On August 3, 2013, at the Culture Arts Center at Texas State Technical College, 72 students earned their GED certificates through the High School Equivalency Program.Thirteen of the GED graduates are already enrolled in college or vocational training.
HEP is a federal program funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Migrant Education. Since its inception at TSTC, HEP continues to prepare and graduate students from its program, targeting migrant farmworkers. Read more on the Valley Morning Star website.
For more information on HEP in South Texas, visit www.tstc.edu/harlingenhep.
This is a blog maintained by New Readers Press and ProLiteracy to share news and information about high school equivalency tests, including the GED, TASC, HiSet, and more. Our posts are not an endorsement of any one test or product.
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How the Changing GED Affects North Carolina
"The new test brings several changes," said Erica Talbert, director of basic skills at Cape Fear Community College in North Carolina.
Tests will cost $120 instead of $35, and they'll be taken on a computer instead of with paper and pencil. Instead of five sections, the new test will have four: language arts reasoning, math reasoning, science and social studies. The old test also had a writing section, which will be absorbed into the new language arts and social studies sections.
Read more about how the changing GED test is putting some students in North Carolina on deadline.
Tests will cost $120 instead of $35, and they'll be taken on a computer instead of with paper and pencil. Instead of five sections, the new test will have four: language arts reasoning, math reasoning, science and social studies. The old test also had a writing section, which will be absorbed into the new language arts and social studies sections.
Read more about how the changing GED test is putting some students in North Carolina on deadline.
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