Regular Meeting - Gateway Technical College

2. High School Equivalency Diploma (HSED) Specific to Wisconsin
a. In addition to passing GED requirements students must also meet
Civic Literacy, Health, and Career Awareness credits.
ii. Process for Earning GED or HSED
1. Student:
a. Registers for ABE Success Skills
b. Attends the 9 hour orientation
c. Completes TABE test and sets goals
d. Selects lab or structured classes
e. Attends class and improves skills
f. Takes a practice test to determine if they are ready for GED
testing
g. Registers to take Official GED test
h. Completes GED test at Testing Center
i. Achieves minimum required passing score on each GED test
along with an overall minimum combined score
j. Awarded an official GED/HSED credential from the State of WI
k. Receives an official GED/HSED transcript from Gateway
Technical College
2. GED
a. GEDTS Approved Testing Centers - Kenosha, Racine, Walworth
Counties
i. Gateway Technical College
1. Elkhorn, Kenosha, Racine Campuses
2. Testing offered throughout week
3. With rotating monthly Saturday test sessions
4. RCI (Racine correctional institute)
ii. Current GED Costs = $115 ($20 per test, $15 credential
fee)
b. Current GED Series:
i. 2002 paper pencil GED test series is set to expire
12/31/2013
ii. 3000+ applicants in our district counties have started but
not completed
iii. Non-completers will forfeit passed tests if they don’t finish
by the end of the year
c. 2014 GED Series:
i. Computer Based Test
ii. Better Measure of career and college readiness
iii. Increased overall cost ($20)
3. GED Out Reach for Completion:
a. GED Boot Camp
b. Marketing efforts to non completers
c. Website, Facebook, Twitter postings
d. Robo Calls to non completers
4. GED Boot Camp
a. Week Long , 40hr, GED Boot Camp
b. Location
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June 20, 2013
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