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...education professor at the University of Iowa named Everett Franklin Lindquist (who later pioneered the first generation of optical scanners and the development of the GED test) developed the ACT as a competitor to the SAT. Originally an acronym for American College Testing, the exam included a section that guided students toward a course of study by asking questions about their interests. In addition to math, reading and English skills, the ACT assesses students on their knowledge of scientific facts and principles; the test is scored on a scale of 0 to 36. Both the ACT and the SAT have...
...newspaper a larger audience and potentially better advertising income. It would allow Yahoo! to step away from using the Associated Press, the wire service whose news stories go out to thousands of media outlets around the world, making its product dumbed down for readers who did not get a GED...
...Without [my job], I don’t have anything,” she said through a translator. “I have my rent, car insurance, regular bills for me and my family.”Guevara said that she had been studying to get her GED through a bridge program with Harvard, but because she will no longer be affiliated with the University, she will have to leave the program after this semester. Reina Coto, another laid off worker, said that American Cleaning Company sent mixed messages about its plans for layoffs. According to Coto, the company mentioned...
...population, I think, is very much feared, ignored, [and] neglected,” says Rachel M. Singh ’10, the co-director of Suffolk County House of Correction Tutoring Program. The Suffolk tutoring program, which largely focuses on providing support for the facility’s GED classes, is not without its challenges. Both Singh and Bonsey note the prison’s oppressive regulation of their interactions with the prisoners they tutor, such as prohibitions on contact with prisoners after release and sharing personal information. Getting inmates to focus can also be a challenge, given the prison?...
...Youthbuild, which helps 30 to 40 out-of-school youths earn a high school diploma or GED while participating in affordable housing construction programs throughout the year, has lost $83,000 of its state funding, or roughly 30 percent of its budget. Mediation for Result, which helps resolve tenant-landlord disputes, has seen half of its state funding disappear, and Biomedical Careers Training has had its $140,000 state funding allocation eliminated entirely...