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The GED Testing Program Policies and Centers. Policies of State-Level Departments of Education Official GED Centers. American Council on Education, Washington, D.C. General Educational Development Testing Service.

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The GED Testing Program

POLICIES

& CENTERS

Policies of State-Level Departments of Education Official GED Centers 1976 Edition

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U.S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION & WELFARE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION

THIS DOCUMENT HAS BEEN REPRODUCED EXACTLY AS RECEIVEU FROM THE PERSON OR ORGANIZATION ORIGINATING IT POINTS OF VIEW OR OPINIONS STATED DO NOT NECESSARILY REPRESENT OFFICIAL NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION POSITION OR POLICY

THE GED TESTING SERVICE

of the American Council on Education One Dupont Circle Washington, DC

COMMISSION ON EDUCATIONAL CREDIT

of the American Council on Education

The Commission on Educational Credit serves as the policy-making and advisory arm of the Office on Educational Credit of the American Council on Education

MEMBERS

Terms ending December 31, 1976: Joseph L. Henry, Chairman, Department of Oral Diagnosis and Radiology, Harvard School of Dental Medicine; Owen B. Kiernan, Executive Secretary, National Association of Secondary School Principals; Douglas R. Sasser, President, Pfeiffer College; Walter D. Talbot, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, State of Utah; Allan Tucker, Director, Center for the Study of Multicampus University and College Systems, Florida State University

Terms ending December 31, 1977: Dorothy Arata, Assistant Provost, Michigan State University, Chair-man; J. Douglas Conner, Executive Secretary, American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers; Frank G. Dickey, Provost, University of North Carolina-Charlotte; Gary L. Filerman, Executive Director, Association of University Programs in Health Administration; Cyril 0. Houle, Professor of Education, Universi-

ty of Chicago

Terms ending December 31, 1978: Neal R. Berte, President, Birmingham-Southern College; Samuel B. Gould, Chairman, Council for the Progress of Nontraditional Study; Barbara H. Knudson, Dean, University College, University of Minnesota; Robert J. Kost, Director, GM Education and Training, General Motors Institute; Kenneth E. Young, President,

Council on Postsecondary Accreditation Terms ending December 31, 1979: Shirley S. Chater, Assistant Vice

Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of California, San Francisco; Walter G. Davis, Director, Department of Education, AFL-CIO; Edmund J. Gleazer, Jr., President, American Association of Community and Junior Colleges; T. Edward Hollander, Deputy Commissioner for Higher and Professional Education, University of the State of New York, State Education Department; J. Boyd Page, President, Council of Graduate Schools in the United States

Ex Officio: Roger W. Heyns, President, American Council on Education; Bill J. Priest, Chancellor, Dallas County Community College District; John F. Prince, President, Maricopa County Community College.

STAFF Jerry W. Miller, Director, Office on Educational Credit Jerry Walker, Associate Director, OEC, and Administrator,

GED Testing Service Hazel L. Ripple, Assistant Administrator, GED Tasting Service Sophie L. Reeder, Assistant to the Administrator, GED Testing Service

The material in this book is not copyrighted. It may be quoted and reproduced in the interest of education.

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Preface

This publication, The GED Testing Program: Policies and Centers combines two formerly separate publications: Official GED Centers and Bulletin No. 5, Policies of State-Level Departments of Education. The book is designed to provide the user with reference to the operation of the GED Testing Program on a state-by-state basisrequirements for issuance of credentials, minimum age for testing, requirements for retesting, method of applying, official transcripts, fees. The name and address of each state administrator is provided, along with a full listing of Official GED Centers and chief examiners for each state, territory, and province.

The GED Testing Program is now administered in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories, and the Canadian provinces and territories. Editions of the Tests are available in English, French, and Spanish.

The state-level departments of education and the GED Testing Service of the American Council on Education are jointly responsible for the operation and security of the GED Testing Program. The Tests are administered to qualified persons at approximately 2,500 Official GED Centers approved by the state-level departments of education. The credentials issued by state-level departments of eduction are official documents that are acceptable in the same manner as high school graduation diplomas.

