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AB - riginally developed in 1942, the General Educational Development (GED) exam was The Voices of O designed to help veterans who had left high school before graduation in order to join the armed services. This certificate allowed them to pursue High School college degrees without having to go back to high school (Brown, 2000). Over the years, people from all walks of life have earned the GED diploma, Dropouts: among them United States Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell of Colorado; comedian Bill Cosby; actor Michael J Fox; and musicians Waylon Jennings and implications John Michael Montgomery. Despite the fact that research on the validity of the GED is often inconsistent and contradictory for research (Dynarsky and Gleason, 2002; Chaplin, 1999), many states began establishing in-school GED programs during the 1990s in an effort to decrease the high and practice school dropout rate. These high school equivalency programs (HSEP) were designed to help dropouts or Dr. Steven D. Meeker potential dropouts prepare for the GED exam Conroe Independent School District (Cummings, 1991) and have succeeded in helping Montgomery, Texas 77356 thousands of students earn their certificates. Most Dr. Stacey Edmonson educators agree that a GED is not as good as a high 
TI - The Voices of High School Dropouts: implications for research and practice
JF - International Journal on School Disaffection
DO - 10.18546/ijsd.06.1.07
DA - 2008-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/unpaywall/the-voices-of-high-school-dropouts-implications-for-research-and-Gxk6cRvq75
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