Sentences with phrase «school equivalency testing»

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.

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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.

2008 Iowa Testing Programs develops the HiSET ™, a high - school equivalency test in conjunction with Educational Testing Service.

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.

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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.

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.

(Some states allow the discount if a student makes the Dean's List or Honor Roll of his / her school and other states offer a equivalency test for home - schooled 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).