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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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ABSTRACT The guide is designed to provide the user with

complete information regarding the operation of the general education

(GED) testing program on a State by State basis. Information regarding requirements for issuance of credentials, minimum age for testing, requirements itor retesting, method of applying, official transcripts, fees, the name and address of each State administrator, along with a full listing of official GED centers and chief examiners for each State and territory is provided alphabetically by State. The provinces of Canada, military centers, and Veterans Administration

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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

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U. S. Territories

104 Puerto Rico

107

104 Trust Territory of the

105 Pacific Islands

108

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