1 of 5 It is a misperception that GED recipients are unintelligent; as Tough (20

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It is a misperception that GED recipients are unintelligent; as Tough (2012) noted, “according to their scores on achievement tests, GED recipients were every bit as smart as high-school graduates” (p. xviii).

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Most GED recipients did not continue their education after receiving their certificates. “At age twenty-two, . . . just 3 percent of GED recipients were enrolled in a four-year university” (Tough, 2012, p. xviii).

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For some measures of success, Tough (2012) explained that “GED recipients look exactly like high-school dropouts” (p. xviii).

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Tough (2012) cited research showing that while almost half of high school graduates went on to higher education at some level, only 3 percent of GED recipients did so (p. xviii).

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Tough (2012) noted that GED recipients are, on average, considerably more intelligent than high-school dropouts, although their “important future outcomes” are no different from those of dropouts (p. xviii).

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1. OK

2. ERROR ( GED participants are mostly have the motivation of continuing higher studies than only to get jobs)

3.ERROR ( GED participants do not exactly looks like highschool dropouts in terms of success)

4.ERROR ( around 65% of GED test takers have the intention to continue their higher studies)

5 ERROR( GED test is considerably tougher than a normal high school test but that does not make GED test takers more intelligent)

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