My GED Hotline GED Practice Test

In her State of the City address, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn spoke about the GED improvements needed. She has recently help fund the GED Compass, a small effort that may grow into something very important. The "Compass" needs proper guidance to get things done. The critical thing for New York City is to know this important detail. Expansion of GED services, including GED Practice testing comes with a cost and that cost can be low or high. The additional cost to the city may end up being higher than the cost of helping 9,000 more people earn the GED so that New York State can be proportionally on par with Iowa and its 99 percent (almost perfect ) score.

All over the United States, African-Americans and Hispanics have a lower passing rate on the GED than Whites. I have just prepared a report that I sent to the National Conference of Black Mayors detailing what is going on in all of their states (New York State is not a member). I could fix that problem within a year with my GED on Wheels project. I could do the same thing for New York City with the project and the GED on Wheels will cost more money than my program that I sell to New York City schools, but it is worth it. Below are the words of Speaker Christine Quinn.

More and more people are telling our nation that education is a civil right. There were roadblocks like segregation and Jim Crow. The roadblock now is the GED and it has been a roadblock for decades. The recent reports about GED may have affected Christine Quinn, but those reports do not even touch the truth behind the GED and how it has impacted on the African-Americans in New York City. Ferrer and Thompson failed badly and so have all the people around Mayor Bloomberg. Let us hope that Speaker Quinn ends up doing more than she ever realized she would do to help the people of New York. Practice test is the chief weapon needed and/or increasing GED test funds in New York State to $10 million now. I am not going to go into what the legislators in Albany have done to create the mess right.

36.9 percent of test takers in New York State were African-Americans
27 percent of test takers in New York State were Hispanics

29.6 percent of passers in New York State were African-Americans
24.4 percent of passers in New York State were Hispanics

Improving the City's GED Testing System

"Creating more jobs isn't enough. We have to make sure that New Yorkers have the skills and education they need to get those jobs. We still have 1.6 million New Yorkers who are out of school and don't have a high school diploma - and they're more than twice likely to be unemployed as someone with a college degree."
Speaker Quinn proposed concrete steps aimed at improving the city’s GED testing system, which is currently fragmented and inadequate in assisting New Yorkers lacking a high school diploma. The Speaker’s reforms address New Yorkers who are unemployed and face the greatest obstacles in finding a job. The three-tiered plan will help New Yorkers take the first crucial step towards employment.
• The Council, together with the Department of Education and the Department of Small Business Services, will create a citywide pilot at Workforce 1 Centers that will connect individuals without a high school diploma to GED testing and test preparation courses.
• In order to ensure that those who take the GED are adequately prepared, individuals who sign up to take the GED will first take an Official Practice Test to assess their preparedness.
• The Council will work closely with the Literacy Assistance Center, DOE and SBS to better coordinate the GED system, with a goal of streamlining access to services so that individuals can build skills, obtain a GED if needed and receive assistance in their job search.

I have read the words, just as you have. There is some merit in her plan of action, but...but...but I tell certain people who know their stuff to just go take the GED. Some people just go to a library, pick up a book for a couple of days, take the real test, and pass it. African-Americans have had segregation and Jim Crow. The GED is now one of their biggest obstacles. We do not need another road block called required GED Practice Testing. Yes we need GED Practice Testing My Way. If I had my way, I would just send everyone in the nation to take the real GED (New York City is still part of the nation). There is a new GED Practice Test program in New York City, but I offer practice testing in English, Spanish, and French and the aforementioned program is only in English. I have been helping people in English, Spanish, and French for nine years.
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