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...During exam time, everything is structured. You know that if you put in the proper time, you won’t be as nervous, and ultimately, you’ll have a higher rate of success...
Preparing for a start is comparable to getting ready for a final exam: the days preceding the test and the amount of preparation inevitably dictate your performance...
...eager to change what they view as an unacceptable dearth of geographic knowledge. And, as the tide of globalization advances ever further, ignorance becomes ever more costly. But what does it mean, exactly, to study geography? For many people, the word conjures unpleasant memories of fourth grade state capital exams. Geography, however, is about much more than just memorizing locations and place names (although that’s a good start). It goes beyond content to give people skills necessary for a sophisticated understanding of the social sciences and current events. The roles of ethnic minorities, the dynamics of ongoing...
...simple exam. It's a battery of five tests - reading, writing, science, social studies and math - that stretch out over 7.5 hours. It's taxing enough that Lyn Schaefer, the GED Testing Service's Director of Test Development, says that despite the test takers' 70% pass rate, six out of 10 enrolled high school seniors who do trial runs of the exam wouldn't be able to pass the real thing. Granted, the real test-takers have weeks or months of test prep for the GED that trial test-takers lack, but higher education has noted the rigor...
...high school degree, most often a GED, but less than ten percent of that group who enrolled in some sort of college end up actually earning a degree. Cunningham says that students who drop out of high school have a lot of deficits - academic, social, motivational - that a single exam won't cure. Schools and states, he says, need to stop pushing the GED as a quick fix and instead fund full re-entry programs that will help former dropouts who have the desire to go on to college get there and succeed. "What is really needed...