What elements of the GED 20/20 Initiative will begin in 2010?
ACE has appointed Nicole M. Chestang to the position of vice president and executive director of GED Testing Service. Chestang is the former chief operation officer of the Graduate Management Admissions Council, sponsor of the General Management Admission Test (GMAT). Additionally, Martin Kehe has been promoted to deputy executive director, GED Testing Service. More information can be found in the official announcement on the ACE web site here. A computer-based testing (CBT) pilot will begin in 2010. The pilot will include a study to determine equivalency of CBT to paper-based versions of the tests, and assist in understanding a variety of issues related to CBT delivery. GED Testing Service has begun steps in commissioning alignment studies to look at test specifications set for the previous 5th Edition GED Test and the Common Core standards. These studies, being completed by Achieve, will clearly identify the gaps between the content on which we have based test development to date and
