
We recommend the following resources to learn more about the barriers which the new high school equivalency exam in New York State presents to under-educated women in the Bronx, and the broader economic challenges that the current ecomony presents to younger Bronx women in particular:
New, Tougher GED has Students Scrambling City Limits, December 2013 Unleashing the Economic Power of the 35% A policy paper prepared by JobsFirstNYC July, 2014 http://hechingerreport.org/pass-rates-dip-and-test-takers-decrease-after-first-year-of-new-high-school-equivalency-exam/ New report showing that the number of people sitting for the high school equivalency exam in New York State in 2014, using the new TASC exam, is way down from previous years. February, 2015