GED Program
Mission Statement
Congratulations! Just by logging on to this website to learn about getting your GED credential, you have taken the first step toward having a more successful future.
You are in good company. Others who earned their GED credential include comedian Bill Cosby, Dave Thomas of Wendy’s, actress Alicia Silverstone, country western singer Gretchen Wilson, actors Michael J. Fox and Christian Slater, Food Network Chef Bobby Flay, and Ben Nighthorse Campbell, the former U.S. Senator from Colorado.
The General Educational Development (GED) test gives students an opportunity to complete their high school credential and move forward to post secondary schools or training centers. Once completed, a GED credential shows colleges and employers that a person has the skills that are expected of a high school graduate.
The GED tests cover five subjects that are taught in high school: Writing, Reading, Social Studies, Science, and Mathematics. Each test is timed.
Success Stories
Success Stories
In the News
The Army Times reports: "We're a victim of our own recruiting success"
The Army Times, August 28, 2010 — In today’s issue of The Army Times reporter Susanne M. Schafer wrote that the Army is ending a program that helped nearly 3,000 high school dropouts earn high school equivalency certificates and become soldiers.
“The GED pilot program known as the Army’s prep school started here in summer 2008, when the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan left the service scrambling to find soldiers,” Schafer wrote. “But since then, with the economy in a downward spiral and jobs hard to come by, more people with diplomas have been enlisting.”
In 2008, 82.8 percent of people who enlisted for active duty were high school graduates. That number jumped to 94.6 percent in 2009. “We’re a victim of our own recruiting success,” said Col. Kevin Shwedo, deputy commander at Fort Jackson, the Army’s largest training installation.
It turns out that recruits who were in the program’s last class and have been in basic training for about five weeks said they were grateful to squeak through. “If it weren’t for the program, I’d still be a shift manager at McDonald’s,” said Kristi Garcia of Alice, Texas.