Good Conduct Sentencing Credit (HB 3884 / PA 99 - 0241 — Sen. Michael Connelly): Gives an additional 30 days of sentence credit to any prisoner who passes
their high school equivalency testing while in the Department of Corrections or while they are being held in pre-trial detention (county jail) prior to the current commitment to the Department of Corrections.
«'' It's been the only thing in town for
high school equivalency testing.
Juvenile Justice Education Programs; Revising requirements for the multiagency education plan for students in juvenile justice education programs, including virtual education as an option; authorizing instructional personnel at all juvenile justice facilities to access specific student records at the district; providing expectations for effective education programs for students in Department of Juvenile Justice programs; requiring the Department of Education to ensure that juvenile justice students who are eligible have access to
high school equivalency testing and assist juvenile justice education programs with becoming
high school equivalency testing centers, etc..
The Texas Education Agency, known as TEA, is responsible for adult education and
high school equivalency testing in the state of Texas.
GED — resources in literacy, ESL, adult basic education, and GED preparation, free adult basic education tutoring, provides adults instruction in reading, writing, GED /
high school equivalency test preparation and English as a second language.
GED Certificate In addition to not being prepared for a bright future, a GED is just a certificate and not the same as a standard high school diploma.Although
a high school equivalency test may be a faster alternative, students will not acquire the necessary skills to become successful in career and college.
Students are able to accrue credit during their time at the center through the standards - aligned program, and high school students can utilize Odysseyware's GED test - prep course to help them succeed in passing
the high school equivalency test.
GED: General Education Development (certificate): this is a certificate that students receive if they have passed a specific, approved
high school equivalency test.
Not exact matches
Entering students must have a
high school diploma or an
equivalency test.
Ninety - seven percent of young adults from families with
high incomes completed
high school; more than 90 percent of them earned a regular diploma and 4 percent followed an
equivalency test alternative.
So thoroughly has the ged entered the educational mainstream that the
test has been revised to reflect changes in
high -
school graduation requirements and emphasis on problem - solving skills, and scholarship programs that once would have been available only to
high -
school graduates are now open to recipients of
equivalency diplomas.
In 1995, more than 1.7 million young adults ages 18 to 24 earned
high school credentials by passing an
equivalency exam such as the General Educational Development (GED)
test.
More than 40 years after its inception, the General Educational Development
Test has evolved from an emergency wartime measure to provide
equivalency diplomas for soldiers drafted out of
high school, into a certification of attainment that has won widespread acceptance among educators and employers.
A new
high school equivalency exam, HiSET ™ is the result of a recent collaboration between ITP and Educational
Testing Service.
Revisions to the General Educational Development certificate that took effect earlier this year have caused headaches for
testing officials from several states as they struggle to implement the changes to the
high school equivalency program.
Last year, new
high school equivalency exams were introduced nationwide in an effort to update the decade - old General Educational Development (GED)
test and align it with new
high school standards, known as the Common Core, adopted by a majority of states.
2008 Iowa
Testing Programs develops the HiSET ™, a
high -
school equivalency test in conjunction with Educational
Testing Service.
ABE programs are located throughout the state and provide such services as literacy and basic skills instruction, English as a Second Language classes, programs to prepare learners to enter the workforce, preparation to successfully pass the
high school equivalency (HSE)
Test, and advancement to
higher education.
The General Educational Development
test (GED) has been revamped for the first time in more than a decade, and the new, more rigorous
test released January 1 is intended to go beyond providing adults with the opportunity to earn a
high school equivalency credential by also measuring their college - and career - readiness skills.
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«With more than 700,000 adults taking
high school equivalency exams annually and pass rates well below 70 percent in many states, ensuring success on these tests is not only crucial to the personal and professional success of adult learners taking them — it's also vital to the continued strength of our national workforce and economy,» said Peter Cohen, president of McGraw - Hill School Education Group, in a press release
school equivalency exams annually and pass rates well below 70 percent in many states, ensuring success on these
tests is not only crucial to the personal and professional success of adult learners taking them — it's also vital to the continued strength of our national workforce and economy,» said Peter Cohen, president of McGraw - Hill
School Education Group, in a press release
School Education Group, in a press release today.
A
high school diploma or GED
equivalency is needed and some programs will ask for SAT / ACT
test scores while also issuing placement
tests to new students.
Be within no more than 30 days of successful completion of all requirements needed to obtain a
high school diploma or the equivalent, such as the General Education Development
test (GED) or other
equivalency test recognized by the candidate's state of residency, or diploma and official transcript reflecting equivalent education as evaluated by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers for secondary education (if documents are not in English, a translation into English from a translation service approved in the United States for legal or government documents must be available upon request).
Possess a
high school diploma or the equivalent, such as the General Education Development
test (GED) or other
equivalency test recognized by the candidate's state of residency, or diploma and official transcript reflecting equivalent education as evaluated by the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers for secondary education (if documents are not in English, a translation into English from a translation service approved in the United States for legal or government documents must be available upon request).