Impact of ABE (9)

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Impact of ABE

F1. [What is the] value of a GED?

F2. [What is the] relationship of adult education learning opportunities to future wage earning?

  • Check out http://www.vluonline.org/download/Literacy%20and%20Socioeconomics.pdf for some statistics on education level and future wage earning. Also, look at http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/facts_statistics/facts_statistics.html, the U.S. Census (use http://factfinder.census.gov/home/saff/main.html?_lang=en or http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/, and the Department of Education.” Sometimes you can find statistics like this from your state Social Services office:
    • Over 60% of those who spend 5 years on welfare have less than a high school diploma.
    • Over 65% of those on welfare who have a high school diploma or GED leave welfare and become self-sufficient within two years.
  • John Tyler did a presentation at the Meeting of the Minds Symposium on his research on the earnings value of a GED. There are five NCSALL Research briefs by Tyler and others which summarize this research. You will find them on line in full text on the NCSALL web site.
    • The Economic Benefits of the GED: A Research Synthesis [PDF document] by John Tyler
    • So You Want a GED? Estimating the Impact of the GED on the Earnings of Droputs Who Seek the Credential [PDF document] by John Tyler
    • Who Benefits from Obtaining a GED? Evidence from High School and Beyond by Richard J. Murnane, John B. Willett, and John H. Tyler
    • Estimating the Labor Market Signaling Value of the GED by John H. Tyler, Richard J. Murnane, and John B. Willett
    • Cognitive Skills Matter in the Labor Market, Even for School Dropouts by John H. Tyler, Richard J. Murnane, and John B.
    • http://gseweb.harvard.edu/~ncsall/research/repbriefs.htm”

F3. How does level of education correlate with recidivism in prison including inmate participation in adult education while in prison?

F4. [What about] tracking adult student education graduates?

F5. [What about the progress of] paroled people? How have they fared, [what is] the impact of their education attained in prison?

F6. What is the effect on K-12 attendance of the children of those adults who complete their GED?

F7. [What is the] effectiveness of instruction in reducing recidivism in the corrections system (both in the US and for those deported after release)?

F8. [What is responsible for the] lack of transitions to higher levels of education in larger numbers?

F9. [What is] the impact of parent involvement on student achievement?

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