Adult Educators Readying for GED Changes
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CROCKETT COUNTY, Tenn. – Gary Williams is very close to earning his GED and will not let a new version of the test get in his way. “Let all the stigmas be put aside and think about what you want and how you want your family to look at you,” said Gary Williams. Williams and his teacher, Rebekah have been working together for more than a year. She has been calling on past students to inform them about the changes to the GED. “Anyone who hasn’t completed their test at this time will have to start over so were trying to get people in right now,” said Rebekah White-Williams, director of Crockett County Adult Education Center. She said the GED is changing because the current test does not meet new course standards students will have the same time limits but the test will have tougher questions. “The new test is going to be computerized also going to be harder we’re not talking just strictly multiple choice, two essays instead of one…drags, graphing a lot of different entities,” said White-Williams. That is why she is encouraging people who have not completed their test to do so before its too late. “We don’t want them to lose their previous scores because that new test will make other scores null and void.” The cost of the test is also going to change, currently it costs $55-$75 but beginning this year it will cost up to $120.
