1978 to 1997 data on teenage GED receipt and high school continuation rates across U.S. states. The dataset combines GED policy information from the GED Testing Service (GEDTS) with high school continuation ratios from the Common Core of Data (CCD). It was created by Duncan Chaplin to study potential unintended consequences of the GED program.
Use Cases
- Modeling the association between GED policies and high school continuation based on state, age, and year.
- Estimating the costs and benefits of the GED program for teenagers.
- Analyzing trends in GED receipt as a fraction of high school credentials over time.
- Studying demographic and economic factors related to educational attainment.
Strengths
- Covers a 20-year time range from 1978 to 1997.
- Combines data from two authoritative sources: GEDTS and the Common Core of Data.
- Includes controls for age, state, and year fixed effects as mentioned in the description.
Limitations
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- GED Testing Service (GEDTS) and Common Core of Data (CCD).
- Collection Method
- Data on GED policies obtained directly from GEDTS; high school continuation ratios obtained from CCD.
- Time Range
- 1978 to 1997
- Freshness
- Data covers up to 1997; last update is unknown.
- Geography
- U.S. states