev. Score Met 80. 89.4 87.0 78.0 88.0 79.6 90.8 85.6 78.2 84.4 85.6 81.4 81.0 78.4 91.0 82.2 87.0 89.2 89.0 73.0 76.4 71.8 89.2 79.8 89.2 85.4 87.0 72.6 89.8 79.8 76.6 77.8 92.6 82.6 87.6 95.4 97.0 88.6 76.4 90.0 83.6 76.0 80.4 66.4 98.2 75.4 87.6 79.0 90.0 78.8 94.4 71.0 (%) Min. Req.

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 55 2 0 0 6

Req. Min. * NA NA NA 9.0 (%) 42.4 79.8 70.0 52.6 74.2 80.4 77.4 81.2 66.2 71.4 62.6 22.6 80.2 72.6 62.2 67.2 82.8 91.8 80.6 60.6 68.4 74.6 79.2 65.2 80.6 Met Score Testing Service Data. ® Dev. * 85 87 77 92 92 71 90 73 62 80 65 69 57 57 84 67 72 81 89 96 86 81 80 83 79 NA NA NA 125 Std. Source: 2006 GED * NA NA NA 386 514 487 482 484 508 505 452 434 433 456 398 448 319 445 411 450 428 515 512 514 478 486 474 501 469 Mean Mathematics * NA NA NA 450 430 500 470 370 510 490 490 480 520 510 440 420 430 370 440 310 430 420 440 510 510 510 470 480 470 Median 1 61 29 33 55 40 38 NA NA NA 498 159 324 342 212 120 326 147 983 N 4,339 1,261 2,106 7,867 2,949 1,973 1,070 1,220 13,265 11,892 579,758

Req. Min. * NA NA NA (%) 94.6 93.2 80.6 92.0 45.0 95.0 92.2 86.8 88.8 88.4 97.0 94.8 91.2 93.0 61.2 97.6 23.2 74.4 65.0 92.8 95.0 93.8 93.6 86.4 92.2 90.0 Met Score Dev. * 80 88 87 81 94 74 84 72 70 73 76 86 93 61 74 78 84 81 86 91 96 94 86 88 89 93 NA NA NA Std. * NA NA NA 507 492 497 512 524 580 582 577 532 563 550 444 574 549 525 544 564 564 552 447 512 367 457 455 500 479 Mean Science * NA NA NA 520 510 550 500 485 490 560 560 560 530 560 540 440 560 540 520 530 560 550 430 510 350 450 430 495 480 Median 2 61 26 36 56 39 57 NA NA NA 304 317 140 913 158 297 208 126 522 N 7,606 2,656 1,894 1,021 1,144 4,213 1,195 2,091 12,659 11,379 579,204 Inst. Other Islands States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia Jurisdiction Hospitals Mariana Federated Marshall N. Palau Puerto British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Island Saskatchewan Yukon Federal International Michigan VA Micronesia Program Virgin Nova Federal and Contracts Canada DANTES Quebec Insular Areas Subtotal Alberta Guam American Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results because some results can be based on a small number of candidates. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 56 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s G A W U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama Virginia Kansas Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California ED ho ho P P ® Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire P Virginia

x i d n e Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina Jurisdiction C Island assed: assed: andidate andidate Columbia C hanges from from hanges i P articipation, by by articipation, 680,874 2005 22,622 12,734 19,027 24,717 52,364 13,176 11,353 11,624 10,257 19,474 11,601 10,654 11,746 12,827 26,398 32,941 44,635 14,066 46,184 17,290 11,637 16,841 20,153 20,278 58,249 16,251 (N) 1,726 4,998 1,372 6,512 2,444 8,349 3,359 9,855 1,775 7,972 2,389 5,326 4,063 3,160 8,835 4,163 4,656 6,080 5,356 1,875 1,031 4,874 8,091 2,937 2

577 00 5 to to N umber umber 2 00 T 676,020 2006 ested 16,579 19,979 21,146 55,858 14,726 22,936 12,719 21,486 24,182 51,780 13,846 11,526 11,325 10,188 19,391 12,158 12,095 12,787 25,843 31,424 42,899 13,848 47,033 18,121 11,428 (N) 8,715 3,223 9,202 1,821 8,070 2,438 5,235 3,923 3,275 8,478 4,013 9,799 4,589 5,754 5,419 2,048 1,047 4,833 8,106 3,072 1,749 5,166 1,461 6,399 2,243

639 T ested, ested, 2005–6 Percent Change 12.9 10.7 P -0.7 -4.0 -0.1 -6.6 -2.2 -1.1 -1.7 -3.4 -2.6 -0.7 -0.4 -4.0 -3.6 -8.0 -1.4 -5.4 -0.3 -2.1 -4.6 -3.9 -0.8 -1.5 -1.8 -1.6 -0.9 -1.7 -4.1 -9.4 -8.2 (%) 1.3 3.4 4.3 6.5 4.4 1.4 2.6 1.2 5.1 2.1 3.6 1.5 4.8 3.0 1.2 9.2 1.6 1.8 0.2 4.8 4.6 ercentage ercentage

2005 W 86.3 97.2 88.8 69.2 92.8 85.5 92.5 97.7 99.3 89.9 74.4 81.1 98.2 89.9 65.8 98.6 78.4 54.7 97.9 68.0 95.4 64.1 95.5 87.4 98.8 70.9 95.5 57.9 87.5 71.6 98.7 98.9 67.8 60.0 97.1 83.4 95.1 78.7 99.2 67.0 80.2 99.3 94.8 70.6 73.8 87.7 95.6 71.4 99.0 97.7 98.5 63.1 (%)

ho ho C ompleted Battery of of Battery ompleted Completed 100.0 2006 85.8 95.8 89.3 70.1 94.1 85.9 92.3 96.8 89.6 73.2 81.3 98.7 89.6 63.2 72.3 77.4 54.4 96.7 66.5 92.6 61.5 95.2 87.6 98.7 69.0 98.7 62.7 87.5 70.5 99.0 98.9 67.3 59.6 97.7 82.2 96.1 75.7 98.6 68.5 81.6 98.0 94.3 70.0 73.9 88.0 95.8 71.9 98.4 98.3 98.4 64.0 (%)

Percentage 2005–6 Change -26.2 Point -0.5 -1.4 -0.2 -0.8 -0.4 -1.3 -0.2 -2.6 -1.1 -0.3 -1.2 -1.5 -2.8 -2.6 -0.3 -0.1 -1.9 -1.1 -0.6 -0.3 -1.2 -3.0 -0.6 -1.3 -0.6 -0.6 -0.6 -0.2 0.5 0.9 1.3 0.3 0.7 0.2 0.5 0.2 3.2 4.9 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.6 1.0 1.5 1.4 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.9 T ests, and and ests, 2005 72.1 83.1 63.5 87.0 76.6 68.9 72.1 54.3 97.6 66.9 83.4 72.0 84.8 68.0 88.8 63.6 89.5 82.8 69.6 83.6 68.5 86.4 82.6 67.4 76.4 81.1 68.4 71.0 69.5 85.3 72.2 80.0 82.6 87.5 60.5 67.6 60.4 83.4 73.2 85.3 77.3 77.9 58.5 83.2 71.3 69.3 66.8 88.6 71.3 75.5 90.5 98.0 (%)

P ercentage ercentage P 2006 assed 68.7 79.9 58.7 85.6 71.1 63.3 65.8 51.7 93.6 63.3 82.0 69.0 81.5 69.1 87.6 49.8 85.3 80.5 64.3 81.9 67.3 86.5 78.5 64.8 70.8 80.2 65.0 70.8 65.5 84.4 69.1 76.8 82.3 83.5 56.1 63.4 59.2 81.7 67.8 83.9 75.1 76.1 56.0 81.2 68.7 64.8 62.8 86.2 68.3 73.4 87.8 98.6 (%)

Percentage 2005–6 Change -13.9 Point -3.4 -4.2 -2.3 -5.3 -1.7 -1.3 -4.0 -2.6 -5.6 -0.9 -3.4 -0.3 -4.0 -0.8 -3.1 -3.2 -0.4 -3.9 -4.4 -4.2 -1.1 -1.7 -5.4 -1.4 -2.2 -1.8 -2.5 -2.0 -2.6 -4.5 -4.1 -2.4 -3.0 -2.1 -2.8 -3.3 -4.8 -1.4 -5.5 -5.6 -6.3 -2.6 -4.0 -3.6 -1.4 -3.0 -3.4 -1.2 0.2 0.6 1.1 A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 57 2 0 0 6 – NA NA 0.9 2.0 0.6 6.0 2.3 1.9 3.3 1.5 0.5 5.6 2.1 -0.9 -9.4 -7.0 -5.7 -1.9 -3.1 10.7 20.2 40.2 15.8 Point -12.5 -11.6 -12.4 -13.4 -12.8 Change -100.0 2005–2006 Percentage Testing Service Data. ®

NA NA 0.0 5.8 (%) 53.4 18.3 74.2 60.9 46.9 58.2 79.3 78.6 67.0 52.0 55.8 32.4 59.9 63.3 40.9 38.4 52.8 74.2 69.7 66.6 50.7 63.1 68.3 66.1 63.5 39.9 assed 2006 P Source: 2006 GED

NA NA 6.7 (%) 51.5 15.0 72.7 60.5 26.7 52.6 39.1 85.6 72.7 65.4 68.6 31.6 72.4 72.7 52.5 18.9 65.2 72.2 69.0 60.6 48.5 52.4 71.4 64.0 65.4 24.1 2005 100.0 – NA NA 1.6 7.0 0.4 0.0 0.5 2.5 7.2 2.9 0.1 3.9 0.2 0.6 1.6 -0.8 -0.6 -3.3 -1.2 -2.8 -0.9 -2.1 -1.0 -0.4 -0.7 Point -50.0 -13.3 -23.9 -32.8 Change 2005–2006 Percentage

NA NA (%) 61.2 98.9 90.4 98.5 98.9 93.8 96.7 98.7 97.4 84.2 83.1 50.0 94.9 99.2 88.1 37.5 38.6 94.0 93.8 94.9 98.9 97.4 97.0 86.0 96.7 91.8 63.1 2006 100.0 Completed

NA NA (%) 97.3 83.3 98.1 99.7 94.4 98.2 98.5 81.7 75.9 91.9 99.1 90.9 50.8 62.5 97.1 94.9 89.9 97.0 98.7 98.4 97.4 86.6 96.1 90.2 95.9 2005 100.0 100.0 100.0

– NA NA 0.8 0.0 9.3 3.8 9.4 (%) -3.2 -1.5 -5.9 -0.1 -1.4 90.6 87.6 11.7 94.8 30.4 78.8 23.1 78.1 14.5 35.4 -11.4 -23.4 -17.9 -20.2 -12.5 -37.1 326.7 Change Percent 2005–2006 2 64 30 39 59 80 NA NA 151 363 165 187 365 244 114

2,186 8,774 3,840 4,012 5,884 2,122 1,148 1,433 1,101 4,598 1,455 6,571 (N) 13,031 18,814 ested 2006 714,436 T 2 96 15 23 62 33 65 64 NA NA 197 455 151 388 223

1,147 8,701 2,047 4,528 4,210 2,193 1,399 1,283 1,118 4,429 1,662 4,854 (N) 13,212 16,425 2005 715,365 Island Subtotal Inst. Other Islands 1 Territories States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Columbia Rico Edward Territory Jurisdiction Islands Scotia Hospitals Mariana Data were incomplete for Puerto Rico in 2005. Therefore, percent change and percentage point change statistics were not calculated. Marshall Puerto Michigan VA N. Palau Federal International Northwest Saskatchewan Federated British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Nunavut Ontario Prince Yukon Micronesia Nova Program Federal and Contracts Canada DANTES Quebec Insular Areas Alberta American Guam Virgin 1. NA = Not available. – = Not possible to calculate due to incomplete data. 58 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama ercentage of G of ercentage P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Jurisdiction Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina J x i d n e Island Columbia ED ®

P assers, by Age Group and Average Age: Age: Average and Group Age by assers, 398,045 (N) 31,677 10,281 13,153 16,318 12,022 28,341 13,559 17,062 26,045 26,391 11,154 10,875 13,124 P 4,786 1,241 5,589 1,424 7,575 6,288 1,008 4,198 7,858 1,505 3,494 2,253 2,006 8,592 5,979 5,783 9,838 6,893 5,095 2,483 6,566 8,722 3,962 3,632 9,781 3,250 1,369 2,738 8,309 6,514 1,702 4,103 1,154 7,241 3,213 Known Age assers with 523 598 778 (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 99.9 99.7 99.6 99.9 99.9 99.5 99.9 99.8 99.9 99.7 99.8 99.9 99.9 99.9 99.4 99.8 99.7 99.9 99.9 99.8 99.4 99.8 (%) 12.6 15.2 10.9 16 6.3 0.0 4.5 6.2 7.0 0.1 4.3 0.0 5.6 2.8 1.8 2.6 9.9 6.0 1.2 5.1 6.4 2.0 8.3 4.4 3.6 4.3 3.6 6.0 5.1 9.0 1.4 1.7 5.8 7.9 0.1 8.6 5.0 6.1 1.6 0.0 1.7 8.4 4.6 6.7 2.5 2.8 0.1 1.4 0.1 5.2 7.9 8.4 4.1 (%) 14.4 14.0 15.1 19.7 15.0 18.3 14.0 18.2 13.2 19.4 13.3 14.9 19.7 12.3 10.2 20.5 12.2 25.9 15.7 21.7 15.0 18.3 14.5 22.9 13.1 16.5 15.3 16.7 20.9 25.9 12.1 18.7 10.9 18.8 10.2 21.1 11.2 15.9 19.1 17.6 16.0 14.7 17.5 19.5 17 9.4 5.6 7.3 7.8 8.1 9.4 8.1 9.5 (%) 16.7 15.8 13.1 14.9 13.0 17.8 15.7 16.0 19.4 19.3 24.5 17.8 17.2 14.7 16.5 18.8 14.9 11.5 15.8 18.7 19.2 19.3 17.1 14.6 17.6 17.4 27.2 14.2 15.6 12.5 15.3 18.1 19.1 15.2 13.6 10.4 17.8 12.3 16.9 18.9 13.8 20.1 16.4 17.6 17.4 17.4 17.3 12.6 18.2 18.7 15.3 23.6 18 (%) 2 10.9 10.1 10.4 10.5 11.2 13.1 12.0 10.6 12.6 13.8 10.0 12.5 11.0 10.2 11.6 10.6 12.0 12.8 10.3 12.3 11.2 12.8 12.2 12.6 14.0 13.7 10.0 12.2 11.9 14.4 13.8 13.2 11.0 14.1 19 9.8 9.0 7.4 9.7 9.9 7.2 8.1 9.6 9.2 9.4 8.5 9.3 9.8 9.3 8.6 9.9 8.9 9.8 00 6 20–24 (%) 24.9 19.7 25.5 25.6 29.1 25.2 28.8 21.6 16.4 25.4 19.5 28.3 33.3 32.0 23.4 23.5 18.0 25.6 27.7 21.4 25.6 28.3 25.6 25.7 21.1 23.7 24.9 24.9 22.2 29.6 25.1 28.7 28.8 20.2 24.6 32.1 25.7 23.7 26.3 20.3 25.7 28.7 20.8 29.0 20.8 23.7 20.0 35.5 31.7 25.3 22.2 28.8 Age Group 25–29 (%) 12.1 10.2 14.1 12.4 14.9 13.0 13.9 10.3 11.8 13.2 13.5 13.1 13.0 13.3 10.3 15.0 14.9 10.0 12.0 11.1 13.2 13.2 12.2 12.4 10.2 12.2 10.6 14.2 16.7 13.6 10.6 10.4 14.2 10.8 12.1 13.4 12.0 10.6 13.8 12.7 10.5 6.4 8.1 9.6 9.8 8.7 6.4 9.1 7.8 8.6 8.7 8.2 30–34 (%) 6.4 5.9 7.1 6.1 6.4 6.1 7.6 5.1 3.7 5.8 4.3 5.7 5.5 6.1 6.6 8.4 6.5 8.2 3.7 5.3 4.2 7.5 6.9 6.3 6.0 2.8 4.6 7.6 7.5 4.9 6.7 4.6 5.8 6.0 7.8 8.4 3.9 7.1 5.7 4.9 8.0 4.8 5.6 5.5 3.1 6.4 5.1 5.9 5.5 4.5 5.4 2.9 35–39 (%) 4. 2.9 5.0 2.9 3.7 3.9 4.7 3.2 2.7 3.6 3.3 3.6 4.5 5.0 4.5 6.8 4.5 6.4 2.5 3.6 2.7 4.3 3.1 4.3 4.3 1.9 3.2 4.7 4.7 3.3 3.5 4.1 4.2 4.7 4.2 5.3 2.2 5.1 4.2 3.2 5.0 3.7 5.1 3.7 2.5 4.6 2.6 3.7 3.2 3.6 4.2 3.3 40–9 (%) 4.5 2.9 4.6 4.4 4.4 4.2 4.7 4.4 2.2 4.0 3.2 3.8 3.5 5.4 4.6 7.0 4.7 6.6 3.3 3.0 3.9 4.6 3.7 4.4 4.5 2.6 3.2 4.9 4.4 3.2 3.0 3.9 3.9 5.2 5.5 5.4 3.0 5.7 4.3 3.2 5.1 4.2 5.0 3.5 3.0 4.5 3.1 4.4 4.0 3.7 3.9 2.9 50–9 (%) 1.4 0.7 1.6 1.0 0.9 1.7 1.4 0.9 0.7 1.2 1.1 1.3 0.5 1.4 1.2 1.7 1.4 1.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.2 1.4 1.0 1.4 1.2 0.8 1.4 2.0 1.2 1.6 1.3 1.7 1.3 1.4 2.0 0.9 2.6 1.2 0.9 1.6 1.3 1.4 1.5 0.5 1.5 0.6 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.0 1.4 60+ (%) 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 Avg. Age (years) 23.8 22.3 24.4 23.2 23.5 23.5 21.4 22.6 24.3 24.3 23.0 23.4 23.5 23.9 23.5 24.4 25.6 22.1 25.0 23.5 22.4 24.8 23.6 23.7 23.5 21.7 23.8 22.1 24.1 23.7 22.8 23.0 22.6 22.3 24.4 23.3 23.9 23.9 24.5 22.8 21.1 23.4 22.2 23.6 23.5 24.5 23.8 25.5 23.4 25.5 22.4 22.5 9

