ADULT SECONDARY CREDENTIALS

Brad Hasskamp

Minnesota Department of Education

3 PATHS FOR HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETION

Adult Secondary Credential

Options

K-12 Diploma

G.E.D.

State Adult Diploma

COMPARING THE THREE OPTIONSOption Main Measure Authority

High School Diploma (credit completion/recovery)

Credits(Grades, Instructional Hours)

Local K-12 School District

GED Diploma Passing Test Scores

GED Testing Service

Standard Adult High School Diploma

Demonstration of Competencies

Minnesota Department of Education

GED

GED NEWS

Passing NumbersBack-to-School PromotionTerms: promos, vouchers, codesPromote GED Ready, online portal, and resources

Additional Updates

GED PASSERS THROUGH SUMMER 2015

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GED PASSER DEMOGRAPHICS2014 Count 2014

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2015 Count to date

2015 Percentage to date 2012 Count 2012

Percentage

All GED Passers 789 1126 5562American Indian 17 2.20% 21 1.90% 336 6.30%Asian 35 4.40% 42 3.70% 213 4.00%Black or African American 60 7.60% 82 7.30% 974 18.30%Hispanic or Latino 60 7.60% 86 7.60% 447 8.40%

Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 1 0.10% 3 0.30% 16 0.30%

Two or more races* 136 17.20% 223 19.80% N/A N/A

Total for all categories other than White 309 39.16% 457 40.59% 1986 37.30%

White 477 60.50% 649 57.60% 3301 62.00%Declined, None, Other 3 0.40% 20 1.80% 275 0.70%* choice not available on 2002 version of the GED

GED TEST PASS RATES

Subject

Math ELA Science

Social Studies

Minnesota 74% 82% 86% 81%

U.S. 63% 78% 77% 73%

GED BACK-TO-SCHOOL PROMOTIONEffective: September 21-October 31, 2015

1. $1 GED Ready® Practice Tests

2. GED Ready® Practice Test Guarantee

$1 GED READY® PROMOTION

To access and schedule, students must:Log into their GED.com account, Purchase a GED Ready® practice test between September 21-October 31, 2015,

Use promo code BACKTOSCHOOL at checkout, and 

Take the GED Ready test by October 31, 2015

GED READY® PRACTICE TEST GUARANTEE

If students take a GED Ready® practice test and get a “Likely to Pass” score (September 21 and October 31, 2015), they are guaranteed to pass the test or get a free retake. 

To redeem: students call 1 (800) EXAM-GED. Must redeem their free retake within 60 days of taking the that subject’s GED Ready® practice test.

GED BACK-TO-SCHOOL PROMO INFOFor More Information and Free Marketing Tools:www.gedtestingservice.com/backtoschool

GED TERMS AND SUPPORTS

Promotions: discounts directly from GED Testing service that can be used by any tester

Vouchers: free GED Ready ® practice tests, purchased for MN ABE system and allocated to ABE programs to give to student testers

ABE Discount Code: discounts on GED tests , purchased for MN ABE system and allocated to ABE programs to give to student testers

Automatic State Discount: discounts on GED tests upon registration, funded through state legislation

GED AGE WAIVERS (AGE 17-18)6 Criteria (must meet at least one):

1. Dropped from school attendance rolls for 12+ months

2. High school class graduated

3. Employer requires GED for specific job applicant (in writing)

4. Postsecondary institution requires for individual’s admission (in writing)

5. Military requires for individual’s acceptance (in writing)

6. ABE program, educational, social service, or corrections indicate GED is part of individual plan and that you are ready (GED Ready or TABE)

GED RECORDS

GED 2014All automated on GEDTS

GED 2002 dataOklahoma Scoring Services, now at MDE

Pre-1970 GED records

GED INFORMATIONWWW.GEDTESTINGSERVICE.COM

GED ReadyOnline portal for students, educators and testing centers

Additional resources on website

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STATE STANDARD ADULT HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SSAHSD?

Please complete the Adult Diploma Quiz in small groups of 2-5 people.

Write down any questions you have.

WHAT IS THE NEW STATE ADULT DIPLOMA REALLY? It is NOT a quicker, easier

option.

It is NOT the same instructional model as a credit-based diploma.

It is NOT a final educational step.

It is NOT a secret.

It is rigorous.

It embeds high school equivalency standards.

It requires adults to prove their high school-level skills.

It prepares adults for postsecondary, careers, and additional future steps.

It is highly visible with our stakeholders, including K-12, the legislature, colleges, employers and others.

Align with K-12 academic standards pertinent to adult learners in:

1. Language Arts, includes reading, writing, listening, speaking

2. Mathematics

3. Social Studies

4. Science

5. Employability & Career Awareness, includes digital literacy

STANDARDREQUIREMENT

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DEMONSTRATING COMPETENCYOptions

1. Prior experience, including K-12 & college courses, job experience & training

2. Test verified knowledge

3. ABE instruction and course completion

4. Applied and experiential learning, including contextualized projects

Online student portfolios (Learner Web)

Advising & career/educational planning

Standard transcript across all programs

Portable/transferable

KEY ADULT DIPLOMA PROGRAM FEATURES

Consultation Team Guidance, policy, review program applications, accountability measures

ABE Working Groups Develop specific standards, advising process, applications, & other procedures

Department Assistance MDE provides assistance in development, implementation and evaluation of programming

SUPPORT AND CONSULTATION

RECOMMENDED IMPLEMENTATION PHASES

1.Planning(May-October 2014)

2. Pilot(November 2014-June 2015)

3. Pilot 2(2016)

NEW STATE ADULT DIPLOMA PILOTSCass Lake-Bena-Walker ABE

Central Minnesota ABE (St. Cloud)

Department of Corrections

Hiawatha Valley ABE (Red Wing)

Lakeville ABE

Metro North ABE (Blaine)

Minneapolis Adult Education (Volunteers of America)

Osseo ABE

Robbinsdale Adult Academic Program

Rochester ABE

Southeast ABE (Faribault)

Southwest ABE Region Collaborative

St. Paul Community Literacy Consortium

13 Pilot Programs (17 consortia participating)

26 sites More than 300 adults served 14 graduates (Feb-June) 200 diploma students persisting

INITIAL PILOT PERIOD

1. Aligning to standards quickly

2. Funding and financial sustainability

3. Curriculum resource development and sharing

4. Incorporating into current G.E.D. and career pathway programming

5. Providing additional clarification as new lessons learned

KEY CHALLENGES

ADDITIONAL CHANGES

Age Eligibility ChangeAllowing adults age 19+ that are not enrolled in K-12 to participate

Guidance: Pilots should negotiate how to collaborate with K-12 partners 0n how to implement

Date Event

August 2015 Sessions and special standards training for interested local staff wanting to become new diploma programs (ABE Summer Institute)

October 2, 2015

Applications released for new/expansion diploma programs (Pilot 2)

November 10, 2015

Applications for diploma pilot 2 programs due

October-November

2015

Special advanced Math and ELA standards training for diploma pilot 1 program staff

November 2015

New diploma pilot programs selected (up to 10 ABE consortia added)

January-June 2016

Training diploma pilot 2 programs

July 2016 Diploma pilot 2 programs launch

FROM PILOT 1 TO PILOT 2

ADDITIONAL PILOT 1 PERSPECTIVES?

GROUP DISCUSSION

Form groups of 3-6 people that have both current diploma pilot 1 program staff and program staff not currently part of the state standard adult high school diploma.

Staff from programs that are not currently part of the pilot 1 should work on the local implementation tool.

Staff from pilot 1 programs should answer questions and share their programs’ lessons.