I believe in MA they pay the adminstrators of the test out of the money they 
collect for the test. Someone can correct me if I am wrong. Tom
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From: "Marie Cora" <marie.cora at hotspurpartners.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: [Assessment] FW: [AAACE-NLA] GED policy: No-fee GED tests



> 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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> Edith Hamilton:

> It has always seemed strange to me that in our endless discussions about

> education so little stress is laid on the pleasure of becoming an

> educated person, the enormous interest it adds to life. To be able to be

> caught up into the world of thought -- that is to be educated.

>

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