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 5 2 0 0 6 * NA NA NA NA 24.8 21.7 23.9 25.3 30.7 25.7 31.1 32.4 31.9 30.8 30.5 31.2 30.4 29.2 32.7 28.8 31.0 27.7 21.8 32.7 20.0 29.5 30.4 29.2 24.1 (years) Avg. Age Avg. Testing Service Data. * NA NA NA NA ® 0.2 1.4 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.3 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.5 0.5 0.3 (%) 0+ 60+ * NA NA NA NA 4.5 9.1 6.7 4.7 0.0 0.0 3.8 0.1 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.7 5.3 5.0 7.1 6.1 6.9 4.8 0.0 5.0 1.8 2.7 1.5 (%) 50–59 Source: 2006 GED * NA NA NA NA 0.8 0.6 0.0 2.1 0.0 9.3 9.7 4.4 4.9 (%) 13.7 21.4 10.0 16.7 13.0 13.9 11.3 11.1 13.7 19.5 20.1 17.7 20.8 16.9 15.5 10.1 40–49 * NA NA NA NA 8.0 8.2 9.3 8.7 9.0 1.7 0.3 9.7 0.0 4.8 0.0 8.0 9.4 8.4 8.9 5.0 9.7 6.6 9.8 4.6 (%) 10.0 13.6 27.8 12.5 10.7 35–39 * NA NA NA NA 9.2 7.7 6.7 4.3 3.1 2.1 8.3 5.6 2.7 9.0 9.9 9.6 6.7 (%) 11.6 21.5 12.9 13.1 15.8 14.5 15.1 12.1 12.4 32.3 11.2 15.2 30–34 * NA NA NA NA 3.2 8.3 4.0 9.9 14.2 11.4 23.3 19.6 26.1 10.6 29.0 22.6 13.8 42.1 22.2 20.2 17.5 17.2 12.1 16.5 22.6 13.2 16.1 22.5 12.5 (%) 9 25–29 Age Group * NA NA NA NA 37.0 26.4 13.3 27.4 30.4 39.3 16.8 23.0 31.5 33.3 27.6 15.8 22.2 16.0 28.6 24.5 25.5 30.4 35.6 29.8 22.6 23.5 31.6 23.8 25.0 (%) 20–24 * NA NA NA NA 8.6 5.0 0.5 4.5 0.0 5.6 6.7 4.1 4.8 7.5 8.6 3.2 8.2 6.1 19 10.3 16.7 13.0 20.0 18.6 16.6 10.5 12.1 11.9 12.1 10.7 (%) * NA NA NA NA 2.9 4.1 6.7 3.9 4.3 0.0 3.3 5.3 5.6 3.0 0.7 1.7 1.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 5.5 18 17.7 22.1 25.0 11.7 20.0 14.0 16.2 (%) * NA NA NA NA 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.4 6.7 1.0 0.0 6.7 0.0 8.3 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.5 17 26.0 25.0 18.7 10.7 13.8 (%) * NA NA NA NA 4.0 3.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 2.1 0.0 8.0 0.4 3.9 16 10.5 (%) NA NA NA NA * 51.7 92.5 99.9 99.9 92.5 99.3 99.7 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 (%) 3 31 30 23 12 19 18 75 NA NA NA NA 869 702 239 708 101 581 220 795 145 272 assers with assers with Known Age 1,861 1,477 3,361 1,696 5,717 8,268 P 10,143 (N) 416,728 Island Subtotal Inst. Other Islands Territories States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia Jurisdiction Hospitals Mariana N. Federal and Contracts DANTES Canada Quebec Insular Areas Alberta American Guam Virgin Nova Federated Marshall Palau Puerto British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Nunavut Ontario Prince Saskatchewan Yukon Federal International Michigan VA Micronesia Program Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results when response rate is below 85 percent. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 6

2 0 0 6 0 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A ercentage of G of ercentage U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Virginia x i d n e Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina Island Columbia Jurisdiction K ED ®

P assers, by Gender: Gender: by assers, 391,784 2 10,726 13,117 31,522 10,265 13,130 16,208 11,982 28,132 13,403 17,059 26,045 26,228 11,155 00 1,151 7,221 3,202 4,786 1,238 5,466 7,570 6,269 4,169 5,593 3,407 2,226 1,992 8,554 5,979 5,634 9,682 6,807 5,091 2,428 6,346 8,698 3,956 3,632 9,663 3,250 1,359 2,739 8,309 6,492 1,699 4,104 (N) 778 315 996 937 481 593 P 6

assers withKnownGender

100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 (%) 96.4 99.7 99.8 98.8 98.8 99.9 99.1 91.8 99.2 99.4 99.6 99.4 99.8 99.8 99.7 99.4 99.7 98.6 99.6 99.4 99.8 99.8 97.7 22.0 99.8 99.9 99.6 99.3 98.8 99.4 99.2 99.2 71.0 62.1 97.4 98.8 99.3 99.5 97.3 98.4 98.2 99.9 97.6 98.3

Male (%) 58.1 60.0 56.4 55.7 60.4 58.6 59.5 56.9 55.6 57.4 55.1 62.2 59.9 59.1 62.4 58.8 64.2 58.8 50.3 57.9 64.0 56.8 56.7 60.7 56.0 60.9 58.9 53.4 59.1 56.6 61.6 57.9 58.0 55.4 57.0 57.6 55.6 58.3 54.5 58.4 58.1 60.0 57.3 55.9 57.7 58.1 64.5 58.1 56.2 63.4 59.2 58.5 Gender F emale (%) 41.9 40.0 43.6 44.3 39.6 41.4 40.5 43.1 44.4 42.6 44.9 37.8 40.1 40.9 37.6 41.2 35.8 41.2 49.7 42.1 36.0 43.2 43.3 39.3 44.0 39.1 41.1 46.6 40.9 43.4 38.4 42.1 42.0 44.6 43.0 42.4 44.4 41.7 45.5 41.6 41.9 40.0 42.7 44.1 42.3 41.9 35.5 41.9 43.8 36.6 40.8 41.5 A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 61 2 0 0 6 * NA NA NA NA 5.3 40.8 11.6 40.2 41.3 50.0 56.7 41.5 50.0 15.4 11.7 36.3 41.7 37.9 26.3 61.1 48.6 39.7 38.3 30.4 41.5 42.6 43.1 51.6 39.5 (%) Testing Service Data. emale F ® Gender Source: 2006 GED * NA NA NA NA 59.2 88.4 59.8 58.7 50.0 43.3 58.5 50.0 84.6 88.3 63.7 94.7 58.3 62.1 73.7 38.9 51.4 60.3 61.7 69.6 58.5 57.4 56.9 48.4 60.5 (%) Male

* NA NA NA NA 98.0 84.7 99.1 98.9 95.7 98.2 98.8 11.3 94.9 96.0 92.5 99.2 98.3 99.1 (%) 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0

3 assers with Known Gender assers with

31 30 22 12 19 18 72

NA NA NA NA P 702 237 696 101 576 220 795 190 145 269 (N) 9,282 3,361 1,667 5,658 1,767 1,477 8,248 409,583 Subtotal Micronesia Labrador Contracts Island Jurisdiction Subtotal Inst. Other Islands Territories States of Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia Hospitals Mariana Program Saskatchewan Yukon Federal International Michigan VA Federated Marshall Palau Puerto Virgin British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Northwest Nova Nunavut Ontario Prince Federal and Canada DANTES Quebec Insular Areas Alberta American Guam N. Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results when response rate is below 85 percent. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 62 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California Florida Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama U.S ercentage of G of ercentage P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina L x i d n e Island Columbia Jurisdiction ED ® ® P assers, by by assers, P 359,758 R 10,373 12,575 30,574 12,440 11,020 24,836 12,779 15,633 26,045 24,623 (N)(%) assers withKnown ace/ 6,549 6,004 6,752 3,634 5,322 2,907 2,148 1,851 7,679 5,806 4,678 8,923 5,981 4,659 2,339 6,298 8,506 3,744 3,627 9,435 2,806 1,293 2,739 8,300 6,467 9,799 1,466 1,115 5,938 3,078 4,784 9,764 1,199 5,352 4,053 Race/Ethnicity 763 308 937 819 452 586 E thnicity: thnicity:

100.0 100.0 100.0 90.3 21.5 94.6 86.5 95.4 41.4 93.0 91.5 87.6 86.4 67.5 54.3 83.1 95.3 92.3 89.3 97.1 80.8 90.7 86.3 91.4 94.0 95.7 97.5 94.5 99.9 96.4 94.2 86.3 94.3 91.6 86.3 98.0 99.9 93.3 99.2 87.3 86.1 98.5 96.6 81.7 95.8 95.4 95.5 98.1 96.4 95.0 96.6 95.7 1 2 00 6 Hispanic Origin 20.1 11.8 15.8 19.3 28.8 41.8 33.0 10.8 10.2 12.3 12.6 39.4 17.5 11.2 22.1 45.7 23.3 20.6 13.2 16.6 13.0 16.0 (%) 3.7 7.1 4.9 9.5 7.2 4.5 4.6 2.0 1.8 5.8 6.6 3.6 3.1 2.4 8.4 6.7 3.8 5.0 6.6 3.2 5.8 3.0 1.4 6.3 6.2 4.7 3.7 2.3 2.8 6.5

American ndian or Indian Alaska Native 28.2 25.9 15.4 22.6 14.7 (%) 2. 0.8 0.6 3.5 1.2 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.5 2.1 1.8 1.4 6.1 1.2 4.5 3.7 1.1 5.0 0.7 1.2 2.3 0.7 0.6 1.1 1.0 0.5 3.8 0.7 1.7 1.0 9.7 0.6 1.0 2.8 4.2 1.3 1.0 6.5 2.0 0.9 0.9 1.9 1.4 0.5 3.1 1.7

Asian 23.3 (%) 1.7 0.4 1.1 0.7 1.4 1.3 1.5 1.2 1.4 1.3 5.4 0.6 0.8 2.7 0.7 0.4 1.9 0.2 3.0 1.9 0.5 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.6 0.6 2.6 1.1 1.5 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.8 2.9 1.2 2.3 0.5 1.9 0.9 0.3 0.7 0.6 3.1 0.8 3.2 1.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 1.2 0.7 Race/Ethnicity

American African 16.7 14.1 23.4 28.9 16.5 82.1 34.6 21.8 10.4 12.7 17.9 16.8 28.7 13.6 14.5 27.2 10.1 22.0 21.5 23.4 27.1 25.9 10.0 12.9 27.7 12.7 19.0 14.2 39.0 25.9 13.2 10.0 (%) 0.7 3.2 7.1 6.0 4.4 2.2 9.7 6.8 8.8 2.7 2.9 3.9 9.6 3.0 3.0 2.6 8.9 1.1 3.8 9.8

Hawaiian Islander/ Pacific 32.3 (%) 0.6 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.5 0.3 0.6 2.4 0.1 0.6 1.8 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1 1.7 0.5 1.2 1.6 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.0 2.3 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.1

White 62.8 82.1 67.2 87.0 71.2 62.4 81.8 79.6 45.0 80.6 66.8 68.4 68.8 67.8 78.9 67.1 73.1 68.4 67.4 46.6 40.0 47.4 92.8 62.4 72.5 77.6 82.0 69.0 71.2 72.0 64.9 53.4 89.8 69.7 82.7 72.5 81.3 80.9 54.3 82.8 32.9 64.1 65.3 55.8 56.7 60.1 38.2 80.7 53.5 58.3 78.0 (%) 6.4

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 63 2 0 0 6

* NA NA NA 7.2 5.9 0.0 8.9 (%) 12.9 73.5 27.5 11.2 48.3 30.0 40.5 62.3 White Testing Service Data.