Policies of State-Level Departments of Education (Bulletin No. 5), prior to the 1975 edition, contained policies of state departments of education under which local high schools are authorized to grant credit toward a high school diploma for various educational experiences acquired by activeduty military training or educational experiences: (1) United States Armed Forces Institute courses; (2) United States Armed Forces Institute subjective examinations; (3) high school courses offered through USAFI by cooperating colleges and universities; (4) Marine Corps Institute courses; (5) Coast Guard Institute courses; (6) basic or recruit training; and (7) service school training. The specific recommendations and credit allowances are contained in the eleventh edition (1972) of Bulletin No. 5 or may be obtained from the appropriate state departments of education, or the GED

Testing Service of the American Council on Education. The policies contained in the bulletin have been approved for publica-

tion by the respective departments of education and are the policies effective in late 1975. Changes in policies and State Administrator positions will be announced in the OEC Newsletter.

The staff of the GED Testing Service and the Office on Educational Credit gratefully acknowledge the cooperation and assistance of the departments of education, particularly the State Administrators, in the prepara-

tion of this publication.

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Contents

Preface

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State Administrators of the GED Testing Program 1

United States

1

U.S. Territories

3

Provinces and Territories of Canada

3

Policies of Departments of Education and Official GED Centers 5

United States

Alabama

5 Montana

58

Alaska

6 Nebraska

59

Arizona

8 Nevada

61

Arkansas

10 New Hampshire

62

California

14 New Jersey

63

Colorado

19 New Mexico

65

Connecticut

21 New York

66

Delaware

22 North Carolina

68

District of Columbia

23 North Dakota

71

Florida

24 Ohio

72

Georgia

26 Oklahoma

74

Hawaii

29 Oregon

76

Idaho

30 Pennsylvania

77

Illinois

31 Rhode Island

80

Indiana

33 South Carolina

81

Iowa

36 South Dakota

82

Kansas

38 Tennessee

84

Kentucky

39 Texas

86

Louisiana

41 Utah

90

Maine

43 Vermont

92

Maryland

46 Virginia

93

Massachusetts

47 Washington

95

Michigan

48 West Virginia

97

Minnesota

53 Wisconsin

99

Mississippi

55 Wyoming

101

Missouri

56

American Samoa Canal Zone . Guam Kwajalein

U. S. Territories

104 Puerto Rico

107

104 Trust Territory of the

105 Pacific Islands

108

106

Provinces and Territories of Canada

British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland

110 Northwest Territories

113

111 Nova Scotia

114

111 Prince Edward Island

114

112 Saskatchewan

115

Military Centers. 117

Veterans Administration Hospitals and Centers 119

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State Administrators of the GED Testing Program

UNITED STATES

Alabama: NORMAN PARKER, Coordinator, Division of Instruction, State Department of Education, 111 Coliseum Boulevard, Montgomery 36109

Alaska: MARSHALL L. LIND, Commissioner of Education, State Department of Education, Pouch F, Alaska State Office Building, Juneau 99811

Arizona: JAMES D. SHOWERS, Director of Adult Education, Department of Education, 1535 West Jefferson, Phoenix 85007 .

Arkansas: FLOYD YOUNG, Supervisor of Guidance Service, State Department of Education, State Education Building, Little Rock 72201

California: GEORGE HOGAN, Acting Chief, Bureau of School Approvals, State Department of Education, 721 Capitol Mall, Sacramento 95814

Colorado: JOHN S. BRENNAN, Supervisor, Section of Adult Education, Compensatory Education Services Unit, State Department of Education, State Office Building, 201 E. Colfax, Denver 80203

Connecticut: JOHN RYAN, Chief, Bureau of Community and Adult Education, State Department, of Education, Box 2219, Hartford 06115

Delaware: WILLIAM G. DIX, State Supervisor of Adult Education and High School Extension Programs, State Department of Public Instruction, Townsend Building, Dover 19901

District of Columbia: ELLIOTT W. LUCAS, Principal, Armstrong Adult Education Center, First & "0" Streets, NM., Washington 20001

Florida: Administrator, Adult and Veteran Education, State of Florida

Department of Education, Knott Building, Tallahassee 32304 Georgia: MARGARET L. WALKER, Coordinator, Adult General Education,

Georgia State Department of Education, 332 State Office Building, Atlanta

30334

Hawaii: JAMES LeVINE, State Program Administrator, Adult Education Section, Queen Emma Building, Room 1022, 1270 Queen Emma Street, Honolulu, 96813

Idaho: FRANCIS H. RIST, Supervisor, Accreditation and Educational Audits, State Department of Education, Len B. Jordan Building, Boise 83720

