New York's GED Compass


Foundation: Gulf Coast Community Foundation, Gulf Coast Community Foundation of Venice, Marin Community Foundation, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, New York Community Trust, Galesburg Community Foundation

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New York City recently launched a web site called GED Compass, designed to centralize information about their General Education Development Test.

This project was funded in part by the New York Community Trust. The funding is in response to the community's concern on the efficacy of the FED System.

Just recently, the New York Times reported that there are only 48% of NYC students who passed the test, which was the lowest nationwide.

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