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The demand for adult education is growing, with 39 million American adults lacking a high school diploma. Innovative GED experts at the GED Academy have identified four crucial elements to success for adult education students.

As the number of adult Americans without a high school degree nears 40 million, adult education is becoming a critical issue in the United States. GED education programs are sponsored by communities, non-profit organizations, and school districts across the country. Teaching undereducated adults is extremely challenging. Most adults who didn’t graduate high school never learned good study habits, never felt motivated to learn and never did well in a traditional classroom environment.

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The GED gives adults who didn’t graduate high school the opportunity they need to qualify for college and for more and better jobs. Taking the GED, though, can be difficult for people with disabilities. If you have a disability, it shouldn’t stop you from taking the GED and showing what you know. The GED Testing Service provides special test-taking accommodations for GED students with many types of disabilities.

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The GED Academy has unveiled an innovative online GED practice test that helps adults who have difficulty studying for the GED and testing their own abilities. Many potential GED candidates never learned how to learn. They struggle with traditional classroom environments and test-taking materials. GED practice tests are one example. Traditional pen-and-paper tests require hand-scoring, and GED candidates often aren’t skilled enough to evaluate their own performance, especially on the GED essay. Practice tests often require a lot of support, and community programs aren’t well funded.

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An innovative new GED preparation software program tackles the most difficult subject for many adult learners: math. The approach focuses on real-world applications and true-to-life virtual students.

The GED Academy is part of a new breed of educational software. Through their innovative GED prep program, The GED Academy brings a virtual classroom to life on students’ computer screens… a classroom peopled with fellow students who struggle with real-life problems. One of the hardest subjects for many adult learners is math. The GED Academy saw the need to approach math in a way that students can really relate to.

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The demand for adult education is growing, with 39 million American adults lacking a high school diploma. Innovative GED experts at the GED Academy have identified four crucial elements to success for adult education GED students.

As the number of adult Americans without a high school diploma nears 40 million, adult education is becoming a critical issue in the United States. GED education programs are sponsored by communities, non-profit organizations, and school districts across the country. “Teaching undereducated adults is extremely challenging,” states Michael Ormsby, president of The GED Academy. “Most adults who didn’t graduate high school never learned good study habits, never felt motivated to learn, never did well in a traditional classroom environment.”

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