The GED Program at the Cohoes City School District

Congratulations to the following students who completed their GED during the 2007-08 school year!

Virginia Baldwin
Timothy Baldwin
Christopher Davis
Rachael Fitzpatrick
Catherine Terry

Tom Gizara, GED instructor
tgizara@cohoes.org
237-0990, Ext. 6231

During the 2007-08 school year, the GED class is offered on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. and 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Instruction and help in preparing for the GED will be available on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting July 8, 2008 through August 7, 2008. Instruction will be held in the Middle School. Hours are 9 a.m. until noon.

To enroll, you must be a Cohoes resident and under the age of 21.

For an application to the GED program, click here.

(The form above is in PDF format, which require Adobe Acrobat Reader to view. Acrobat Reader can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Acrobat Web site.)

New York State GED Testing Information

The Cohoes City School District is an Approved High School Equivalency Preparation Program

An Approved Alternative High School Equivalency Preparation Program is one for students under age 19 operated only by a public school district or the local board of education or BOCES in accordance with Part 100.7 of the Commissioner's Regulations and approved on an annual basis by the State Education Department.

Under Commissioner's Regulations 100.7 (1) (XVIII): "Students preparing to take the high school equivalency examination shall not be referred to that test unless they demonstrate readiness as indicated by tests approved by the Commissioner."

Students that wish to pursue a GED through the Cohoes City School District will first be required to take the Test of Adult Basic Education (TABE) test to determine test readiness.

• A score of 9.0 grade-level equivalency on the TABE is required to begin GED work.

• Most students with an entry score of 9.0 will easily be ready to take the Official GED Test after 100-150 instructional hours.

• Any student who scores less than 9.0 on the TABE test will enter a pre-GED program until their test scores are raised to 9.0 or higher, a process which can easily take one or two academic years.

• Pre-GED and GED classes are two and a half hours a day.

• After the student achieves a 9.0 on the TABE test, he or she can enter the GED program and expect to complete it with at least the 100-150 instructional hours.