What should I tell the public, the adult educators and testing professionals in my jurisdictions about changes to the GED testing program and changes in the 5th Edition release?
Over the past several months the movement towards more rigorous national standards for high school education has gained momentum. • Economic challenges currently facing the U.S. have contributed to renewed thinking about GED testing and its impact on the larger picture of our nation’s educational and economic systems. • 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) • To meet President Obama’s goal, the U.S. will need to produce an additional 1 million college graduates each year until 2020. • All educational organizations and providers, including the GED testing program, must enhance the way they do business in order to meet the President’s ambitious goals. • Currently there are 39 million U.S. adults wi