* NA NA NA 0.0 0.7 0.6 1.1 0.1 0.6 0.7 (%) 60.0 79.9 88.2 59.5 100.0 Pacific Islander/ Hawaiian

Source: 2006 GED

* NA NA NA 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 (%) 80.0 10.7 40.5 84.0 45.1 36.4 21.8 17.2 African American

* Race/Ethnicity NA NA NA 0.0 1.9 1.1 1.1 0.3 5.9 0.0 1.1 6.2 1.7 (%) 10.0 10.1 Asian

* NA NA NA 0.0 1.4 1.9 2.5 0.5 1.9 0.0 0.7 0.0 2.2 0.8 2.2 (%) Native Alaska Indian or American

* NA NA NA 5.7 2.1 4.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.2 2.7 (%) 19.3 11.3 27.8 16.0 Origin Hispanic NA NA NA 1 * 93.3 95.2 81.0 11.1 83.8 83.3 95.9 89.5 72.9 94.5 89.8 100.0

3 70 18 10 17 NA NA NA 257 187 139 Race/Ethnicity 7,998 1,616 4,635 1,560 assers with Known (N) (%) 368,013 P Micronesia Contracts Subtotal Inst. Other Jurisdiction Islands States of Samoa Prisons Islands Total Corr. Rico Islands Hospitals Mariana Canadian data on race/ethnicity were not available because of legal restrictions on collecting such data. Federal and Subtotal Insular Areas DANTES American Guam N. Federal International Michigan VA Marshall Palau Puerto Virgin Federated Program Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results when response rate is below 85 percent. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 1. NA = Not available. 64 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A Wyoming Wisconsin Washington Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California West Virginia North U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama ercentage of G of ercentage P P Jurisdiction Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Virginia Carolina Dakota Dakota Carolina x i d n e Island Columbia M ED ®

P 326,384 Known HighestGrade assers, by by assers, 12,639 30,044 12,552 16,297 11,319 15,212 26,044 23,492 4,028 6,540 3,153 2,752 9,794 1,230 5,360 6,484 6,056 9,787 3,621 5,174 2,712 2,133 1,873 7,690 5,810 4,760 9,160 6,261 4,770 2,351 6,278 8,519 3,682 3,493 9,442 2,796 1,319 2,739 8,160 6,415 9,816 1,518 (N) (%) 289 962 803 465 590 NA NA NA NA P Completed assers with H ighest Grade Grade ighest 1 100.0 100.0 87.4 90.0 98.1 95.9 57.5 94.8 95.2 99.1 95.8 20.2 95.4 85.6 96.2 99.8 95.4 34.5 86.1 65.7 53.2 77.5 94.6 93.4 89.4 97.2 82.2 93.1 90.3 93.6 94.5 95.4 97.7 92.9 96.2 96.5 83.5 86.0 96.2 89.1 88.7 98.7 98.2 89.0 98.4 87.5 89.2 97.9 NA NA NA NA None– (%) 5th 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.4 0.5 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.9 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.3 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.3 NA NA NA NA C ompleted, and and ompleted, P ercentage ofCandidatesWhoompletedGrade (%) 6th 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.8 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.8 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 1.0 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.7 0.2 0.8 0.8 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.9 0.3 0.4 0.5 NA NA NA NA (%) 7th 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.5 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.5 1.6 1.2 0.9 1.8 0.5 1.2 1.3 0.7 1.5 1.0 0.6 1.0 2.1 0.9 1.0 1.3 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.0 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 3.0 0.4 0.6 0.9 0.8 0.7 3.0 1.2 0.9 1.0 NA NA NA NA M ean and and ean 13.6 10.7 10.4 11.7 13.1 10.2 (%) 8th 6.5 7.6 7.2 7.8 6.7 7.9 6.7 6.7 5.8 6.8 3.0 7.8 9.0 8.3 8.8 6.2 8.8 9.0 3.2 6.0 9.8 8.9 6.6 6.6 9.9 7.5 7.3 6.7 6.5 5.9 6.0 5.1 5.9 8.9 7.6 3.1 6.2 8.3 9.5 9.1 7.6 7.6 NA NA NA NA M ode ode 16.9 18.0 16.7 17.9 16.5 19.8 16.7 16.8 25.8 20.2 17.7 19.2 16.1 16.7 18.8 13.8 21.6 20.7 20.9 16.0 20.4 22.9 17.0 17.4 16.0 20.3 18.2 21.6 18.8 18.4 16.7 16.9 15.6 17.7 16.9 17.8 22.9 11.3 16.6 20.0 21.0 16.8 21.4 21.8 19.3 17.7 (%) 9th 9.6 8.1 NA NA NA NA H ighest Grade Grade ighest 10th (%) 32.8 31.1 28.8 29.1 32.2 28.8 28.1 27.7 27.3 33.6 30.3 22.6 30.5 26.9 29.3 29.4 28.3 30.8 30.0 20.2 27.8 30.3 30.7 32.1 27.3 31.0 30.8 30.6 28.7 28.7 28.7 32.3 30.1 31.9 28.8 31.9 32.2 32.0 30.4 26.5 33.1 31.4 31.6 29.6 28.8 30.7 32.4 29.1 NA NA NA NA 11th (%) 39.7 36.8 38.6 36.6 37.7 32.9 36.5 40.9 26.3 34.4 36.7 50.5 35.4 36.5 36.1 32.8 46.4 33.0 34.4 47.9 31.1 41.7 35.1 31.3 37.4 38.6 37.0 32.8 39.0 38.3 34.9 34.4 40.6 39.4 41.5 36.7 33.6 36.1 27.5 49.5 38.9 33.0 31.8 38.3 28.4 32.7 34.7 37.0 NA NA NA NA C ompleted: ompleted: 12th (%) 10.6 12.9 18.7 3.3 4.9 7.1 6.4 5.5 9.0 6.7 5.9 5.0 6.4 4.7 9.0 7.5 8.1 4.2 4.2 4.0 6.6 4.5 3.1 3.4 4.8 5.0 6.9 3.9 5.2 3.4 9.6 6.8 5.6 5.6 7.7 6.4 6.6 5.1 3.7 8.7 4.2 5.7 4.8 5.1 4.0 2.8 4.4 6.8 NA NA NA NA Completed 2 00 Highest Grade Mean 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.1 10.1 10.5 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.0 10.0 10.6 10.2 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.2 10.1 10.2 10.2 10.2 10.1 10.0 10.1 10.5 10.1 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.0 10. 6 9.8 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.7 9.9 NA NA NA NA Completed Highest Grade Mode NA NA NA NA 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 65 2 0 0 6 * 10 11 11 10 10 11 11 11 11 11 11 11 NA NA NA Mode Grade Highest Completed Testing Service Data. ® * NA NA NA 9.8 9.8 9.7 9.9 10.4 10.1 10.2 10.6 10.3 10.5 10.6 10.0 Mean Grade Highest Completed Source: 2006 GED * NA NA NA 7.4 8.5 0.0 0.0 8.1 6.5 7.4 6.8 20.0 21.2 27.2 11.0 (%) 12th * NA NA NA 0.0 31.8 54.2 36.8 33.3 25.8 48.5 26.6 31.1 31.2 42.0 36.9 (%) 11th * NA NA NA 27.4 70.0 28.2 31.6 33.3 27.3 28.8 26.0 28.3 30.1 30.6 29.1 (%) 10th * NA NA NA 0.0 7.0 5.6 9th (%) 19.7 11.8 15.8 20.0 21.2 12.4 22.7 18.8 17.8 * NA NA NA 9.5 3.1 2.1 6.7 1.5 1.7 3.9 8.8 7.6 8th (%) 10.0 10.5 12.4 * NA NA NA 2.4 1.2 0.0 0.0 5.3 6.7 1.5 0.2 3.2 2.2 2.3 1.0 7th (%) * NA NA NA 1.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.8 0.6 1.1 0.5 6th (%) ercentage of Candidates Who Completed Grade ercentage of P * NA NA NA 0.6 1.5 0.4 0.1 0.8 1.1 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 5th (%) None– NA NA NA * 88.0 95.0 88.7 10.7 83.8 83.3 97.9 83.3 76.9 93.8 87.1 100.0 1 assers with 3 Completed P 66 10 19 15 NA NA NA 255 180 142 (N) (%) 8,429 1,612 5,077 1,560 Known Highest Grade 335,068 Inst. Other Islands States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Corr. Rico Islands Jurisdiction Hospitals Mariana Canadian data on grade completed were not available because of legal restrictions on collecting such data. Federal and Contracts DANTES Insular Areas Subtotal Guam American Virgin Federated Marshall Palau Puerto Federal International Michigan VA Program Micronesia N. Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results when response rate is below 85 percent. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 1. NA = Not available. 66 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama U.S Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California ercentage of G of ercentage P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Jurisdiction Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina x i d n e Island Columbia N ED ®

P assers, by by assers, 313,943 11,494 14,897 10,419 10,016 12,684 23,404 21,576 11,978 27,199 1,018 5,925 2,874 7,016 2,505 8,791 1,061 4,783 6,269 5,531 7,709 3,276 4,804 2,309 2,000 1,618 6,886 5,473 4,264 8,321 5,304 4,107 2,155 5,782 8,004 3,378 2,893 8,474 2,491 1,227 2,739 7,999 6,094 9,166 1,358 3,143 (N) (%) 256 914 724 416 551 668 Out ofSchool Known Y P assers with Y ears ears ears O 100.0 ut of of ut 1 88.2 81.6 89.4 64.5 90.9 85.9 52.3 85.8 85.5 85.5 85.5 17.9 87.4 82.8 87.9 91.3 90.7 86.5 27.2 77.9 61.0 48.0 66.0 88.7 80.7 80.1 91.5 73.7 84.6 76.5 80.6 86.6 87.8 91.7 85.2 79.7 86.6 73.9 76.6 89.5 74.3 89.9 79.4 92.1 96.3 81.8 93.5 81.7 79.8 76.4 78.8

S chool and Average Average and chool 14.8 12.6 14.9 20.1 27.6 13.6 25.4 12.7 13.0 13.1 25.2 18.7 24.4 21.6 14.9 17.1 21.8 20.8 24.9 16.4 19.1 12.7 13.4 16.0 12.4 16.4 14.0 18.5 10.7 10.4 19.9 16.5 17.1 16.9 12.5 20.5 16.9 24.2 10.3 16.8 11.1 12.3 21.4 12.7 15.5 (%) <1 8.8 7.4 4.0 9.8 9.8 9.7 9.2

20.8 16.2 18.6 14.5 19.3 25.0 22.4 22.0 17.1 14.7 12.9 17.7 15.9 19.2 14.9 21.1 20.3 20.9 17.8 20.7 19.9 19.4 24.4 21.8 16.7 16.9 22.2 21.1 20.7 18.9 21.6 17.0 11.4 21.8 16.6 18.3 23.3 19.3 21.7 17.0 19.7 24.1 19.6 21.9 17.5 17.0 22.5 23.6 21.0 24.2 17.2 18.5 (%) 1

Y ears ears Number ofY 10.6 11.4 10.9 11.5 10.5 11.1 12.0 11.5 15.9 12.9 11.4 11.6 10.2 11.7 11.6 11.3 12.0 11.4 12.1 11.3 13.0 11.7 11.7 11.8 11.9 13.6 10.7 12.1 11.4 10.3 11.9 11.3 11.0 10.0 11.6 13.0 13.2 12.8 14.5 10.8 10.7 10.7 (%) O 7.9 9.1 9.7 9.0 8.7 9.3 9.1 9.6 9.6 9.5 2 ut: ut:

2 00 6 ears OutofSchool 18.5 18.7 16.7 20.8 16.1 14.3 18.0 14.3 17.8 26.5 23.8 16.7 16.9 12.8 16.6 19.9 15.0 18.2 18.3 18.2 16.7 14.3 19.8 17.7 16.3 14.8 21.2 17.8 15.6 19.3 16.1 16.7 20.0 20.0 17.3 19.8 16.0 15.5 18.2 15.9 18.3 18.5 16.1 14.4 22.8 23.1 17.9 18.2 23.2 14.2 16.8 17.2 3–5 (%)

6–10 16.9 20.3 17.7 19.5 15.2 10.2 15.8 12.4 18.0 20.0 23.8 19.0 16.5 13.7 20.6 14.7 14.2 14.9 20.8 15.1 16.5 15.2 12.1 12.2 18.5 17.6 16.2 16.8 17.2 18.1 14.2 18.8 21.9 13.9 17.7 18.6 14.3 18.2 18.0 16.8 20.7 13.2 17.6 14.1 20.0 19.3 14.7 15.9 15.6 13.5 18.7 17.1 (%)

11–20 11.8 14.1 13.4 16.7 12.0 11.6 11.5 13.1 14.5 14.3 16.4 12.8 17.7 10.8 14.6 12.5 11.5 12.5 15.1 14.1 13.4 10.9 12.2 11.8 15.4 17.6 16.1 13.1 10.2 13.3 14.9 11.8 12.8 10.9 11.4 12.2 11.8 10.8 15.2 13.3 (%) 7.7 8.8 8.6 7.0 5.8 7.7 9.9 7.4 8.4 7.9 8.8 7.3

10.9 11.3 11.0 21+ (%) 6.6 6.7 7.8 8.3 6.8 4.1 6.5 5.6 7.0 5.4 9.6 7.7 8.4 5.2 5.6 5.8 7.4 6.4 6.8 7.8 4.9 4.4 8.2 8.3 4.7 5.7 7.8 7.3 8.0 9.0 9.7 4.8 7.9 4.9 6.9 4.7 8.9 5.9 4.8 7.0 4.8 6.3 6.2 6.1 6.6 6.2 5.0 8.7 7.

Average Y Out ears 4.9 6.9 6.0 6.0 6.2 4.5 4.4 6.9 6.8 5.4 6.0 6.1 6.5 6.1 7.2 8.2 4.8 8.1 6.8 5.1 6.3 5.2 7.0 6.2 4.7 6.3 5.0 6.2 6.3 5.3 6.0 5.4 5.0 7.2 6.0 6.6 6.7 7.5 5.8 4.1 5.9 4.9 6.3 6.3 7.9 6.7 7.8 6.2 8.4 5.1 5.2 6.5

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 67 2 0 0 6

* NA NA NA 6.7 7.4 3.9 6.4 8.6 8.6 4.1 3.5 ears Out 12.3 12.8 15.5 12.4 Y Average Average

Testing Service Data. ® * NA NA NA 7.9 8.3 0.0 2.8 0.0 1.3 1.2 (%) 21+ 17.8 37.5 16.9 24.1 18.7

* NA NA NA 7.1 7.6 Source: 2006 GED (%) 13.7 31.7 20.6 11.1 22.0 55.6 12.5 12.3 42.7 29.0 11–20

* NA NA NA 4.6 8.1 (%) 17.3 23.7 14.3 11.1 18.4 16.7 18.8 17.2 25.6 26.8 6–10

* NA NA NA 0.0 6.3 6.4 (%) 3–5 17.1 12.4 15.1 33.3 17.0 13.8 24.9 18.0 15.7 School ears Out of

* 2 NA NA NA 5.1 0.0 5.6 9.2 0.7 4.6 (%) 10.6 12.7 14.9 18.8 16.6 14.0 Y Number of

* 1 NA NA NA 5.5 6.3 0.4 4.1 (%) 18.2 19.4 22.2 17.0 22.2 26.2 17.7 33.7

* NA NA NA 3.8 9.5 7.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 <1 (%) 15.2 22.2 16.9 15.3 17.4 * NA NA NA

78.5 65.7 87.9 71.7 10.2 76.8 75.0 97.2 94.7 88.9 86.7 92.6 1 ears assers with assers with P 9 3 Known Y Out of School 18 16 65 NA NA NA 252 172 141 (N) (%) 7,199 1,491 4,106 1,430 321,394 Subtotal Inst. Other Islands States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Corr. Rico Islands Jurisdiction Hospitals Mariana Canadian data on years out of school were not available because of legal restrictions on collecting such data. Program Federated Marshall Palau Federal Michigan Micronesia Puerto International VA Virgin N. Federal and Contracts Insular Areas DANTES Guam American Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results when response rate is below 85 percent. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 1. NA = Not available. 68 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A California Colorado Connecticut Delaware istrict of District Florida Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Alabama Louisiana Alaska Arizona Maine Maryland Arkansas Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Georgia Nevada New ew Jersey New New New North North Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode South South Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Wisconsin Wyoming U.S ercentage of of ercentage P P Subtotal Jurisdiction Hampshire Mexico York Virginia Carolina Dakota Carolina Dakota x i d n e Island Columbia P O assers assers 1

Indicating Reason 328,583 24,666 25,216 14,242 11,451 10,099 10,412 12,522 30,212 12,330 3,847 1,344 6,084 6,414 8,309 2,739 1,321 2,706 9,429 1,981 3,699 8,521 6,229 2,312 4,597 6,246 8,952 4,557 5,762 7,696 1,861 2,164 2,734 5,304 3,660 6,009 6,071 6,291 4,995 1,226 9,805 2,262 8,343 3,116 6,203 1,089 (N) for T 586 467 809 953 310 430 R P eporting eporting assers esting

100.0 100.0 93.5 79.0 54.2 98.4 93.5 98.0 89.1 96.8 83.5 96.4 83.2 84.4 96.4 54.5 93.3 97.7 94.6 92.9 90.2 90.1 91.0 78.7 96.4 89.5 92.8 96.0 78.2 53.6 67.3 87.1 35.6 86.4 94.5 36.8 96.5 83.0 95.2 21.7 89.3 98.8 95.4 95.3 47.3 55.3 93.6 76.7 97.0 85.4 94.4 82.5 (%)

