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National Needs Alter Plans for GED Test, 5th Edition
2002 Series GED Test to Continue
Date: October 7, 2009
From: Martin Kehe, GED Testing Service® Interim Executive Director
For Distribution to GED Administrators,
State Testing Professionals and Partners
Over the past several months the movement towards more rigorous national standards for high school education has gained momentum. This changing national conversation on what it means to be a high school graduate and what is needed to be college and career ready has a direct impact on the GED Test. We must introduce changes and improvements to the GED Test that are aligned with this new direction. As a result, we will not introduce a GED Test, 5th Edition, on January 1, 2012. Because of the changing national landscape we have decided to transition directly from the current 2002 Test Series to a new, more comprehensive assessment program. This new program, GED 20/20, will dramatically increase the number of test-takers and GED credential recipients who are prepared to pursue postsecondary education opportunities. Elements of the new program will introduced as early as 2010. We are preparing a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) document for distribution next week. The FAQ document will be updated regularly as additional guidance becomes available.
Please be advised that the District of Columbia GED®
Credential can be neither earned nor obtained via the Internet or through
correspondence programs. The Tests of General Educational Development
(GED Tests)--developed by the General Educational Development
Testing Service of the American Council on Education (GED Testing Service)--require
extensive preparation and the demonstration of a high level of high school
knowledge and academic skills. The GED Tests are administered in the District of Columbia only at Official
GED Testing Centers under the direction the DCOffice of the State Superintendent of Education (OSSE) in cooperation with the University of
the District of Columbia.
Any other high school equivalency credential not issued by OSSE and the University of
the District of Columbia or another
jurisdictional GED testing authority may be of dubious value and may not be
accepted by employers, colleges and universities, or the military.
