Can the GED Practice Test be used to determine initial placement and/or completion of an educational functioning level?
A. At this time, the answer is no. At a minimum, it must be established that the GED Practice tests or any tests used for placement and to validate level completion have been designed to measure educational gain; that the content and skills being measured are consistent with the NRS and appropriate for state use; that the test has multiple forms that can generate valid pre and post-test comparisons; the test can be cross-walked with the NRS levels: and, in the case of the GED Practice Tests, the answer keys would have to be secure (not available to the general public). OVAE is currently working with the Indiana GED Testing Service to answer these questions for the Practice Tests. Q. If a state correlates the educational functioning level descriptors to the test objectives of standardized community college entrance exams, such as Compass, Acuplacer, or Asset, can those tests be used to determine initial placement and/or level completion? A. Generally speaking, the answer to this questio
