East Haven Adult Learning Center

• Must not be enrolled in high school

• Must not have graduated high school

• Must be seventeen years of age or older

• Must meet state, provincial, or territorial requirements regarding age, residency, and the length of time since leaving school

At the time of test registration, individuals seventeen and eighteen years old must submit documentation from the last high school attended that they have either been officially withdrawn from school for at least six months (seventeen year-olds must have a withdrawal form with a parent or guardian signature) or the class with which they entered ninth grade (or would have entered if never enrolled in high school) has already graduated.

Application Procedures

An application must be completed, in person, at an adult education office or other official GED registration sites. The East Haven Adult Leaning Center is an OFFICIAL registration site. All individuals registering to take the GED test are required to show a current, valid, governmental photo ID (e.g., drivers license, passport) to the registrar as proof of identity. For the name of the GED registrar contact the East Haven Adult Learning Center.

GED Fees

An applicant twenty-one years of age or older and a non-veteran must pay an initial fee of $13.00 to take the test. The fee to retake or reapply for the test is also $13.00. These fees include the cost of the diploma. Only veterans and applicants under the age of twenty-one are exempt from fees. All fees are non-refundable and must be paid at the time of registration. Fees should be paid in the form of a money order or certified check made out to the appropriate local or regional board of education.

2002 Series GED Test Passing Standard

To pass the examinee must receive a score of 410 on each of the five tests, an average battery score of 450 or 2250 for the entire GED test. Examinees do not have to take the entire battery (five subtests) during one test cycle. Instead, an examinee may take any one or a combination of subtests for which he or she is eligible until a passing score is attained. However, a new application must be completed and submitted with the reapplication fee of $13.00 in time for the next desired test cycle. (Veterans and individuals under the age of twenty-one are exempt from fees.)

FOR THOSE WHO DO NOT MEET THE MINIMUM PASSING REQUIREMENTS

Retesting is permitted only in the fourth month following the most recent attempt to pass the test. (For example, an examinee who takes the entire test battery in January and fails would be eligible to retake the test during the May test cycle.) To retest, the applicant must complete a new application and submit it with a non-refundable fee of $13.00 to the local GED registrar. (Veterans and individuals under the age of twenty-one are exempt from fees.)

Scores from each test are maintained on an examinee's record; no matter how many times a person retakes the GED test, only the best score from each subject is used to determine the highest score and total point score to date.

2002 Series GED Test Item Information

Language Arts-Writing Skills

This test consists of two parts. Part One is a multiple-choice section that measures the ability to edit fifty questions in the objective part of the test using the editing skills of correction, revision and construction shift. The content areas measured are sentence structure, usage, and mechanics and the examinee has seventy-five minutes to complete this section.

Part Two requires writing an essay on an assigned topic and measures the ability to compose a well-written response to a topic familiar to examinees. This section measures skills at the cognitive level of synthesis, as the examinees are required to produce ideas rather than comprehend or analyze ideas. The examinee is allowed forty-five minutes to complete Part Two. The entire Language Arts-Writing Skills is one hundred twenty minutes long.

Social Studies

This test is organized by historical period and measures the ability to use higher order thinking skills in understanding fundamental social studies concepts. Social studies test items are drawn from the following content areas: US and World History (forty percent), Economics (twenty percent), Civics (twenty-five percent), Geography (fifteen percent). Visual text (cartoons, photos, timelines, graphs, and charts) will comprise sixty percent of the test. Written text which includes practical documents and key historical documents will make up forty percent of the test. There are fifty questions to be completed in eighty minutes.

Science

The subject matter for the science test is drawn from the life sciences (biology) and the physical sciences (earth science, chemistry, and physics). The test items specifically measure higher order thinking skills included in fundamental and scientific understanding of life sciences (forty-five percent), earth and space science (twenty percent), and physical science (thirty-five percent). Visual text will comprise seventy percent of the test and written text the remaining thirty percent of the test. There are a total of fifty questions to be completed in eighty minutes.

Language Arts-Reading

This test measures the examinee's ability to comprehend, apply and analyze literary selections. The content areas include Literary Text - drama, poetry, and fiction (seventy-five percent) and Non-fiction Text (twenty-five percent). There are forty questions to be completed in sixty-five minutes.

Mathematics

The GED Mathematics Test is now presented in two booklets, which will measure skills in number sense and operations (twenty-thirty percent), data, statistics and probability (twenty-thirty percent), geometry and measurement (twenty-thirty percent), and algebra functions and patterns (twenty-thirty percent). Part I permits the use of a scientific calculator which will be provided at the test site. Part II does not allow the use of a calculator. Each part is equally weighted, so an examinee must successfully complete both parts of the test to receive a score. Also, the Mathematics Test will have format questions other than multiple choice where examinees will have to bubble in correct answers. The Mathematics Test has a total of fifty questions, twenty-five in Part I and twenty-five in Part II - and is ninety minutes in length.

Classes are offered during the day and evening. Contact the East Haven Adult Learning Center for a class schedule.

Adult Basic Education Program

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Mondays & Wednesdays 6:30-8:30 p.m. EHALC

January 25, 2010 - May 26, 2010

The Adult Basic Education (ABE) Program is designed to provide instruction in the basic academic skills of reading, writing, and mathematics to adult learners in order to prepare them for transitioning into higher education, vocational training and/or employment. The desired outcome is to help each adult learner reach a high level of self-sufficiency as an individual, family member, and community member. Classes are offered during the day and evening. Contact the East Haven Adult Learning Center for a class schedule.

Individual Diploma Packet Program

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Tuesdays 5:30-8:30 p.m. EHALC

January 12, 2010 - May 25, 2010

Please see Joe Ferraiolo, Facilitator, or Megan Kelaher, Guidance Counselor, if you are interested in this program. Prior approval is required.

Gateway College Courses offered at EHHS

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Spring Semester January 22, 2010 -May 17, 2010

ENGLISH - ENG 102 Literature & Composition 3 credits T 6:30-9:20 p.m.

MATHEMATICS -MAT 095 Elementary Algebra Foundations 3 credits T 6:30-9:20 p.m.

PSYCHOLOGY - PSY 201 Life Span Development 3 credits T 6:30-9:20 p.m.

For more information, please call (203) 285-2000 or 1-800-390-7723 or visit www.gwctc.commnet.edu

East Haven High School, 35 Wheelbarrow Lane, East Haven, CT 06513

Young Parent's Program

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The Young Parent’s Program supports students with small children by providing a supervised playroom for those students who attend the High School Credit Diploma Program during the daytime.Behavior causing injury to any child attending the childcare room will not be tolerated. A strict discipline policy will be enforced with the following guidelines.

• Children who are intentionally violent and mark either a child or staff member will be removed from the childcare room for that day. A meeting will be arranged with the counselor to make a determinationif an additional day’s suspension is merited. Furthermore, the counselor, childcare staff person, and parent(s) will discuss a strategy for behavior management. The school social worker will also be consulted with parental permission for further input.

• The second occurrence of disruptive behavior will cause the child to be suspended for two days. The counselor, childcare staff person, and parent(s) will again meet to discuss the behavior.

• The third time a child is disruptive the parent(s) will forfeit the privilege of childcare. The child will not be allowed back to the program. This policy will be reviewed at the beginning of the next semester.