Another post......I remember that Rhode Island (but RIers - correct me
if this has changed since I lived there in the 90s) charged $30 for the
entire battery of GED tests (so if you paid when you took only one, they
kept a record of that and you did not need to pay again.)

Also, you could have the fee waived if you were able to show financial
burden - which from what I understood, was pretty easy to accomplish.

I know that some parts of the GED Tests are nationally standardized  -
like administration and scoring (I think?), but other parts are
determined by the states (like pricing, age when you can take the test,
etc.)
marie

-----Original Message-----
From: aaace-nla-bounces at lists.literacytent.org
[mailto:aaace-nla-bounces at lists.literacytent.org] On Behalf Of Mae Dick
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 4:00 PM
To: aaace-nla at lists.literacytent.org
Subject: Re: [AAACE-NLA] GED policy: No-fee GED tests

There is no fee to take the test in New York State.


>>> tweeton204 at yahoo.com 12/6/2005 11:43:54 AM >>>

Can anyone explain why there is such  a discrepancy in
the fees nationally  for the GED? Here in Broward
County Florida, the students are charged 60 dollars.
What in the world does 180 dollars pay for? Are the
colleges making money off these exams? I am confused.
Aren't there state regulations as to what can be
charged?

Tanya Tweeton
ESOL and GEd Programs
Ft. lauderdale, Florida



--- Kathleenmuro at aol.com wrote:


> Hello, everyone. Long time, no talk.

>  

> Some of the most expensive GED testing fees are in

> the areas where the need  

> is the greatest, people are the poorest, and

> communities cannot recruit good  

> jobs because of their low educational attainment

> rates. 

>  

> Here on the US-Mexico border, New Mexico State

> University, the testing  

> center for border New Mexico, charges $180. El Paso

> Community College  charges $85. 

> These fees are an enormous barrier to learners,

> especially young  people who 

> are most likely to pass the GED and have the most at

> stake. NMSU does  attempt 

> to find external funds to pay a portion of the fee,

> but it is not  enough.

>  

> I used to do work in industry recruitment, and I

> have experience with  

> companies rejecting our area because of our low high

> school attainment rates,  

> taking their hundreds of jobs (starting pay $24,000)

> to Phoenix, Tucson,  

> Albuquerque, or Austin instead. I have talked myself

> blue in the face at EPCC in  the 

> past to see the fees dropped or waived, to no avail.

>  

> Penny wise and pound foolish.

>  

> Kathleen Bombach

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