1 V arious arious Four-Year College 19.1 12.3 24.3 18.0 20.6 19.2 27.5 38.8 25.6 20.8 29.7 25.0 10.8 24.3 15.2 22.4 16.9 28.2 19.5 26.4 25.8 22.9 19.0 26.4 25.6 26.0 21.5 15.9 20.3 29.7 30.4 24.8 15.9 20.7 19.5 18.5 19.2 19.9 23.5 21.7 19.7 21.0 22.1 20.7 27.2 19.9 16.8 23.6 16.2 16.3 21.0 (%) 6.3 R

easons for for easons

Two-Year College 26.6 12.6 15.7 23.0 28.8 27.1 27.3 33.1 25.1 33.2 25.4 31.3 22.1 20.2 28.8 31.1 27.7 17.0 20.1 23.4 30.4 35.8 29.2 30.7 45.3 29.7 24.3 34.6 20.7 27.8 33.4 24.8 33.1 29.1 28.6 34.1 18.5 28.2 24.5 38.4 32.3 19.6 26.1 30.3 17.5 32.6 30.1 32.1 19.9 23.8 30.1 27.9 (%)

T aking the G the aking

echnical or Technical Educational Reasons Trade 38.2 17.3 12.1 15.2 17.0 15.8 16.2 29.7 26.6 20.0 32.9 12.6 12.9 93.6 21.7 10.1 21.5 14.8 29.3 17.0 19.1 18.8 15.2 25.1 15.1 18.9 15.5 14.7 15.7 22.6 23.6 16.5 13.7 31.2 17.7 16.8 24.2 15.0 24.0 19.0 34.8 20.1 22.7 19.6 14.6 24.4 17.4 19.7 18.1 27.6 22.9 (%) 8.1

Prog. ED

Certification ®

Skills T 10.4 10.7 10.6 10.8 10.5 10.5 14.4 11.8 13.7 (%) 7.6 8.2 5.4 6.5 8.8 8.9 9.1 6.2 6.5 7.6 6.8 8.8 4.9 8.6 4.5 8.6 7.7 9.4 8.0 6.9 7.4 8.0 8.6 7.9 8.0 6.3 9.2 7.6 7.6 5.9 8.2 7.6 9.6 8.6 9.7 9.7 6.7 6.4 8.3 8.8 7.9 7.7 8.3 ests in the the in ests

Training 14.1 11.3 15.2 10.5 14.9 11.9 13.2 10.6 10.0 10.2 11.5 11.3 11.3 12.4 20.4 23.3 12.9 12.9 Job (%) 6.4 5.3 7.0 8.9 9.0 8.1 5.3 6.7 5.5 7.9 9.2 7.2 7.9 6.1 9.2 9.7 7.8 6.5 9.8 9.0 9.0 7.3 6.9 8.1 7.5 9.9 9.4 9.7 7.2 9.7 8.7 8.1 5.7 8.9

nited nited

Any S Reason 60.0 48.1 39.3 54.1 56.0 56.3 61.9 67.9 77.7 64.7 66.8 59.5 51.6 97.2 61.8 50.8 59.2 46.2 66.0 57.6 62.6 67.4 57.4 61.4 68.5 60.9 60.1 60.2 46.9 59.0 70.4 63.4 60.3 68.0 58.2 59.3 54.4 56.0 60.1 68.7 70.3 54.3 58.6 60.1 57.6 72.6 56.4 60.0 57.0 54.8 53.5 61.0 tates: tates: (%) Educ.

2 00 Entrance Military 10.1 11.3 10.3 (%) 4.4 5.5 7.9 6.9 6.7 3.1 7.2 3.6 6.8 6.6 9.7 6.8 4.1 6.7 8.2 7.3 4.7 9.2 6.7 4.1 8.8 5.9 7.5 6.5 6.4 5.4 8.4 6.2 6.7 4.5 4.5 6.9 5.3 8.4 5.7 6.2 6.5 9.7 7.4 5.6 7.5 9.9 6.7 8.7 7.9 7.7 5.1 6.7 6.7

ilitary Reasons Military

Military Career (%) 1.6 4.9 1.2 3.8 2.2 2.5 1.1 3.9 0.4 2.9 3.0 4.8 2.7 3.2 2.9 2.6 3.9 1.7 4.2 4.0 2.7 1.8 3.0 2.3 4.3 3.0 5.1 2.6 2.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 1.8 1.9 3.0 2.4 3.8 2.3 2.4 3.5 4.5 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.6 3.4 2.7 1.7 2.8

Military Reason 11.0 11.4 10.1 12.2 11.6 10.9 10.8 Any (%) 5.9 6.0 9.2 7.4 7.3 3.6 9.2 3.6 7.5 7.6 7.7 6.3 7.5 8.8 8.5 5.5 7.6 4.6 9.6 6.7 9.0 7.4 7.3 6.0 9.1 6.9 7.4 5.1 5.1 8.1 5.8 9.4 6.2 6.9 7.4 8.5 6.5 8.2 7.7 9.9 9.9 8.4 6.1 7.3 7.5

12.0 17.2 13.1 First Job (%) Get 2.1 7.2 4.0 8.1 8.2 6.9 0.0 5.6 6.4 6.7 6.3 8.8 6.0 8.2 6.7 4.8 5.3 5.0 9.2 6.7 6.2 6.4 6.7 4.5 8.6 5.6 6.6 6.9 5.8 4.1 5.8 7.0 6.6 5.5 6.3 7.7 5.6 6.5 7.4 7.0 5.1 5.5 8.8 8.6 5.5 7.9 5.2 4.7 7.0

Current 39.6 15.4 Keep Job (%) 3.3 2.4 2.2 2.9 2.2 1.5 1.0 1.3 2.2 2.2 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.2 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 2.2 1.8 1.9 2.3 2.1 2.4 2.5 1.4 1.4 2.3 1.7 1.3 0.8 2.8 2.4 1.9 3.1 2.1 2.3 2.2 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.8 1.9 2.3 5.0 1.6 2.2 2.4 Employment Reasons

Better 38.1 28.0 34.8 35.8 38.9 48.5 39.8 33.6 36.1 31.9 32.5 19.6 49.0 40.8 45.6 32.3 33.6 40.9 38.0 37.3 37.2 44.5 44.3 39.1 43.9 40.9 49.0 35.7 40.9 38.9 36.7 37.6 34.6 36.2 44.6 41.3 33.8 42.9 43.9 40.7 37.2 41.8 40.7 32.2 58.4 40.6 38.8 41.3 41.8 33.4 Job (%) Get 6.9 4.1

Employer Required 11.2 12.6 12.1 11.5 12.7 11.4 10.7 (%) 9.8 9.8 6.5 5.8 8.3 8.6 7.6 9.4 7.1 5.6 9.1 5.7 9.9 9.7 7.3 5.7 6.6 6.7 8.7 7.3 8.9 9.9 7.3 8.0 8.8 8.4 5.1 8.5 7.2 7.1 5.4 7.4 8.1 8.0 8.8 6.5 8.6 6.4 7.8 9.1 7.7 7.1 9.8 8.2 5.6

Employ. Reason 47.2 50.1 48.4 35.6 44.4 47.8 47.6 11.9 56.3 49.0 39.5 44.7 42.9 40.1 44.7 57.9 48.8 52.4 40.1 43.8 49.4 46.8 44.9 53.6 51.3 49.4 51.7 48.3 56.8 45.2 46.8 46.2 45.3 45.6 41.2 48.9 53.6 49.5 46.9 51.6 52.9 49.8 43.5 49.8 50.6 50.7 66.5 47.9 53.7 53.3 49.1 40.0 Any (%)

Release 13.5 Early (%) 3.7 3.8 2.3 2.9 7.7 2.4 4.1 0.8 0.9 1.1 3.1 2.6 5.9 2.4 4.8 1.9 2.0 3.8 4.6 1.0 2.1 1.2 1.8 0.9 4.1 2.9 2.8 2.5 6.7 1.1 1.8 5.1 3.3 3.8 3.5 1.8 9.4 4.1 3.3 7.7 2.2 1.5 3.3 4.6 1.9 2.1 4.8 2.8 3.3 2.6 1.7

Order Court 13.9 Social Reasons (%) 4. 0.4 1.3 3.5 6.8 1.3 4.8 1.2 2.4 1.9 1.9 2.9 2.8 7.6 5.3 5.5 6.9 8.6 4.0 2.4 0.9 2.6 1.9 7.8 2.3 3.9 5.7 5.3 7.5 3.3 2.5 1.2 3.2 1.4 2.5 2.8 7.6 7.9 1.9 5.2 0.3 3.1 3.5 9.9 5.1 2.6 3.0 5.1 8.0 4.9 8.8

R ublic Asst. Public equirement 19.9 13.8 (%) 1.8 2.3 0.4 0.7 1.2 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 5.2 1.3 0.6 0.6 1.6 0.3 2.2 0.7 2.2 0.4 0.9 1.2 2.2 0.4 1.6 0.8 0.7 1.3 0.6 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.4 2.6 1.3 0.4 1.5 3.2 0.7 1.0 1.6 0.4 5.9 3.4 0.9 0.1

Any Reason 22.8 13.7 10.2 10.1 20.1 18.2 13.5 11.4 12.0 10.1 10.2 15.2 10.1 16.6 14.4 11.6 13.6 10.1 (%) 9.2 5.4 6.4 4.7 2.9 3.6 3.6 5.1 5.3 8.7 8.0 7.3 3.4 4.9 5.2 9.7 5.2 7.9 9.1 8.9 4.9 3.7 8.2 5.5 6.5 8.3 7.1 8.7 5.4 9.6 7.5 6.3 7.7 7.8 Social

Role Positive 20.7 51.4 16.8 11.6 19.6 20.6 19.9 12.2 30.2 19.5 16.9 16.2 13.2 25.5 26.0 25.0 19.6 22.1 13.1 21.9 19.1 21.8 17.1 22.5 19.0 21.1 24.1 19.5 24.7 18.8 16.8 23.0 18.4 21.6 18.4 16.8 23.5 22.5 17.0 21.9 20.6 24.0 18.2 20.1 25.6 15.4 25.6 19.3 16.2 19.8 20.7 11.7 (%) Model

P ersonal Reasons

Satisfaction Personal Source: 2006 GED 2006 Source: 51.0 16.9 54.9 41.8 53.9 51.7 54.2 45.0 65.5 48.6 50.3 44.9 46.1 55.8 19.4 61.3 55.9 57.3 38.7 52.5 58.4 52.1 50.7 57.7 57.1 52.6 60.2 57.3 61.6 51.2 57.7 53.7 50.2 53.1 46.6 53.3 54.5 55.9 54.1 57.0 55.8 52.3 52.4 51.1 54.7 50.0 78.4 53.0 48.9 56.6 57.4 47.2 (%)

Personal Reason 54.3 59.1 56.9 43.9 56.3 53.8 56.3 47.0 68.1 52.0 52.1 47.3 47.7 57.5 35.1 63.6 57.6 59.2 41.2 55.5 59.9 55.2 52.8 60.1 58.8 55.5 62.3 59.2 64.1 53.2 59.6 56.7 52.6 55.9 48.6 55.5 56.9 58.1 55.5 59.7 58.7 55.0 54.9 53.6 57.6 51.1 81.9 55.3 51.1 58.7 59.6 48.9 Any (%) ® Testing Service Data. Service Testing

Any Other Any Reason 15.0 21.7 12.7 20.7 16.7 17.4 14.3 11.1 18.4 25.0 27.9 14.5 16.8 16.8 10.1 16.2 14.6 15.9 15.1 14.1 14.3 18.1 19.4 18.9 17.0 19.0 16.1 12.9 17.6 15.4 11.9 17.3 17.8 21.4 13.2 17.7 12.1 16.6 16.7 15.6 18.5 19.3 20.3 16.5 16.5 19.8 (%) 0.0 6.6 4.2 3.3 8.2 9.6

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 6 2 0 0 6

8.2 9.6 0.0 6.6 4.2 3.3 (%) 12.9 17.6 15.4 11.9 17.3 17.8 21.4 13.2 17.7 12.1 16.6 16.7 15.6 18.5 19.3 20.3 16.5 16.5 19.8 21.7 12.7 20.7 16.7 17.4 14.3 11.1 18.4 25.0 27.9 14.5 16.8 16.8 10.1 16.2 14.6 15.9 15.1 14.1 14.3 18.1 19.4 18.9 17.0 19.0 16.1 15.0 Reason Any Other

Testing Service Data. ® (%) Any 81.9 55.3 51.1 58.7 59.6 48.9 57.6 59.2 41.2 55.5 59.9 55.2 52.8 60.1 58.8 55.5 62.3 59.2 64.1 53.2 59.6 56.7 52.6 55.9 48.6 55.5 56.9 58.1 55.5 59.7 58.7 55.0 54.9 53.6 57.6 51.1 59.1 56.9 43.9 56.3 53.8 56.3 47.0 68.1 52.0 52.1 47.3 47.7 57.5 35.1 63.6 54.3 Reason Personal

(%) 78.4 53.0 48.9 56.6 57.4 47.2 55.9 57.3 38.7 52.5 58.4 52.1 50.7 57.7 57.1 52.6 60.2 57.3 61.6 51.2 57.7 53.7 50.2 53.1 46.6 53.3 54.5 55.9 54.1 57.0 55.8 52.3 52.4 51.1 54.7 50.0 16.9 54.9 41.8 53.9 51.7 54.2 45.0 65.5 48.6 50.3 44.9 46.1 55.8 19.4 61.3 51.0 Source: 2006 GED Personal Satisfaction

ersonal Reasons P

Model (%) 25.6 19.3 16.2 19.8 20.7 11.7 19.6 22.1 13.1 21.9 19.1 21.8 17.1 22.5 19.0 21.1 24.1 19.5 24.7 18.8 16.8 23.0 18.4 21.6 18.4 16.8 23.5 22.5 17.0 21.9 20.6 24.0 18.2 20.1 25.6 15.4 51.4 16.8 11.6 19.6 20.6 19.9 12.2 30.2 19.5 16.9 16.2 13.2 25.5 26.0 25.0 20.7 Positive Role

Social 6.3 7.7 7.8 8.0 7.3 3.4 4.9 5.2 9.7 5.2 7.9 9.1 8.9 4.9 3.7 8.2 5.5 6.5 8.3 7.1 8.7 5.4 9.6 7.5 5.4 6.4 4.7 2.9 3.6 3.6 5.1 5.3 8.7 9.2 (%) 11.6 13.6 10.1 13.5 11.4 12.0 10.1 10.2 15.2 10.1 16.6 14.4 22.8 13.7 10.2 10.1 20.1 18.2 Reason Any

1.6 0.4 5.9 3.4 0.9 0.1 5.2 1.3 0.6 0.6 1.6 0.3 2.2 0.7 2.2 0.4 0.9 1.2 2.2 0.4 1.6 0.8 0.7 1.3 0.6 2.1 1.3 1.6 1.4 2.6 1.3 0.4 1.5 3.2 0.7 1.0 2.3 0.4 0.7 1.2 2.0 1.2 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 1.8 (%) 19.9 13.8 equirement equirement Public Asst. R

2.6 3.0 5.1 8.0 4.9 8.8 6.9 8.6 4.0 2.4 0.9 2.6 1.9 7.8 2.3 3.9 5.7 5.3 7.5 3.3 2.5 1.2 3.2 1.4 2.5 2.8 7.6 7.9 1.9 5.2 0.3 3.1 3.5 9.9 5.1 0.4 1.3 3.5 6.8 1.3 4.8 1.2 2.4 1.9 1.9 2.9 2.8 7.6 5.3 5.5 4.4 (%) Social Reasons 13.9 Court Order

2.1 4.8 2.8 3.3 2.6 1.7 1.9 2.0 3.8 4.6 1.0 2.1 1.2 1.8 0.9 4.1 2.9 2.8 2.5 6.7 1.1 1.8 5.1 3.3 3.8 3.5 1.8 9.4 4.1 3.3 7.7 2.2 1.5 3.3 4.6 1.9 3.8 2.3 2.9 7.7 2.4 4.1 0.8 0.9 1.1 3.1 2.6 5.9 2.4 4.8 3.7 (%) Early 13.5 Release

(%) Any 51.6 52.9 49.8 43.5 49.8 50.6 50.7 66.5 47.9 53.7 53.3 49.1 40.0 53.6 51.3 49.4 51.7 48.3 56.8 45.2 46.8 46.2 45.3 45.6 41.2 48.9 53.6 49.5 46.9 56.3 49.0 39.5 44.7 42.9 40.1 44.7 57.9 48.8 52.4 40.1 43.8 49.4 46.8 44.9 50.1 48.4 35.6 44.4 47.8 47.6 11.9 47.2 Reason Employ.

