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CUF Influences New York's First-in-the-Nation Move to Abandon the GED®

Impact - March 2013

CUF Influences New York's First-in-the-Nation Move to Abandon the GED®

The NYS Education Department became the first state in the nation to drop the GED® following Center efforts to explore alternative high school equivalency providers.

CUF Editorial Influences the State Education Department to Reassess the GED®

Impact - December 2012

CUF Editorial Influences the State Education Department to Reassess the GED®

Following our recommendations in a July 2012 Times Union editorial regarding the GED® Testing Service doubling the cost of the GED, the State Education Department is exploring alternative high school equivalency exams.

Data from Failing the Test

Data - September 2011

Data from Failing the Test

Selected charts and graphs from the Center for an Urban Future's September 2011 report which examined several options for improving the GED system: whether New York should charge a fee for test takers, the benefits and costs of the official practice test, availability and quality of preparatory instruction and providing a bridge from GED to postsecondary education and training.