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Reference Source Evaluation Esmeralda S. Calinagan April 13, 2011 Information Resources II LSC 250 D01 Professor Jose Aranda

Graduating High School in the Philippines meant I had to either take two more years of high school in an American school or take the General Education Development (GED) test; it is a test that can be taken to prove that I had the general knowledge expected of a high school graduate. I was 19, almost 20 when I came here in the United States so I took the GED test instead of taking two more years of high school. That is why I picked the GED Testing Services website under the Adult Basic Education: General Education Development subject. I wanted to know exactly what the website is about and what it has to offer. ACCURACY After selecting the Adult Basic Education: General Education Development from the drop down list and clicking search, it gave me four (4) website to check out: 1. 4tests: GED Practice Tests 2. GED Online 3. GED Testing Services 4. PBS GED Connection Clicking on the GED Testing Services website, I was taken to the American Council on Education (ACE) website. Although it is not a specific website for GED testing link that has all important information about GED testing, from scholarships, testing sites, policy, manuals, sample test questions, etc. The ACE website is an organization of educators, colleges, universities, etc. that focuses on higher education. It seems that it consists of different education organization and each and every one of these has their own people that handle their side of the website. For example, when I clicked on the GED Testing Services, it shows a page of everything that has to do with GED testing and at the bottom it has an e-mail address where you can ask question about the page and the date it was last updated. In this case the last updated date

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is March 29, 2011 and the email address is ged@ace.nche.edu. All the other pages have this at the bottom of their pages. As far as I can tell the information on this website is regularly updated, can be verified and accurate. ACE also has educators from various universities and colleges as its Board of Directors. AUTHORITY The ACE has no specific author, but most of the information is directly from the source. Most of the organizers are educators and pages are from valid links. Membership to the ACE organization has two criteria, institutional and non-institutional. Institutional criteria is for U.S. degree granting universities and colleges, while non-institutional are for corporations whose work is extremely focused on higher education issues. PURPOSE The main focus of the ACE website is for the development of higher education. The site has everything and anything to do with higher education like GED testing. It has publications, annual reports, programs and services which includes; Higher Education for Development, Leadership Programs, Military Programs, Office of Women in Higher Education, and Resources of Adult Learners, to name a few. This website is an abundance of information for any age, sex or race thinking of continuing their higher education. I believe that this website has many purposes such as to inform, it also sells publications and books, and persuade to take that step to higher education. CURRENCY I searched the Ace website and clicked on numerous pages and they are mostly current. Most of them are updated at least March 2011. The only page that was old was the Resources for Adult Learners that was last updated in May 2009.

OBJECTIVITY ACE website has main collective goal which is higher education. The information on the website is all based on facts. They have pages and publications about any legislation that can affect higher education. I guess that the website is sponsored, published, and endorsed by a specific interest group, which are educators for higher education development. APPROPRIATENESS Im not sure how to evaluate appropriateness, but if I was someone trying to find some information on how to start pursuing a college degree, this website will be appropriate. I wished they had this when I took my GED test in the 80s. It would probably have been much easier with all the information and sample test. At the time I had to go to a couple of classes at the community college before I was able to take the test. The website is very straightforward on its main focus and so for appropriateness, that depends on the person checking the website and what their purpose to check it out is. All in all I think the website is very accurate, appropriate, and current. It is reliable and a very informative website.

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Reference ACE American Council on Education. Retrieved from http://www.acenet.edu/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Home .

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