8.8 6.5 8.6 6.4 7.8 9.1 7.7 7.1 9.8 8.2 5.6 8.9 9.9 7.3 8.0 8.8 8.4 5.1 8.5 7.2 7.1 5.4 7.4 8.1 8.0 9.4 7.1 5.6 9.1 5.7 9.9 9.7 7.3 5.7 6.6 6.7 8.7 7.3 9.8 9.8 6.5 5.8 8.6 7.6 8.3 (%) 11.4 10.7 11.5 12.7 12.6 12.1 11.2 Required Employer

6.9 4.1 Get (%) Job 42.9 43.9 40.7 37.2 41.8 40.7 32.2 58.4 40.6 38.8 41.3 41.8 33.4 44.5 44.3 39.1 43.9 40.9 49.0 35.7 40.9 38.9 36.7 37.6 34.6 36.2 44.6 41.3 33.8 48.5 39.8 33.6 36.1 31.9 32.5 19.6 49.0 40.8 45.6 32.3 33.6 40.9 38.0 37.2 38.1 28.0 34.8 35.8 38.9 37.3 Better

mployment Reasons Employment 2.2 2.4 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.8 1.9 2.3 5.0 1.6 0.8 2.8 2.4 1.9 2.1 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.4 2.5 1.4 1.4 2.3 1.7 1.3 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 2.2 1.8 1.9 2.3 2.0 1.9 2.1 2.0 2.1 1.2 2.2 2.9 2.2 1.5 1.0 1.3 2.2 2.2 3.3 2.4 3.1 (%) Job Keep 15.4 39.6 Current

7.0 5.2 4.7 5.1 5.5 8.8 8.6 5.5 7.9 6.3 7.7 5.6 6.5 7.4 7.0 6.6 6.9 5.8 4.1 5.8 7.0 6.6 5.5 9.2 6.7 6.2 6.4 6.7 4.5 8.6 5.6 8.8 6.0 8.2 6.7 4.8 5.3 5.0 8.1 8.2 6.9 0.0 5.6 6.4 6.7 6.3 2.1 7.2 4.0 Get (%) Job First 17.2 13.1 12.0 Candidates could report more than one reason for testing. 1.

7.5 6.1 7.3 8.5 6.5 8.2 7.7 9.9 9.9 8.4 8.1 5.8 9.4 6.2 6.9 7.4 7.3 6.0 9.1 6.9 7.4 5.1 5.1 7.6 4.6 9.6 6.7 9.0 7.4 7.7 6.3 7.5 8.8 8.5 5.5 9.2 7.4 7.3 3.6 9.2 3.6 7.5 7.6 5.9 6.0 (%) Any 10.8 10.9 11.6 10.1 12.2 11.4 11.0 Reason Military

2.8 2.7 1.7 2.8 2.7 2.7 3.5 4.0 4.2 4.6 3.4 3.0 2.4 3.8 2.3 2.4 3.5 4.5 5.1 2.6 2.0 3.3 2.8 2.7 1.8 1.9 4.2 4.0 2.7 1.8 3.0 2.3 4.3 3.0 4.8 2.7 3.2 2.9 2.6 3.9 1.7 3.8 2.2 2.5 1.1 3.9 0.4 2.9 3.0 1.6 4.9 1.2 (%) Career Military

Military Reasons

6.7 6.2 6.5 9.7 7.4 5.6 7.5 9.9 6.7 8.7 7.9 7.7 5.1 6.7 8.8 5.9 7.5 6.5 6.4 5.4 8.4 6.2 6.7 4.5 4.5 6.9 5.3 8.4 5.7 7.2 3.6 6.8 6.6 9.7 6.8 4.1 6.7 8.2 7.3 4.7 9.2 6.7 4.1 4.4 5.5 7.9 6.9 6.7 3.1 (%) 10.3 11.3 10.1 Military Entrance

Educ. (%) 61.0 60.1 68.7 70.3 54.3 58.6 60.1 57.6 72.6 56.4 60.0 57.0 54.8 53.5 57.4 61.4 68.5 60.9 60.1 60.2 46.9 59.0 70.4 63.4 60.3 68.0 58.2 59.3 54.4 56.0 67.9 77.7 64.7 66.8 59.5 51.6 97.2 61.8 50.8 59.2 46.2 66.0 57.6 62.6 67.4 60.0 48.1 39.3 54.1 56.0 56.3 61.9 Reason Any

8.9 9.7 7.2 9.7 8.7 8.1 5.7 7.8 6.5 9.8 9.0 9.0 7.3 6.9 8.1 7.5 9.9 9.4 5.3 6.7 5.5 7.9 9.2 7.2 7.9 6.1 9.2 9.7 6.4 5.3 7.0 8.9 9.0 8.1 (%) Job 11.3 11.3 12.4 20.4 23.3 12.9 12.9 13.2 10.6 10.0 10.2 11.5 11.3 15.2 10.5 14.9 11.9 14.1 Training

8.3 8.8 7.9 7.7 4.9 8.6 4.5 8.6 7.7 9.4 8.0 6.9 7.4 8.0 8.6 7.9 8.0 6.3 9.2 7.6 7.6 5.9 8.2 7.6 9.6 8.6 9.7 9.7 6.7 6.4 8.3 7.6 8.2 5.4 6.5 8.8 8.9 9.1 6.2 6.5 7.6 6.8 8.8 (%) 14.4 11.8 13.7 10.8 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.7 10.6 Skills Certification

Prog.

8.1 (%) 22.9 24.4 17.4 19.7 18.1 27.6 10.1 21.5 14.8 29.3 17.0 19.1 18.8 15.2 25.1 15.1 18.9 15.5 14.7 15.7 22.6 23.6 16.5 13.7 31.2 17.7 16.8 24.2 15.0 24.0 19.0 34.8 20.1 22.7 19.6 14.6 38.2 17.3 12.1 15.2 17.0 15.8 16.2 29.7 26.6 20.0 32.9 12.6 12.9 93.6 21.7 Trade Reasons Educational Technical or

(%) 27.9 32.6 30.1 32.1 19.9 23.8 30.1 31.1 27.7 17.0 20.1 23.4 30.4 35.8 29.2 30.7 45.3 29.7 24.3 34.6 20.7 27.8 33.4 24.8 33.1 29.1 28.6 34.1 18.5 28.2 24.5 38.4 32.3 19.6 26.1 30.3 17.5 26.6 12.6 15.7 23.0 28.8 27.1 27.3 33.1 25.1 33.2 25.4 31.3 22.1 20.2 28.8 College Two-Year

6.3 (%) 21.0 27.2 19.9 16.8 23.6 16.2 16.3 15.2 22.4 16.9 28.2 19.5 26.4 25.8 22.9 19.0 26.4 25.6 26.0 21.5 15.9 20.3 29.7 30.4 24.8 15.9 20.7 19.5 18.5 19.2 19.9 23.5 21.7 19.7 21.0 22.1 20.7 19.1 12.3 24.3 18.0 20.6 19.2 27.5 38.8 25.6 20.8 29.7 25.0 10.8 24.3 College Four-Year 1

(%) 82.5 55.3 93.6 76.7 97.0 85.4 94.4 54.5 93.3 97.7 94.6 92.9 90.2 90.1 91.0 78.7 96.4 89.5 92.8 96.0 78.2 53.6 67.3 87.1 35.6 86.4 94.5 36.8 96.5 83.0 95.2 21.7 89.3 98.8 95.4 95.3 47.3 93.5 79.0 54.2 98.4 93.5 98.0 89.1 96.8 83.5 96.4 83.2 84.4 96.4 100.0 100.0

esting assers P 430 809 953 310 586 467 for T (N) 8,343 3,116 6,203 1,089 1,981 3,699 8,521 6,229 2,312 4,597 6,246 8,952 4,557 5,762 7,696 1,861 2,164 2,734 5,304 3,660 6,009 6,071 6,291 4,995 1,226 9,805 2,262 3,847 1,344 6,084 6,414 8,309 2,739 1,321 2,706 9,429 12,330 10,099 10,412 12,522 30,212 24,666 25,216 14,242 11,451 328,583 Indicating Reason Columbia Island Carolina Dakota Carolina Dakota Virginia Mexico York Hampshire Jurisdiction Subtotal U.S. Alabama Alaska Arizona Arkansas Georgia New New North North Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode South South Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington West Wisconsin Wyoming California Colorado Connecticut District of Florida Idaho Illinois Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New New Jersey Oklahoma Delaware Hawaii Indiana 7

2 0 0 6 0 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s P A and and Program N. VA Michigan International Federal Virgin Puerto Palau Marshall Micronesia Federated American Contracts and Federal DANTES Areas Insular ercentage of of ercentage P P Mariana Hospitals Jurisdiction O 2 o x i d n e Islands ther ther Rico Corr. Total Islands Prisons Samoa Subtotal tates of States Islands Other C Inst. Subtotal ontracts: ontracts: P assers assers 336,755 Indicating Reason 2 1,480 4,623 1,626 7,914 00 (N) for T 185 258 R NA NA NA 70 14 18 10 eporting eporting 3 P assers esting

82.2 79.5 11.0 80.8 95.8 93.3 77.8 94.7 83.3 94.9 72.2 (%) NA NA NA *

1 V arious arious Four-Year College 20.8 11.8 36.2 30.4 41.4 35.7 20.0 28.3 14.9 (%) 9.5 5.6 R * NA NA NA

easons for for easons

Two-Year College 27.7 19.8 26.5 14.8 18.9 18.6 50.0 27.8 60.0 20.5 16.9 (%) * NA NA NA

T aking the G the aking

echnical or Technical Educational Reasons Trade 22.8 27.4 18.9 21.6 17.1 21.4 10.0 13.2 20.1 (%) 9.5 5.6 * NA NA NA

Prog. ED

Certification ®

Skills T 16.4 13.5 11.0 28.6 16.7 10.9 (%) 8.4 5.5 2.9 0.0 8.5 * ests in in ests NA NA NA

I Training nsular Areas and and Areas nsular 14.5 21.4 11.1 10.0 10.0 Job (%) 8.9 6.5 9.8 7.0 2.9 5.8 * NA NA NA

Any Reason 46.0 75.1 40.2 49.4 65.7 71.4 44.4 80.0 60. 53.5 44.0 (%) * NA NA NA Educ.

F ederal ederal Entrance Military 50.0 28.6 22.2 10.0 23.3 10.5 (%) 6.8 0.5 0.5 0.2 4.3 NA NA NA *

ilitary Reasons Military

Military Career 49.7 14.3 14.0 10.3 (%) 3.0 0.2 1.1 0.1 5.7 5.6 0.0 NA NA NA *

Military Reason 75.2 28.6 22.2 10.0 27.5 15.7 Any (%) 7.8 0.5 1.1 0.2 7.1 NA NA NA *

28.6 20.0 First Job (%) Get 6.9 6.4 9.2 3.8 1.6 5.7 5.6 6. 4.0 NA NA NA *

Current Keep Job (%) 3.0 2.3 0.7 1.6 1.2 3.4 4.3 7.1 0.0 0.0 1.6 NA NA NA * Employment Reasons

Better 37.2 37.6 34.5 31.9 34.0 29.8 37.1 57.1 38.9 10.0 33.2 Job (%) Get NA NA NA *

Employer Required 10.1 11.6 14.3 10.0 (%) 8.3 6. 9.7 8.6 9.0 7.1 0.0 NA NA NA *

Employ. Reason 47.0 45.7 39.5 40.8 43.8 39.0 39.1 50.0 78.6 44.4 30.0 Any (%) NA NA NA *

Release 13.6 10.0 Early (%) 3.7 1.9 4.5 1.6 3.1 0.6 2.9 7.1 0.0 NA NA NA *

Order Court 10.4 33.2 Social Reasons (%) 4.5 0.4 2.2 7.0 0.0 0.0 7.1 0.0 0.0 NA NA NA *

R ublic Asst. Public equirement 1.8 0.8 0.3 0.7 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 7.1 5.6 0.0 NA NA NA (%) *

Any Reason 13.5 40.9 10.0 (%) 9.3 2.3 3.8 9.6 0.6 2.9 7.1 5.6 NA NA NA * Social

Role Positive 20.8 18.2 25.1 28.8 15.1 27.0 17.5 21.4 22.2 10.0 (%) 8.6 NA NA NA * Model

P ersonal Reasons

Satisfaction Personal Source: 2006 GED 2006 Source: 51.3 52.3 63.9 65.0 43.2 69.5 49.6 44.3 35.7 38.9 20.0 (%) NA NA NA *

Personal Reason 54.6 56.2 67.7 68.5 47.6 73.7 52.0 44.3 35.7 44.4 30.0 Any (%) NA NA NA * ® Testing Service Data. Service Testing

Any Other Any Reason 15.0 16.3 15.6 24.2 15.7 14.6 10.8 11.4 35.7 16.7 10.0 (%) * NA NA NA

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 71 2 0 0 6

NA NA NA * (%) 10.0 16.7 35.7 11.4 10.8 14.6 15.7 24.2 15.6 16.3 15.0 Reason Any Other

Testing Service Data. ® * NA NA NA (%) Any 30.0 44.4 35.7 44.3 52.0 73.7 47.6 68.5 67.7 56.2 54.6 Reason Personal

* NA NA NA (%) 20.0 38.9 35.7 44.3 49.6 69.5 43.2 65.0 63.9 52.3 51.3 Source: 2006 GED Personal Satisfaction

ersonal Reasons P

Model * NA NA NA 8.6 (%) 10.0 22.2 21.4 17.5 27.0 15.1 28.8 25.1 18.2 20.8 Positive Role

Social * NA NA NA 5.6 7.1 2.9 0.6 9.6 3.8 2.3 9.3 (%) 10.0 40.9 13.5 Reason Any

* (%) NA NA NA 0.0 5.6 7.1 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.7 0.3 0.8 1.8 equirement equirement Public Asst. R

* NA NA NA 0.0 0.0 7.1 0.0 0.0 7.0 2.2 0.4 4.5 (%) Social Reasons 33.2 10.4 Court Order

* NA NA NA 0.0 7.1 2.9 0.6 3.1 1.6 4.5 1.9 3.7 (%) Early 10.0 13.6 Release

* NA NA NA (%) Any 50.0 39.1 39.0 43.8 40.8 30.0 44.4 78.6 39.5 45.7 47.0 Reason Employ.

* NA NA NA 9.0 8.6 0.0 7.1 9.7 6.6 8.3 (%) 14.3 11.6 10.1 10.0 Required Employer

* NA NA NA Get (%) Job 33.2 37.1 29.8 34.0 31.9 34.5 10.0 38.9 57.1 37.6 37.2 Better

Employment Reasons * NA NA NA 1.6 1.2 1.6 0.7 0.0 7.1 4.3 3.4 0.0 2.3 3.0 (%) Job Keep Current

* NA NA NA 4.0 6.6 3.8 9.2 6.4 5.6 5.7 1.6 6.9 Get (%) Job First 28.6 20.0 Candidates could report more than one reason for testing. 1. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers.

