WAC 131-48-070   Restrictions on use of general educational development tests.  GED tests are designed and validated to enable persons who did not graduate from high school to earn a GED credential. Permission to use the GED tests or test results for other purposes must be obtained from the Commission on Educational Credit or GED Testing Service staff. Misuses of the tests include, but are not limited to using a GED test:

     (1) For the purposes of grade placement or promotion;

     (2) As measures of student progress in instructional programs;

     (3) As means of awarding academic credit (e.g., Carnegie units);

     (4) As means for awarding alternative credentials to currently enrolled high school students; or

     (5) As means of awarding high school diplomas or credentials.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 28B.50.915. 93-22-006, § 131-48-070, filed 10/21/93, effective 11/21/93.]