What happens when the GED is aligned to the Common Core? 500,000 fewer will pass.
January 4, 2015
The GED, the General Educational Development test, is produced by the American Council on Education. In 2011, it partnered with Pearson and the GED was aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Pearson is heavily involved with both the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and with Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) which are the assessment consortia developing assessments for the Common Core State Standards.
Beginning in 2014, students taking the GED took the revised test aligned with the Common Core State Standards
According to the e-newsletter SCENE, about 540,000 students earned their GED in 2013. In 2014 with the changes in the GED, that number has dropped to about 55,000. Read the article.
Some states have stopped requiring the GED and have begun to require alternate testing. See the map.
The GED’s new alignment with the Common Core means that even students that were homeschooled must become knowledgeable about the Common Core standards if they want to earn their GED.
The new GED test will not only flunk more students but will discourage many from even attempting the exam.
The GED, the General Educational Development test, is produced by the American Council on Education. In 2011, it partnered with Pearson and the GED was aligned with the Common Core State Standards. Pearson is heavily involved with both the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium (SBAC) and with Partnership for the Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) which are the assessment consortia developing assessments for the Common Core State Standards.
Beginning in 2014, students taking the GED took the revised test aligned with the Common Core State Standards
According to the e-newsletter SCENE, about 540,000 students earned their GED in 2013. In 2014 with the changes in the GED, that number has dropped to about 55,000. Read the article.
Some states have stopped requiring the GED and have begun to require alternate testing. See the map.
The GED’s new alignment with the Common Core means that even students that were homeschooled must become knowledgeable about the Common Core standards if they want to earn their GED.
The new GED test will not only flunk more students but will discourage many from even attempting the exam.