* NA NA NA 0.2 1.1 0.5 7.1 7.8 (%) Any 15.7 27.5 22.2 28.6 75.2 10.0 Reason Military

* NA NA NA 0.1 1.1 0.2 5.6 5.7 0.0 3.0 (%) 10.3 14.0 14.3 49.7 Career Military

Military Reasons

* NA NA NA 4.3 0.2 0.5 0.5 6.8 (%) 10.5 23.3 50.0 10.0 22.2 28.6 Military Entrance

Educ. NA NA NA * (%) 44.0 53.5 60.6 65.7 49.4 40.2 75.1 46.0 80.0 44.4 71.4 Reason Any

NA NA NA * 5.8 2.9 7.0 9.8 6.5 8.9 (%) Job 10.0 14.5 10.0 11.1 21.4 Training

NA NA NA * 8.5 0.0 2.9 5.5 8.4 (%) 10.9 16.7 28.6 11.0 13.5 16.4 Skills Certification

Prog.

NA NA NA * 5.6 9.5 (%) 20.1 13.2 10.0 21.4 17.1 21.6 18.9 27.4 22.8 Trade Educational Reasons Technical or

NA NA NA * (%) 16.9 20.5 60.0 27.8 50.0 18.6 18.9 14.8 26.5 19.8 27.7 College Two-Year

NA NA NA * 5.6 9.5 (%) 14.9 28.3 20.0 35.7 41.4 30.4 36.2 11.8 20.8 College Four-Year 1

* NA NA NA (%) 72.2 94.9 83.3 94.7 77.8 93.3 95.8 80.8 11.0 79.5 82.2

esting assers P 3 10 18 14 70 NA NA NA 258 185 for T (N) 7,914 1,626 4,623 1,480 Indicating Reason 336,755 Subtotal Inst. Other Islands States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Corr. Rico Islands Jurisdiction Hospitals Mariana Insular Areas DANTES Federal and Contracts American Federated Micronesia Palau Puerto Federal International Michigan VA Marshall Virgin N. Program 72 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s S A tandard tandard Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Virginia x i d n e Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina Island Jurisdiction Columbia S core core p S tatistics for All G All for tatistics 1 398,409 10,877 13,173 31,702 10,283 13,155 16,323 12,049 28,345 13,561 17,065 26,046 26,392 11,219 4,786 1,241 5,594 1,431 7,575 6,293 1,008 4,204 7,879 1,508 3,498 2,254 2,006 8,597 5,979 5,789 9,839 6,932 5,095 2,488 6,584 8,724 3,963 3,632 9,785 3,253 1,371 2,739 8,309 6,517 1,702 4,113 1,154 7,264 3,213 (N) 778 524 598 ED ®

P Median assers in in assers 490 500 470 460 500 470 470 510 500 460 460 470 490 460 490 460 480 460 500 490 460 500 490 460 460 470 470 460 460 460 470 480 460 480 460 480 510 500 460 500 480 500 490 470 500 510 500 510 490 500 470 510 L Writing anguage Arts, Arts, anguage Mean 498 512 487 477 510 488 492 516 504 480 479 487 497 480 502 478 492 473 508 501 485 507 509 483 485 486 490 475 482 480 489 489 486 497 472 496 515 504 488 514 497 511 503 487 509 520 512 515 500 506 491 507 Std. 70 68 67 59 71 69 70 69 72 71 75 69 67 71 78 77 74 70 70 70 66 78 64 61 78 67 72 74 69 63 61 66 70 64 76 61 67 58 71 72 66 75 78 64 65 66 66 58 65 64 69 63 Dev. W riting; riting; Median S 530 530 510 510 540 540 550 520 530 520 510 530 510 540 530 530 530 520 520 530 510 540 540 510 540 510 530 530 510 510 530 520 520 520 540 520 530 520 520 510 520 510 540 530 540 540 540 500 540 530 520 520 ocial ocial Social tudies S tudies; and and tudies; Mean 542 518 525 546 544 561 530 540 532 524 532 520 551 537 538 537 530 528 542 523 533 545 545 524 543 525 542 542 523 525 536 527 530 532 547 531 538 526 531 525 532 526 552 535 545 540 545 514 546 541 532 533 Std. L anguage Arts, Arts, anguage 73 65 67 73 71 73 69 73 73 69 70 69 72 73 74 73 70 73 76 68 71 75 75 69 76 69 78 75 69 69 69 66 69 70 77 69 69 67 71 70 72 69 75 70 73 72 72 66 75 72 71 74 Dev. Median 540 560 520 510 550 560 540 540 550 540 520 540 520 560 540 550 540 540 540 550 540 570 550 520 560 510 550 550 540 520 540 520 540 540 570 540 540 520 540 520 540 520 550 540 560 550 540 500 550 540 540 520 R eading eading Reading Mean 572 544 541 576 573 562 552 574 553 548 558 543 578 556 568 560 559 553 572 551 556 579 569 549 577 544 575 567 551 547 562 543 559 555 584 559 558 551 563 544 557 546 574 558 573 571 564 537 569 566 554 549 T ests: ests: Std. 2 00 101 104 110 102 105 100 100 104 103 100 100 101 101 104 104 101 101 100 100 105 99 99 95 95 97 97 96 94 96 98 96 97 96 94 96 98 98 91 97 97 94 92 98 98 96 97 99 90 98 99 99 98 6 Dev. A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 73 2 0 0 6 Dev. * 64 73 67 69 83 76 95 99 99 97 68 96 91 88 82 99 91 NA NA NA NA 102 101 101 102 100 100 114 101 Std. Testing Service Data. ® NA NA NA NA * 595 651 590 648 554 540 533 534 541 557 477 508 494 515 524 511 620 631 622 586 612 598 564 607 608 Mean Reading NA NA NA NA * 580 660 570 630 540 510 500 510 450 490 470 495 500 610 620 610 570 580 580 540 610 610 510 540 490 Source: 2006 GED Median Dev. * 70 68 70 76 72 70 64 61 64 66 72 83 56 42 68 58 58 72 74 74 66 64 74 56 70 NA NA NA NA Std. NA NA NA NA * 553 546 550 581 565 551 519 507 514 524 533 502 514 491 512 498 572 586 574 536 550 557 522 570 507 Mean Social Studies NA NA NA NA * 540 525 540 570 540 510 500 500 465 500 480 520 480 560 580 570 530 530 550 500 560 550 510 530 500 Median Dev. * 64 98 66 61 72 65 54 65 49 56 71 45 57 84 50 70 62 68 79 67 57 69 77 50 69 NA NA NA NA Std. NA NA NA NA * 585 520 507 569 555 506 559 532 598 545 531 553 487 467 493 457 459 479 477 478 483 557 479 469 498 Mean Writing NA NA NA NA * 570 500 490 560 550 480 550 520 570 540 510 480 450 480 440 455 460 440 475 470 550 460 550 450 490 Median 3 31 30 23 12 19 18 75 NA NA NA NA 759 239 708 101 581 220 795 193 145 272 (N) 3,361 1,697 5,725 1,861 1,477 8,325 9,476 416,482 Island Subtotal Inst. Other Islands Territories States of Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Jurisdiction Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia Hospitals Mariana Federal and Contracts Canada DANTES Quebec Alberta Insular Areas Guam American Federated Marshall Palau Puerto Virgin British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Nova Nunavut Ontario Prince Saskatchewan Yukon Federal International Michigan VA Micronesia N. Program Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results because some results can be based on a small number of passers. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 74 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s S A tandard tandard U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Virginia x i d n e Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina Island Jurisdiction Columbia S core core p S tatistics for All G All for tatistics 2 398,409 10,877 13,173 31,702 10,283 13,155 16,323 12,049 28,345 13,561 17,065 26,046 26,392 11,219 1,154 7,264 3,213 4,786 1,241 5,594 1,431 7,575 6,293 1,008 4,204 7,879 1,508 3,498 2,254 2,006 8,597 5,979 5,789 9,839 6,932 5,095 2,488 6,584 8,724 3,963 3,632 9,785 3,253 1,371 2,739 8,309 6,517 1,702 4,113 (N) 778 524 598 ED ®

P Median assers in in assers 550 560 510 540 550 530 540 540 560 540 540 540 540 530 540 530 560 540 550 560 560 530 550 550 540 540 560 530 540 550 560 530 540 550 550 530 550 520 560 540 550 540 520 540 560 540 560 550 540 550 540 540 S Science cience cience Mean 571 570 523 548 557 543 549 553 572 551 554 554 549 539 552 540 576 555 564 571 567 539 566 562 551 550 568 541 545 570 566 538 545 567 557 544 556 529 570 556 560 552 530 547 570 552 570 563 549 565 548 550 T est, est, Std. 79 70 68 80 75 70 72 78 75 73 74 69 77 80 78 75 70 76 81 71 75 76 81 71 80 74 85 79 69 70 73 69 75 76 82 71 72 77 75 72 75 75 81 72 76 79 73 71 81 77 75 76 M Dev. athematics athematics Median 500 490 480 510 510 500 490 500 500 480 500 470 510 490 490 490 490 480 510 490 500 500 480 500 480 490 500 490 490 500 490 490 490 500 490 490 490 490 490 490 480 500 490 500 510 510 480 500 490 490 490 490 T est, and and est, Mathematics Mean 498 506 492 489 513 509 503 493 507 508 491 506 480 519 498 500 495 499 489 508 498 507 508 490 502 490 502 505 495 493 501 498 494 496 508 492 494 500 501 496 495 493 508 497 506 509 510 485 508 499 496 499 T est Battery: Battery: est Std. 67 57 58 67 63 62 63 68 71 61 65 59 68 67 67 64 63 62 66 62 64 65 70 59 66 62 67 68 63 60 62 59 62 64 71 58 60 63 65 65 66 65 66 63 64 66 65 56 69 66 66 67 Dev. 2 00 Median 6 524 508 504 530 534 524 512 530 516 512 522 498 536 520 524 522 518 512 528 516 516 534 524 506 530 506 522 532 512 506 520 508 514 512 532 512 518 510 520 508 510 510 534 514 528 527 526 498 524 520 514 510 Battery Mean 535 519 514 540 541 534 522 540 529 524 531 512 545 533 536 532 529 525 537 526 527 542 534 518 539 519 536 540 523 519 527 520 526 523 543 522 527 521 531 521 524 523 544 526 534 536 535 510 534 530 524 524 Std. 57 59 59 54 62 56 66 61 56 54 55 53 57 56 64 53 54 56 58 57 58 57 62 55 57 59 56 51 60 57 58 58 59 52 51 61 57 55 55 61 61 57 56 54 57 61 62 58 58 59 61 54 Dev. A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 75 2 0 0 6 Dev. * 60 54 39 48 42 48 43 59 62 60 52 52 60 45 58 58 50 60 51 54 48 48 47 51 58 NA NA NA NA Std. Testing Service Data. ® * NA NA NA NA 585 561 574 573 537 506 508 499 528 498 500 487 500 505 580 593 574 544 571 564 531 576 557 510 500 Mean Battery * NA NA NA NA Source: 2006 GED 496 491 581 554 578 566 530 492 496 484 516 467 492 468 495 490 576 590 564 534 568 558 520 570 546 Median Dev. * 69 73 69 53 64 52 64 51 58 64 84 47 40 32 54 51 72 75 75 61 57 60 42 69 59 NA NA NA NA Std. * NA NA NA NA 549 535 530 541 523 474 484 467 482 527 468 471 459 484 474 548 552 548 525 529 525 510 545 524 498 Mean Mathematics * NA NA NA NA 530 470 490 470 530 520 540 520 470 470 450 510 460 480 450 490 530 530 520 510 530 510 510 530 510 Median Dev. * 80 69 55 82 55 75 65 58 66 75 84 55 59 66 73 63 81 84 81 77 79 80 64 78 80 NA NA NA NA Std. * NA NA NA NA 550 595 534 613 606 567 592 587 551 598 579 581 583 582 570 527 526 523 523 530 503 538 537 604 530 Mean Science * NA NA NA NA 540 580 520 530 600 600 550 580 560 550 580 560 570 560 570 560 520 530 510 520 530 490 525 530 600 Median 3 31 30 23 12 19 18 75 NA NA NA NA 759 239 708 101 581 220 795 193 145 272 (N) 8,325 9,476 3,361 1,697 5,725 1,861 1,477 416,482 Labrador

Island Subtotal Inst. Other Islands Territories States Subtotal Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Jurisdiction Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia Hospitals Mariana Micronesia Federated Marshall Palau Puerto Virgin British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Northwest Nova Nunavut Ontario Prince Saskatchewan Yukon Federal International Michigan VA Program Federal and Canada DANTES Quebec Alberta Insular Areas Guam American N. Contracts of Note: Caution should be exercised in interpreting results because some results can be based on a small number of passers. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 76 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s N A Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Tennessee Vermont Utah Texas South Ohio South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon North New New New Nevada Nebraska Oklahoma Jersey New North Montana Missouri Massachusetts Maryland Kentucky Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Maine Louisiana Kansas Iowa Illinois Idaho of District Indiana Hawaii Florida Delaware Connecticut California Colorado U.S umber of G of umber P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Virginia q x i d n e Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina Island Columbia ED Jurisdiction ®

C andidates andidates T ested, by by ested, L anguage: anguage: T otal NumberT 676,020 55,858 16,579 19,979 21,146 14,726 22,936 12,719 21,486 24,182 51,780 13,846 11,526 11,325 10,188 19,391 12,158 12,095 12,787 25,843 31,424 42,899 13,848 47,033 18,121 11,428 1,749 6,399 5,166 1,461 2,243 8,715 3,223 9,202 1,821 8,070 2,438 5,235 3,923 3,275 8,478 4,013 9,799 4,589 5,754 5,419 2,048 1,047 4,833 8,106 3,072 2 639 00 6 ested English 651,724 15,997 19,206 20,880 51,923 14,542 22,555 11,984 21,435 23,535 48,385 12,917 11,474 11,996 12,717 24,019 11,316 10,066 19,203 11,626 31,033 42,147 12,865 42,636 17,282 11,399 1,736 5,166 1,456 6,210 2,243 8,715 3,077 9,044 1,821 7,609 2,421 5,031 3,752 3,275 8,456 9,788 4,411 5,721 5,353 4,007 2,045 1,001 4,579 7,966 3,064 639 Language French 418 328 13 14 0 0 0 2 5 2 0 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 1 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 5 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 23,878 Spanish 3,927 3,067 1,810 4,397 582 771 261 189 183 145 368 735 158 646 461 926 204 171 178 117 183 532 383 747 254 983 140 837 13 51 17 50 22 11 99 33 70 65 37 27 0 3 0 0 0 0 8 6 3 0 8 A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 77 2 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0 * 23 NA NA 5,606 1,076 5,600 1,045 Testing Service Data. Spanish 30,562 ® Source: 2006 GED 1 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 47 NA NA 256 334 752 French Language 39 59 80 17 30 NA NA 244 114 284 145 363 165 965 185 364 * 2,118 1,143 1,177 1,097 4,581 1,455 2,178 7,729 3,840 3,989 12,695 17,738 683,122 English ested 2 39 59 80 64 30 NA NA 244 114 151 363 165 187 365 6,571 5,884 1,148 2,122 1,433 1,101 4,598 1,455 2,186 8,774 4,012 3,840 13,031 18,814 714,436 otal Number T T Subtotal Micronesia Labrador Contracts Jurisdiction Island Subtotal Inst. Other Islands Territories States of Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia Hospitals Mariana Candidates who tested in multiple languages were classified according to their predominant test language. Program Federated Marshall N. Virgin Palau Puerto British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Northwest Nova Nunavut Ontario Prince Saskatchewan International Yukon Federal VA Michigan American Guam Insular Areas Alberta Quebec Canada DANTES Federal and 1. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 78 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s N A Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Virginia Vermont Utah Texas Tennessee South South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma Ohio North North New New Jersey New New Nevada Nebraska Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Idaho Hawaii Florida of District Delaware Connecticut Colorado California U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama umber of G of umber P P Subtotal York Mexico Hampshire Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina r x i d n e Island Columbia Jurisdiction ED ®