Illinois: KEITH R. LAPE, Assistant Director, Adult and Continuing Education Section, Illinois Office of Education, 100 North First Street, Springfield

62777

Indiana: JEAN MERRITT, Associate Superintendent, Indiana State Department of Public Instruction, State House, Indianapolis 46204

Iowa: GILES J. SMITH. Chief Guidance Services Section, State Department of Public Instruction, Grimes State Office Building, Des Moines 50319

Kansas: w. W. LEE, Director, Adult Education, State Department of Education, Kansas State Education Building, 120 East 10th Street, Topeka 66612

Kentucky: TED COOK, Director, Adult Education Unit, Division of Interagency Relations, Kentucky State Department of Education, Capitol Plaza Tower, Frankfort 40601

Louisiana: EUGENE L. LOVE, Director, Secondary Education, State Department of Education, P. O. Box 44064, Capitol Station, Baton Rouge 70804

Maine: KENNETH I. MacLEOD, Consultant, Adult Education, Bureau of Vocational

Education, State Department of Educational and Cultural Services, Education Building, Augusta 04330 .

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Maryland: JOHN P. FIELDS, Supervisor in Accreditation, Maryland State Department of Education, Baltimore-Washington International Airport,

P. 0. Box 8717, Baltimore 21240 Massachusetts: HAROLD F. McNULTY, Director, Bureau of Adult Education and

Extended Services, State Department of Education, 182 Tremont Street,

Boston 02111 Michigan: JOSEPH T. HUDSON, Coordinator of Adult Education and Community

Service Programs, State Department of Education, P. 0. Box 420, Lansing

48902

Minnesota: DONALD A. PETERSON, Coordinator, Community Education Program, State Department of Education, Capitol Square Building, Room 664, 550 Cedar Street, St. Paul 55101

Mississippi: JOHN C. WILLIAMS, JR., Supervisor, Adult and Continuing Education, Division of Instruction, State Department of Education, P. 0. Box 771, Jackson 39205

Missouri: ELVIN LONG, Director, Adult Education, State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Box 480, Jefferson Building, Jeffer-

son City 65101 Montana: WILLIAM J. CUNNEEN. Supervisor, Adult Basic Education,

Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Capitol Building, Helena

59601 Nebraska: LEONARD HILL, Chief, Adult & Community Education Section, Divi-

sion of Instruction, State Department of Education, 233 South 10th Street,

Lincoln 68508 Nevada: JERRY NIELSEN, Director, Nevada Department of Education, Capitol

Complex, Carson City 89701 New Hampshire: THOMAS F. SOUSA, Office of Adult Basic Education, State

Department of Education, 64 North Main Street, Concord 03301 New Jersey: WALTER HAUCK, Acting Director, High School Completion Pro-

grams, 3535 Quaker Bridge Road, P. 0. Box 3184, State Department of Education, Trenton 08610 New Mexico: THOMAS TRUJILLO, Director, Aduit Basic Education, State Department of Education, Capitol Building, Santa Fe 87503

New York, JACK A. MI YBEE, Chief, Bureau of Higher and Professional Educational Testing, State Education Department, Albany 12234

North Carolina: LARRY ROBERSON, State GED Administrator, State Board of Education, Room 181, Education Building, Raleigh 27611

North Dakota: R. W. BANGS. Administrative Assistant, State Department of Public Instruction, State Capitol, Bismarck 58501

Ohio: PAUL E. KOHLI, Consultant, Adult Guidance and GED Testing, State Department of Education, 65 South Front Street, Room 1005, Columbus

43215 Oklahoma: C. E. OLVEY, Administrator of Adult Education, State Department of

Education, Oliver Hodge Memorial Building, Oklahoma City 73105 Oregon: DONALD JAY PERKINS, GED Testing, State Department of education,

942 Lancaster Drive, N.E., Salem 97310 Pennsylvania: KENNETH K. WALLICK, Division of Pupil Personnel Services,

Department of Education, Box 911, Harrisburg 17126 Rhode Island: LAWRENCE V. TROIANO, Adult Education, Educational Programs,

State Department of Education, B-11, Roger Williams Building, Hayes Street, Providence 02908 South Carolina: ERNEST B. CARNES, Chief Supervisor, Secondary Education, State Department of Education, Room 707, Columbia 29201

South Dakota: F. R. WANEK, Deputy State Superintendent, Division of Elemen-

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