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View all threadsThe Center for Public Policy Priorities has just issued a report, “The Texas GED Problem Is Getting Worse,” chronicling the steady decline in GED test takers in Texas over the last five years:
https://forabettertexas.org/images/2018_EO_GEDproblem_FullReport.pdf https://forabettertexas.org/images/2018_EO_GEDproblem_FullReport.pdf
Some news coverage here:
http://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/Number-of-Texans-getting-GED-is-falling-fast-12482970.php
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/why-the-number-ged-test-takers-declining-texas/05FrOLri93sB5ljXj8BRuI/
Jeff
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