Interrogating Publisher Mobility and High School Equivalency Credentialing Legislation Through an Equity Lens

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Abstract

As a pathway to high school completion, high school equivalency (HSE) testing disproportionately serves racially, economically, and institutionally vulnerable populations in the United States. While HSE credentialing legislation reflects a range of equity-oriented considerations, the implications of publisher-specific credentialing criteria for individuals who experience publisher mobility – movement from one test publisher to another – are notably absent. In the present study, I conceptualize publisher mobility and explore the extent to which it reflects an addressable source of inequity within pathways to high school completion. Findings substantiate HSE tests as comparable measures of educational attainment with implications for not only addressing sources of inequity within pathways to high school completion, but shifting perspectives on those pathways within education research and policy.

Author

• Austin Jennings, DiplomaSender
  Presenting Author