C andidates andidates T ested, by by ested, S Number 676,020 pecial pecial T 55,858 14,726 22,936 12,719 21,486 24,182 51,780 13,846 11,526 11,325 10,188 19,391 12,158 12,095 12,787 25,843 31,424 42,899 13,848 47,033 18,121 11,428 16,579 19,979 21,146 T ested 1,749 5,166 1,461 6,399 2,243 8,715 3,223 9,202 1,821 8,070 2,438 5,235 3,923 3,275 8,478 4,013 9,799 4,589 5,754 5,419 2,048 1,047 4,833 8,106 3,072 otal 639

dition of the G the of dition Standard 674,823 12,074 12,770 25,827 31,374 42,884 13,830 47,027 18,100 11,423 16,541 19,933 21,025 55,785 14,718 22,923 12,662 21,438 24,157 51,513 13,843 11,512 11,307 10,182 19,366 12,136 Print 4,013 9,785 4,585 5,748 5,415 2,046 1,034 4,833 8,084 3,070 1,743 5,154 1,460 6,398 2,241 8,679 3,222 9,180 1,791 8,060 2,436 5,232 3,920 3,239 8,466 639 ED

T ests: ests: 2 Audiocassette 00 6 242 69 10 17 10 12 18 14 14 33 10 35 45 14 53 18 29 15 12 12 0 2 1 6 1 2 8 0 0 0 4 2 4 6 1 1 4 0 3 1 4 2 6 0 1 1 1 4 4 3 3 8 Special Edition Braille 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Large 483 19 42 13 76 58 33 20 30 18 32 22 19 0 5 2 7 0 0 4 2 0 9 4 1 9 4 1 1 1 2 2 6 2 3 0 4 3 0 0 6 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 8 7 0 1 Print 9

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 7 2 0 0 6 Print * 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 96 16 75 82 86 NA NA NA 665 Testing Service Data. ® Large 1 Source: 2006 GED * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 NA NA NA Braille Special Edition * 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 19 50 61 17 NA NA NA 776 Audiocassette

64 30 59 80 39 NA NA NA * 151 687 363 165 187 365 244 114 1,403 2,186 8,753 3,840 3,928 2,115 1,148 1,415 1,097 4,522 Print 12,874 18,709 707,093 Standard

2 64 30 59 80 39 NA NA 363 165 187 365 151 244 114 otal 6,571 1,148 1,433 1,101 4,598 1,455 2,186 8,774 3,840 4,012 2,122 5,884 ested T 13,031 18,814 T 714,436 Number Subtotal Micronesia Labrador Contracts Jurisdiction Island Subtotal Inst. Other Islands Territories States of Samoa Prisons Islands Total Subtotal Corr. Columbia Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia Hospitals Mariana Candidates who tested on multiple editions were classified according to their predominant edition. Federal and Canada DANTES Quebec Insular Areas Alberta American Guam Virgin British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Northwest Nova Nunavut Ontario Prince Saskatchewan Yukon Federal International Michigan VA Program Marshall N. Palau Puerto Federated 1. NA = Not available. * = Not reported due to small numbers. 8

2 0 0 6 0 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s T A rends in G in rends 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 199 1990 198 1987 1986 1985 1984 1983 1982 1981 1980 197 1977 1976 1975 1974 1973 1972 1971 1970 196 1968 1967 1966 1965 1964 1963 1962 1961 1960 195 1958 1957 1956 1955 1954 1953 1952 1951 1950 Subtotal 1988 1988 Subtotal 1978 1978 Subtotal 194 1942 P P eries GED Series GED Series GED Series s x i d n e ED Y ear ® Tests Tests Tests

T esting, All All esting, C andidates: andidates: 11,527392 7,550,439 6,238321 1,069,899 Number 860,684 860,079 822,181 827,105 867,802 829,904 822,537 790,165 790,565 806,038 763,618 682,728 734,087 758,367 739,683 711,392 707,076 772,080 792,132 804,813 816,176 773,996 674,724 715,116 696,623 687,426 561,203 440,216 430,346 387,733 331,534 293,451 265,499 218,386 185,778 143,974 116,875 T 88,242 75,428 68,080 61,093 56,496 58,723 52,847 52,552 44,840 42,141 32,533 29,733 25,584 36,853 39,016 T ested (N) otal

9 4 9– 2 00 10,098,004 Completed 6,668836 2,09,743 Battery of Battery 6 979,829 747,617 751,637 718,464 722,461 758,570 723,899 712,421 685,304 688,582 706,182 662,789 589,002 651,247 690,509 674,430 647,496 641,697 711,946 724,971 732,229 741,601 608,229 495,728 517,847 539,729 541,914 430,253 T ests (N)

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA ¹

ofT Battery P assed 72.0 73.0 71.0 75.0 74.0 77.0 76.0 78.0 76.0 77.0 79.0 80.0 77.7 77.7 77.7 77.7 77.7 69.8 69.5 70.2 70.9 68.6 71.7 72.0 73.0 71.4 71.4 71.5 69.9 68.4 72.3 74.1 72.6 72.4 73.0 73.1 73.9 72.1 70.8 68.4 69.7 67.8 70.2 68.9 68.2 67.4 68.7 70.8 71.7 69.4 70.0 71.7 (%) NA

ests

(average) 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 29.0 28.0 27.0 25.2 24.7 24.6 24.6 24.7 25.0 25.3 25.6 26.0 26.6 26.4 26.5 26.2 26.7 26.7 26.5 25.8 25.8 25.4 25.1 25.1 25.1 25.3 25.9 25.0 25.4 25.1 27.2 25.1 27.4 28.0 29.1 29.4 29.5 29.5 29.3 Age NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Completed (average) Highest Grade 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.7 9.7 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.9 9.9 9.9 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.7 9.8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA

Planning Further Study 38.0 32.5 33.0 34.0 34.0 31.0 36.0 38.0 35.0 43.0 46.0 39.0 65.5 66.2 65.0 67.6 65.4 64.4 63.7 65.6 61.7 61.4 58.6 56.5 53.6 47.5 49.7 54.8 51.3 49.1 48.6 48.4 46.1 36.6 40.8 35.6 37.8 39.4 42.1 40.0 42.0 44.3 41.2 40.1 37.3 39.9 36.0 35.0 (%) NA NA NA NA NA

A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 81 2 0 0 6

(%) 63.3 62.6 61.6 61.2 58.6 Study Further Planning Testing Service Data. ®

10.1 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.0 Grade Source: 2006 GED Highest (average) Completed

Age 25.2 25.0 25.0 25.2 25.2 (average)

ests

(%) 70.6 69.1 70.2 71.6 68.3 assed P Battery of T

(N) ests T 510,451 596,283 604,927 619,846 614,121 Battery of 2,945,628 Completed 21,742,211

otal (N) ested T T 603,019 703,512 704,365 715,365 714,436 Number 3,440,697 28,756,849 Tests ear Y Series GED Number of test takers completing the battery of tests was not collected before 1974. Subtotal 2002 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 Total 1. NA = Not available. 82 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s S A elected elected Battery GED Mean Mean Mean Mean for Tested of Percentage (%) Americans African of Percentage (%) Asians of Percentage Mean for Tested Average Candidates Grade Mean of Percentage American of Percentage with Percentage of Percentage of Percentage (Years) Age Average P P t x i d n e core on Score on Score on Score on Score core on Score Years S Educational Employment Tested tatistics on G on tatistics Completion Completed hites (%) Whites Pacific (%) Females (%) Males ut of Out Mathematics Science Arts, Language Social anguage Arts, Language Hispanic Within School awaiians (%) Islanders/Hawaiians Studies easons (%) Reasons easons (%) Reasons Rate ndians or Alaska or Indians Two rigin (%) Origin ED Years Reading Writing ®

C ut of Out andidates, by Jurisdictional Group: Group: Jurisdictional by andidates, atives (%) Natives chool (%) School 200 10.1 43.9 56.1 25.0 83.8 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2003 10.0 52.3 20.3 22.6 44.9 55.1 24.7 84.0 523 508 479 463 536 0.6 1.7 2.6 NA NA NA NA United States 2 2004 00 10.0 55.3 21.5 18.1 44.9 55.1 24.7 85.6 515 521 474 467 544 0.6 1.7 2.7 NA NA NA NA 2 – 2 00 6 2005 39.9 10.0 53.5 23.0 18.7 44.7 55.3 24.9 86.3 526 506 478 469 509 7.4 0.6 1.7 2.5 NA NA 2006 48.3 58.9 40.9 10.0 53.5 22.8 18.8 44.1 55.9 24.9 85.8 525 506 477 468 521 7.4 0.6 1.7 2.5 200 10.3 52.6 47.4 29.1 99.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2003 10.2 48.6 33.8 50.2 49.8 24.9 99.6 4.9 7.3 0.6 4.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Insular Areas 2004 10.3 59.4 19.9 12.0 43.6 56.4 25.1 89.8 3.6 0.3 4.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2005 38.1 43.7 56.3 24.3 95.9 422 410 431 371 431 6.5 9.3 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2006 49.6 56.1 35.1 10.2 68.8 17.7 46.8 53.2 25.2 63.1 428 479 459 459 447 7.6 4.5 6.3 0.3 2.4 200 43.9 56.1 32.3 91.5 9.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2003 43.0 57.0 30.7 97.5 486 587 559 535 519 9.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Canada 2004 44.5 55.5 30.5 97.1 501 570 560 528 528 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2005 44.4 55.6 30.7 96.1 505 561 585 540 535 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2006 43.0 57.0 30.8 96.7 501 564 571 533 526 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 200 90.8 32.3 83.2 9.5 9.2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA F ederal andOtherContracts 2003 28.5 43.2 24.2 10.8 89.2 31.6 84.3 9.5 0.5 1.1 2.4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2004 31.5 44.9 19.8 11.9 88.1 31.2 85.1 9.8 0.4 1.0 2.4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2005 14.0 30.3 45.9 19.8 12.2 87.8 30.5 90.2 457 499 523 502 459 9.3 9.7 0.5 1.0 2.4 NA NA 2006 41.3 43.3 13.3 12.5 34.1 43.7 18.5 11.4 88.6 29.9 91.7 456 512 518 502 454 9.8 0.5 1.1 2.1 200 10.1 43.4 56.6 25.2 84.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2003 10.0 51.7 20.6 22.7 44.3 55.7 25.0 84.8 463 537 524 508 481 0.6 1.7 2.6 NA NA NA NA Source: 2006 GED 2006 Source: Overall 2004 10.0 54.7 22.0 18.2 44.2 55.8 25.0 85.9 468 545 516 521 474 0.7 1.7 2.7 NA NA NA NA ® Testing Service Data. Service Testing 2005 39.1 10.0 52.6 23.4 19.2 44.0 56.0 25.2 86.6 469 509 526 506 479 7.6 0.7 1.7 2.5 NA NA 2006 48.1 58.6 40.3 10.0 53.1 23.2 18.8 43.4 56.6 25.2 86.0 469 522 525 506 478 7.5 0.7 1.7 2.5 A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 83 2 0 0 6

2.5 1.7 0.7 7.5 478 506 525 522 469 86.0 25.2 56.6 43.4 18.8 23.2 53.1 10.0 40.3 58.6 48.1 2006 NA NA 2.5 1.7 0.7 7.6 509 469 479 506 526 86.6 25.2 56.0 44.0 19.2 23.4 52.6 10.0 39.1 2005 Testing Service Data. ® NA NA NA NA 2.7 1.7 0.7 545 468 474 521 516 85.9 25.0 55.8 44.2 18.2 22.0 54.7 10.0 2004 Overall Source: 2006 GED NA NA NA NA 2.6 1.7 0.6 537 463 481 508 524 84.8 25.0 55.7 44.3 22.7 20.6 51.7 10.0 2003 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 84.6 25.2 56.6 43.4 10.1 2002 2.1 1.1 0.5 9.8 512 456 454 502 518 91.7 29.9 88.6 11.4 18.5 43.7 34.1 12.5 13.3 43.3 41.3 2006 NA NA 2.4 1.0 0.5 9.7 9.3 499 457 459 502 523 90.2 30.5 87.8 12.2 19.8 45.9 30.3 14.0 2005 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.4 1.0 0.4 9.8 85.1 31.2 88.1 11.9 19.8 44.9 31.5 2004 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.4 1.1 0.5 9.5 84.3 31.6 89.2 10.8 24.2 43.2 28.5 2003 Other Contracts ederal and F NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9.5 9.2 83.2 32.3 90.8 2002 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 526 533 571 564 501 96.7 30.8 57.0 43.0 2006 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 535 540 585 561 505 96.1 30.7 55.6 44.4 2005 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 528 528 560 570 501 97.1 30.5 55.5 44.5 2004 Canada NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9.6 519 535 559 587 486 97.5 30.7 57.0 43.0 2003 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9.6 43.9 91.5 32.3 56.1 2002 used for this table. Note: This table presents selected statistics on GED candidates previously reported in prior annual statistical reports. If the statistics reported for comparison purposes in a later reporting year were different from what reported previously, the latest statistics are 6.3 4.5 7.6 2.4 0.3 447 459 459 479 428 49.6 17.7 68.8 10.2 35.1 56.1 63.1 25.2 53.2 46.8 2006 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9.3 6.5 431 410 422 431 371 38.1 95.9 24.3 56.3 43.7 2005 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 4.7 0.3 3.6 10.3 89.8 25.1 56.4 43.6 12.0 19.9 59.4 2004 Insular Areas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 4.7 0.6 7.3 4.9 10.2 99.6 24.9 49.8 50.2 33.8 48.6 2003 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 10.3 99.7 29.1 47.4 52.6 2002 7.4 2.5 1.7 0.6 477 506 525 521 468 10.0 40.9 58.9 48.3 85.8 24.9 55.9 44.1 18.8 22.8 53.5 2006 NA NA 2.5 1.7 0.6 7.4 509 469 478 506 526 86.3 24.9 55.3 44.7 18.7 23.0 53.5 10.0 39.9 2005 NA NA NA NA 2.7 1.7 0.6 544 467 474 521 515 85.6 24.7 55.1 44.9 18.1 21.5 55.3 10.0 2004 United States NA NA NA NA 2.6 1.7 0.6 536 463 479 508 523 84.0 24.7 55.1 44.9 22.6 20.3 52.3 10.0 2003 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 83.8 25.0 56.1 43.9 10.1 2002 School (%) Natives (%) Out of Writing Reading Years Origin (%) Two Indians or Alaska Rate Reasons (%) Reasons (%) Studies Islanders/Hawaiians (%) School Within Hispanic Language Arts, Social Language Arts, Science Mathematics Out of Males (%) Females (%) Pacific Whites (%) Completed Completion Tested Employment Educational Years Score on Score on Score on Score on Score on Average Age (Years) Percentage of Percentage of Percentage with Percentage of American Percentage of Mean Grade Candidates Average Tested for Mean Percentage of Asians (%) Percentage of African Americans (%) Percentage of Tested for Mean Mean Mean Mean GED Battery 84 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s N A umber of G of umber P P U.S Georgia Arkansas Arizona Alaska Alabama Maine Louisiana Kentucky Kansas Iowa Indiana Illinois Hawaii Delaware Connecticut California Wyoming Wisconsin West Washington Vermont Texas South Rhode Pennsylvania Oregon Oklahoma North New New New Nevada Montana Missouri Mississippi Minnesota Michigan Massachusetts Maryland Idaho Florida of District Virginia Tennessee South Ohio Jersey New Nebraska Colorado Utah North Subtotal u x i d n e York Mexico Hampshire Virginia Dakota Carolina Dakota Carolina Island Columbia Jurisdiction ED ®

C redentials redentials I ssued, by by ssued, (1943–77) 1942 2,057,866 S 222,442 226,058 eries eries 16,444 71,313 42,138 17,308 15,208 86,887 32,038 31,489 38,595 68,458 29,943 83,391 10,590 13,885 72,075 32,399 31,950 62,677 38,124 40,451 14,165 57,111 53,726 42,559 24,310 69,335 54,105 78,464 12,715 25,164 36,104 35,783 22,799 32,783 28,506 28,289 38,868 50,912 6,513 5,392 1,353 9,594 5,920 9,189 7,838 4,090 4,351 9,157 4,908 Series Number ofCredentialsIssuedbySeriesT T ests ( ests

