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HFM BOCES
offers GED exams in June
Five-test battery set to be administered Friday-Saturday, June
11-12
HFM BOCES Office of Adult Literacy and Corrections Education
will administer the GED exam on June 11 - 12 to adults that did
not graduate from high school, or whose diploma may not be
recognized by New York State.
According to HFM
BOCES Coordinator of Adult Literacy and Corrections Education
Laurie Bargstedt, this will be the last test given to the
general public. GED testing centers across New York State have
been notified that contracts to provide GED testing will be
cancelled effective June 30, 2010.
Test sessions will
be held at the HFM BOCES campus, located next to FMCC on Rt. 67
in Johnstown. Test takers can begin to check in at the test
center at 3 p.m. Friday, June 11, arriving no later than 3:30
p.m. Testing will conclude around 8:30 p.m. that evening.
Students must arrive
for the second day of testing at 7:45 a.m. Testing will conclude
by 12:45 p.m. Public telephones are not available at the test
site. Test takers should arrange transportation in advance.
Pre-registration
required
Test takers must
pre-register. Walk-ins will not be accepted. Students who need
to take a single subtest must also pre-register.
Complete
information, including the necessary application form, test
eligibility, and test center location can be found at the NYS
Education Department website:
www.emsc.nysed.gov/ged.
Candidates must meet eligibility criteria. All test
applications, attachments and assessments must be received in
the HFM BOCES Office of Adult Services by 3 pm on Friday, June
4. For more information call the office of Adult Literacy and
Corrections Education at 736-4340.
Priority seating
will be given to candidates who provide documented test
readiness based on official practice test scores. This
documentation can be verified through the submission of a
Testing Authorization Form (TAF). TAF forms can be obtained from
a NYS-certified Alternative High School Equivalency Preparation
(AHSEP) Program or a High School Equivalency Preparation that
has administered an Official Practice Test and attests to test
readiness.
Candidates can also
submit documentation from another educational service provider
(such as a volunteer program, workforce preparation program,
etc.) verifying practice test scores that indicate test
readiness.
Test candidates who
are not enrolled in a GED program can take one of many free GED
practice tests found online. Test results must be printed,
scored, and submitted with test applications for consideration.
GED stands for the
Tests of General Educational Development. The GED Test Battery
is a national examination developed by the GED Testing Service
of the American Council on Education. Most employers in private
industry and government, as well as admissions offices in
colleges and universities, accept the GED certificate or diploma
as they would a high school diploma.
Five exams make up
the GED test battery: Language Arts – Writing, Language Arts –
Reading, Social Studies, Science and Mathematics. The five tests
include an essay and require approximately eight hours to
complete.
When candidates pass
the GED Tests, the NYS Education Department issues a high school
equivalency diploma. NYSED is the only entity approved to issue
these documents in New York State. Individuals are warned to be
cautious about offers made from other entities. |
