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As students and educators continue to use the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) in classrooms across the country, Ohio is focusing on adults who want to earn their General Equivalency Diplomas. The GED test received a makeover in Ohio earlier this month, changing the cost to take the exam and adding a more intensive analytical thinking portion. Many states, including Ohio, view earning a GED as the equivalent of graduating from high school. The exam's transition to using the Standards comes as the next logical step in adult education. According to Holly Pletcher, C-TEC's adult basic literacy education director, many states will fall in line later this year. "That's the goal, to improve the rigor of the test, to make sure that those who earn a GED have been assessed in a very similar way that a high school graduate has been," Pletcher told the Newark Advocate. "It needs to be a firm equivalent." Statistics show more adults earning an education Changes to the GED In Newark, Pletcher collaborates with Anne Bowman, C-TEC adult education coordinator of assessment and talent management, to bring more people into the program. In addition to using the voucher system, testers can take the exam one section at a time. This means that they can learn the complex reading skills necessary to pass the language portion, then focus on the mathematical skills required of high school students under the CCSS. |
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