1 9 43 – (1978–87) 2 1978 00 4,848616 105,618 123,838 178,896 124,549 283,713 105,176 427,882 132,180 195,023 125,877 151,707 414,955 128,636 132,314 101,496 1 22,934 98,536 69,923 52,913 87,758 10,879 15,520 10,183 43,583 74,473 92,111 64,034 74,907 14,633 89,948 58,153 95,355 14,307 15,398 48,291 27,742 78,148 64,954 11,777 48,659 19,035 21,019 27,149 20,781 62,193 76,093 63,634 79,174 26,868 ), and and ), 9,109 7,272 Series N

umber of G of umber (1988–200) 1988 ests 6,792,917 ED 109,318 168,672 173,195 214,527 244,430 463,198 112,234 466,628 103,619 134,375 109,797 163,178 142,366 668,216 176,425 248,893 114,071 252,135 197,397 504,186 121,048 129,060 202,884 132,764 24,578 83,677 74,054 11,204 19,648 12,453 64,975 17,061 87,897 57,814 16,669 53,093 17,802 77,635 33,082 97,449 12,908 68,107 27,563 50,151 32,988 28,542 87,968 91,696 83,753 45,362

9,854 ¹ Series P assers, by by assers,

2 00 2

NumberofGEDP S eries G eries (200–6)

200 1,944,832 137,267 125,554 164,097 132,920 ED 35,130 43,983 19,271 17,825 46,603 70,905 14,542 85,534 13,943 41,475 30,219 46,110 31,513 33,755 16,515 55,173 56,850 23,668 52,674 24,440 65,277 35,472 33,565 72,620 54,541 20,154 31,675 18,442 10,257 40,040 30,367 29,410 49,140 33,723 25,788 11,488 6,295 2,461 2,289 8,402 5,974 3,304 6,374 6,054 4,612 7,328 9,814

Series T ests ( ests assers

2 00 2 – 2 00 6 ) A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 85 2 0 0 6

assers Testing Service Data. ® 7 7 0 74 48 12 86 62 48 34 Series 497 447 3,765 4,308 4,730 9,033 6,757 5,010 1,457 3,305 3,244 1,033 42,283 33,523 39,577 32,191* 24,205 14,403 2,060,215 2002

(2002–2006) Source: 2006 GED ED P Number of G

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 677 186 577 134 148 119 Series ¹ 1,812 6,260 1,068 3,256 22,607 28,666 40,534 13,265 16,167 25,379 12,208 143,646 170,087 138,691 7,106,650 ests 1988 (1988–2001)

NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 698 199 201 957 Series 1,411 7,544 2,405 94,943 23,850 91,886 14,248 36,046 14,252 11,269 18,387 129,656 5,073,215 1978 (1978–1987)

50 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 212 310 830 Series T Credentials Issued by Number of Series 1,108 2,866 7,784 1,721 7,004 14,204 10,824 12,992 51,761 10,812 2,118,869 1942 (1943–1977) 2 Subtotal Micronesia Labrador Contracts 2 Isld. Subtotal Inst. Jurisdiction Other Islands Territory States of Samoa Prisons Islands Total 4 Subtotal Corr. 6 5 Columbia 3 Rico Edward Territory Islands Scotia 2 Hospitals Mariana Ontario initiated testing in 1996. Quebec initiated testing in 2001. States of America. Alberta initiated testing in 1981. Nunavut initiated testing in 2003. Number of credentials issued before 1971 was estimated by multiplying the total number of test takers by the percentage of people who met jurisdictional score requirements in that year. Before 1998, data for the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands were reported under the category Micronesia. All three jurisdictions are self-governing and have free-association status with the United Program Virgin Yukon Federal Michigan VA British Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Nunavut International Prince Federated Marshall N. Palau Puerto Nova Ontario Saskatchewan Northwest Federal and Canada DANTES Quebec Alberta Insular Areas American * The number of GED passers in Puerto Rico was incomplete for 2005 and was understated. 5. 6. 3. 4. 1. 2. NA = Not available. 86 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s S A elected elected Battery GED Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean for Tested of Percentage (%) Americans African of Percentage (%) Asians of Percentage Mean for Tested Average Passers Grade Mean of Percentage American of Percentage with Percentage of Percentage of Percentage (Years) Age Average P P v x i d n e core on Battery on Score on Score on Score on Score on Score core on Score Who Years S Educational Employment tatistics on G on tatistics Pass Completed Tested hites (%) Whites Pacific (%) Females (%) Males ut of Out Mathematics Science Arts, Language Social anguage Arts, Language Hispanic Rate Within School awaiians (%) Islanders/Hawaiians Studies easons (%) Reasons easons (%) Reasons ndians or Alaska or Indians rigin (%) Origin Two ED Reading Writing Years ®

P assers, by Jurisdictional Group: Group: Jurisdictional by assers, ut of Out atives (%) Natives chool (%) School 200 47.7 63.3 37.6 10.2 41.8 58.2 23.4 70.6 531 503 566 544 542 501 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2003 47.0 62.9 45.6 10.1 61.6 14.6 19.3 42.2 57.8 23.8 70.1 554 537 512 534 497 569 0.7 1.7 2.2 NA 2 United States 00 2 2004 – 48.8 62.0 44.1 10.1 64.2 15.8 15.3 42.5 57.5 23.7 71.2 546 551 507 537 501 578 0.6 1.6 2.4 2 NA 00 6 2005 48.6 61.6 42.7 10.1 62.1 17.5 16.0 42.4 57.6 24.1 72.1 555 532 496 522 496 534 6.9 0.6 1.6 2.2 2006 47.2 61.0 44.7 10.1 62.8 16.7 16.0 41.5 58.5 23.8 68.7 556 535 498 527 498 550 6.5 0.6 1.7 2.2 200 48.3 73.9 10.7 48.0 52.0 26.8 76.3 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2003 53.8 70.7 10.3 31.1 47.1 10.2 51.4 48.6 24.9 48.4 5.8 1.0 4.9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Insular Areas 2004 49.2 60.9 10.4 50.2 22.5 16.9 47.1 52.9 24.4 20.6 4.9 0.7 4.9 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2005 69.0* 41.7 66.8 36.0 15.4 44.6 55.4 24.8 24.1 505 498 483 493 478 501 7.0 9.6 2.5 9.6 3.5 0.0 2006 45.7 53.5 41.6 10.4 59.5 21.8 41.3 58.7 24.8 39.9 500 474 530 511 507 479 7.4 8.9 6.2 0.8 2.7 200 28.8 28.0 11.0 41.5 58.5 31.8 64.8 540 496 575 551 533 525 9.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2003 62.0 41.1 12.4 39.3 60.7 29.9 61.0 580 532 631 599 572 568 9.7 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Canada 2004 40.8 59.2 30.5 64.3 582 548 617 601 570 573 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2005 42.3 57.7 30.1 64.0 582 549 593 623 573 572 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2006 40.2 59.8 30.4 66.1 573 541 595 608 565 553 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 200 32.1 48.7 91.0 31.4 67.6 9.8 9.0 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA F ederal andOtherContracts 2003 34.5 51.4 35.9 36.2 23.5 11.1 88.9 31.6 65.3 9.6 0.6 1.3 2.5 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2004 38.9 44.3 37.2 38.6 20.2 11.9 88.1 30.5 72.3 9.8 0.5 1.1 2.4 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2005 40.0 44.6 13.6 36.2 40.0 19.8 12.0 88.0 30.1 71.9 507 478 519 545 523 471 9.8 9.8 0.5 1.0 2.5 2006 39.5 44.0 12.3 14.4 40.5 36.4 19.3 11.6 88.4 29.2 63.5 510 482 534 541 524 469 9.9 0.6 1.1 2.2 200 46.8 62.7 10.2 41.4 58.6 24.1 70.6 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2003 47.0 62.6 10.1 61.0 14.9 19.5 41.6 58.4 25.0 69.1 0.7 1.7 2.2 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA Source: 2006 GED 2006 Source: Overall 2004 48.5 61.6 10.1 63.5 16.4 15.4 41.8 58.2 24.0 70.2 537 501 579 547 551 507 0.7 1.6 2.4 NA NA ® Testing Service Data. Service Testing 2005 48.4 61.2 42.1 10.0 61.4 18.0 16.2 41.7 58.3 24.3 71.6 523 496 534 556 533 497 6.9 0.6 1.6 2.2 2006 47.0 60.6 44.0 10.1 62.3 17.2 16.0 40.8 59.2 24.1 68.3 528 498 550 557 535 498 6.7 0.7 1.7 2.2 A p p e n d i c e s GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt 87 2 0 0 6 2.2 1.7 0.7 6.7

498 535 557 550 498 528 68.3 24.1 59.2 40.8 16.0 17.2 62.3 10.1 44.0 60.6 47.0 2006 2.2 1.6 0.6 6.9 534 496 523 497 533 556 71.6 24.3 58.3 41.7 16.2 18.0 61.4 10.0 42.1 61.2 48.4 2005 Testing Service Data. ® NA NA 2.4 1.6 0.7 579 501 537 507 551 547 70.2 24.0 58.2 41.8 15.4 16.4 63.5 10.1 61.6 48.5 2004 Overall Source: 2006 GED NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.2 1.7 0.7 69.1 25.0 58.4 41.6 19.5 14.9 61.0 10.1 62.6 47.0 2003 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 70.6 24.1 58.6 41.4 10.2 62.7 46.8 2002 2.2 1.1 0.6 9.9 534 482 510 469 524 541 63.5 29.2 88.4 11.6 19.3 36.4 40.5 14.4 12.3 44.0 39.5 2006 2.5 1.0 0.5 9.8 9.8 519 478 507 471 523 545 71.9 30.1 88.0 12.0 19.8 40.0 36.2 13.6 44.6 40.0 2005 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.4 1.1 0.5 9.8 72.3 30.5 88.1 11.9 20.2 38.6 37.2 44.3 38.9 2004 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.5 1.3 0.6 9.6 51.4 34.5 65.3 31.6 88.9 11.1 23.5 36.2 35.9 2003 Other Contracts ederal and F NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9.8 9.0 48.7 32.1 67.6 31.4 91.0 2002 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 553 565 608 595 541 573 66.1 30.4 59.8 40.2 2006 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 572 573 623 593 549 582 64.0 30.1 57.7 42.3 2005 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 573 570 601 617 548 582 64.3 30.5 59.2 40.8 2004 Canada NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9.7 568 572 599 631 532 580 62.0 12.4 41.1 61.0 29.9 60.7 39.3 2003 (100 percent of 2005 passers in Puerto Rico had Hispanic origin). In other years, data from Puerto Rico are not included. The higher percentage of passers with Hispanic origin from the insular areas in 2005 is due to the inclusion of Puerto Rico NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 9.7 533 551 575 496 540 525 28.0 28.8 11.0 41.5 64.8 31.8 58.5 2002 for this table. Note: This table presents selected statistics on GED passers previously reported in prior annual statistical reports. If the statistics reported for comparison purposes in a later reporting year were different from what reported previously, the latest statistics are used * 6.2 8.9 7.4 2.7 0.8 479 507 511 530 474 500 45.7 21.8 59.5 10.4 41.6 53.5 39.9 24.8 58.7 41.3 2006 3.5 9.6 2.5 9.6 7.0 0.0 483 498 505 501 478 493 41.7 15.4 36.0 66.8 24.1 24.8 55.4 44.6 69.0* 2005 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 4.9 0.7 4.9 10.4 60.9 49.2 20.6 24.4 52.9 47.1 16.9 22.5 50.2 2004 Insular Areas NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 4.9 1.0 5.8 10.3 70.7 53.8 48.4 24.9 48.6 51.4 10.2 47.1 31.1 2003 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 10.7 73.9 48.3 76.3 26.8 52.0 48.0 2002 6.5 2.2 1.7 0.6 498 535 556 550 498 527 10.1 44.7 61.0 47.2 68.7 23.8 58.5 41.5 16.0 16.7 62.8 2006 2.2 1.6 0.6 6.9 534 496 522 496 532 555 72.1 24.1 57.6 42.4 16.0 17.5 62.1 10.1 42.7 61.6 48.6 2005 NA 2.4 1.6 0.6 578 501 537 507 551 546 71.2 23.7 57.5 42.5 15.3 15.8 64.2 10.1 44.1 62.0 48.8 2004 United States NA 2.2 1.7 0.7 569 497 534 512 537 554 70.1 23.8 57.8 42.2 19.3 14.6 61.6 10.1 45.6 62.9 47.0 2003 NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 566 503 531 501 542 544 70.6 23.4 58.2 41.8 10.2 37.6 63.3 47.7 2002 School (%) Natives (%) Out of Years Writing Reading Two Origin (%) Indians or Alaska Reasons (%) Reasons (%) Studies Islanders/Hawaiians (%) School Within Rate Hispanic Language Arts, Social Language Arts, Science Mathematics Out of Males (%) Females (%) Pacific Whites (%) Tested Completed Pass Employment Educational Years Who Score on Score on Score on Score on Score on Score on Battery Average Age (Years) Percentage of Percentage of Percentage with Percentage of American Percentage of Mean Grade Passers Average Tested for Mean Percentage of Asians (%) Percentage of African Americans (%) Percentage of Tested for Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean GED Battery 88 2 0 0 6 GED ® S t a t i st i c a l R e p o rt A p p e n d i c e s F A diploma, then multiplying that number by 100. by number that multiplying then diploma, a without adults of population total the by passers battery test GED of number the dividing by culated (%) Tests of Battery Passed Population Target 100. by number that plying multi then completers, battery test GED of number the by passers battery test GED of number the dividing by (%) Tests of Battery Passed Candidates 100. by number that multiplying then diploma, a without adults of population total the by completers battery test GED of number the dividing by calculated (%) Tests of Battery Completed Population Target 100. by number that multiplying then tests, the took who candidates of number the by completers battery test GED of number the dividing by culated (%) Tests of Battery Completed Candidates 100. by number that ing multiply then diploma, a without adults of population total the by tests the took who candidates of number (%) Tested Candidates P C A t group. a in jurisdictions the all of averages not are they group; that in records all on based are statistics group jurisdictional Hence, tics. statis group jurisdictional and statistics jurisdiction late calcu to used were formulas same The reference. easy for titles table respective their under here presented are formulas Specific report. 2005 the to prior tions T ormulas for for ormulas P P a a b d i d n 6 0 0 2 : d e s s x i d n e l : 2 e This information appeared as footnotes in edi in footnotes as appeared information This report. this in presented tables the for statistics the calculate to used were formulas following he a s e t T A t able able W r W S g tatistics o P t e o h was calculated by dividing the dividing by calculated was T m o C , d e t s e p u A L n o i t was calculated was a L P G d n was cal was , d e t e was cal was d e was - a d n ------A 100. by number that multiplying then birth, of date their using calculated was age whom for candidates of number total the by group age that in candidates of number total the ing divid by calculated was group age each in Percentage 100. by number that multiplying then candidates, of number total the by age known with candidates of number the dividing (%) Age Known with Candidates C A number by 100. by number that multiplying then known, was race/ethnicity whom for candidates of number total the by group ethnicity race/ that in candidates of number total the dividing by calculated was group race/ethnicity each of Percentage 100. by multiplying then dates, candi of number total the by race/ethnicity known with candidates of number the dividing by culated (%) Race/Ethnicity Known with Candidates C A 100. by number that multiplying then known, was gender whom for candidates of number total the by group gender that in candidates of number total the dividing by calculated was group gender each in Percentage 100. by multiplying then candidates, of number total the by gender known with candidates of number the dividing (%) Gender Known with Candidates C A a a a P P P P P P g d i d n d i d n d i d n 6 0 0 2 : e r e P : C x i d n e x i d n e x i d n e a a a A y b , s e t y b , s e t 6 0 0 2 : r e d n e G y b , s e t B D r e P : r e P : C A r c c c t n e g t n e t n e u o r G e / e G A G A G A E i n h t G f o e G f o e G f o e was calculated by calculated was p

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