Is anyone making a chart of these charges by state/jurisdiction by any
chance?  It's difficult enough to try to track who charges what between
states - imagine if there is a great difference within a state!!   In
addition to fees for testing, how about ease of getting the information
back to the instructional program??

-Miriam Kroeger
Arizona

-----Original Message-----
From: assessment-bounces at dev.nifl.gov
[mailto:assessment-bounces at dev.nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Marie Cora
Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 8:35 AM
To: AssList
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

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[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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