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2. General Educational Development - Wikipedia

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   Passing these tests gave returning soldiers and sailors the academic credentials they needed to get civilian jobs and gain access to post-secondary education or training. ACE revised the GED tests for a third time in 1988. [10] [better source needed] The most noticeable change to the series was the addition of a writing sample, or essay. The ...

3. List of standardized tests in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The test of General Educational Development (GED) and Test Assessing Secondary Completion TASC evaluate whether a person who has not received a high school diploma has academic skills at the level of a high school graduate. Private tests are tests created by private institutions for various purposes, such as progress monitoring in K-12 ...

4. State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness - Wikipedia

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   The Texas Education Agency, Pearson Education (Texas' state assessment contractor), and Texas public school educators collaborate to create a STAAR assessment. First, educators from all over Texas review the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (the statewide curriculum) [9] to determine the objectives to assess on each grade level. However ...

5. Texas Education Agency - Wikipedia

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   A former member of the Dallas Independent School District's board of trustees, he was appointed commissioner of education by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on December 14, 2015. [22] The commissioner's role is to lead and manage the Texas Education Agency. The commissioner also co-ordinates efforts between state and federal agencies. [21] [23]

6. Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills - Wikipedia

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   The official logo of the TAKS test. Mainly based on the TAAS test's logo. The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was the fourth Texas state standardized test previously used in grade 3-8 and grade 9-11 to assess students' attainment of reading, writing, math, science, and social studies skills required under Texas education standards. [1]

7. K–12 education in the United States - Wikipedia

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   The public education system does provide the classes needed to obtain a GED (General Education Development) and obtain a job or pursue higher education. [58] The largest public school system in the United States is in New York City, where more than one million students are taught in 1,200 separate public schools.