Greetings to all,

The FAQ document states: 

President Obama recently asserted the need to graduate more high school students and to support their transition to postsecondary education or career training programs. “By 2020, America will once again have the world’s highest proportion of college graduates in the world.” (Address to Joint Session of Congress, February 24, 2009)

Before that, by the end of the 2013-14 school year, all children will be reading at grade level, according to No Child Left Behind.

I also wonder what it will mean to be a college graduate in 2020.  I'm not even sure what it means today.  

If 40% of all high school graduates, who have a high school diploma, cannot pass the G.E.D. test introduced in 2002, I really must wonder what any of this rhetoric really means, and whether teachers will be able to function with even more pressures on their plate.

Why do I feel skeptical? After all, all we need to do is keep on pushing back the target dates...

Michael

 
Michael A. Gyori 
Maui International Language School 
www.mauilanguage.com




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From: Jason Keith Guard/AC/VCU <jkguard at vcu.edu>
To: The Technology and Distance Learning Discussion List <technology at nifl.gov>
Sent: Thu, October 15, 2009 10:03:01 AM
Subject: [Technology 2389] Re: The *new* GED & Tech

The FAQ document released today by the
GED Testing Service says that Computer Based Testing (CBT) with the GED
will be piloted in 2010.  They will also begin field testing test
items that will fill gaps between conventional wisdom concerning college/career-readiness
and the current GED 2002 test series.   

Thought on this? Will the test become
more challenging? Will instruction need to integrate technology more seamlessly
to adequately prepare testers for CBT? Will these development help expand
GED credentialing or will adult learners be left behind by these developments?
   

I look forward to the discussion. Here
is the document.   

http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ged/National_Needs_Announcement_FAQs.pdf 

Jason Guard
GED Specialist
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
3600 West Broad Street, Suite 669
Richmond, VA  23230-4930
Phone:  1-800-237-0178 or  804-827-2635  
Virginia GED Helpline: 1-877-376-9433
eLearn Virginia: 1-888-589-9003
Fax:  804-828-7539
Email: jkguard at vcu.edu
Twitter: jkguard
www.valrc.org
www.GEDVA.com
www.elearnva.com 



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I too wonder about that brief press
release. 
  
I believe that adding a test on-line
to show digital literacy could be done and would be a great idea. 
  
If the test is to be made more
difficult, so that it is even more difficult than obtaining a high school
diploma, (as you noted now 40% of graduating hs students could not pass)
– ACE has a huge reality problem . 
  
Gail Troy, M.Ed 
Lead Teacher 
Nelson County Adult GED 
  
  

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Sent: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 1:42 PM
To: Technology at nifl.gov
Subject: [Technology 2386] The *new* GED & Tech 
  
The GED Testing Service recently announced
an apparent change in thinking about the content, purpose, and possibly
method of delivery of the GED Test. (See their press release here:  http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ged/news/National_Needs_Alter_Plans_for_GED_5th_Edition_100809.pdf).
 Although roughly 40% percent of high school seniors cannot pass the
GED test, the issue of the test's adequacy for certifying the skill levels
of high school completers has long been at issue. 

The press release describes the new GED as "a new, more comprehensive
assessment program."  Two common areas of high school experience
not addressed by the GED test are computer and digital literacy.  My
questions depends on your interpretation of the GED Testing Service announcement,
because some there appears to be a shift taking place regarding the GED.
Should the new test be administered using computers? Should technology
be added to the GED as a content area?  Would these changes help GEDTS
frame the GED as gateway to college?  Would a more sophisticated GED
test leave too many people behind who would otherwise have been able to
pass the test? 

Thanks for your consideration.  I look forward to sharing our respective
speculation.       

Jason Guard
GED Specialist
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
3600 West Broad Street, Suite 669
Richmond, VA  23230-4930
Phone:  1-800-237-0178 or  804-827-2635  
Virginia GED Helpline: 1-877-376-9433
eLearn Virginia: 1-888-589-9003
Fax:  804-828-7539
Email: jkguard at vcu.edu
Twitter: jkguard
www.valrc.org
www.GEDVA.com
www.elearnva.com----------------------------------------------------
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