1. Hispanics, High School Dropouts and the GED http://pewhispanic.org/reports/report.php?ReportID=122 The Pew Hispanic Center Outline Research project By Ian Turpen

2. According to a Pew Hispanic Center analysis, one-in-ten Hispanic high school drop-outs has a General Educational Development credential, two-in-ten black high school drop-outs and three-in-ten white high school drop-outs has a GED The low level of GED credentialing among Hispanic high school drop-outs is notable because Hispanics have a much higher high school drop-out rate then blacks or whites. 41% of Hispanic adults age 20 and older in the United States do not have a regular high school diploma, compared to 23% of black and 14% of white.

3. There is a difference between Hispanic foreign born students and the native born in high school diploma rates and GED credentialing rates. Only 52% of foreign-born Latino adults are high school drop-outs, compared to 25% of native born. Along with Hispanic drop-outs, 21% of the native born have a GED, compared to just 5% of the foreign born. In 2008, Hispanic adults with a GED had a higher unemployment rate then Hispanic adults with a high school diploma, 9% compared to 7%. The hispanicfull-time, full-year workers with a GED had about the same mean annual earnings ($33,504) as Hispanics full-time, full-year workers with a high school diploma ($32,972).