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Education

Adult Education & Technical Schools
Boarding and Vocational Schools
College Directories
Federal Government
Foreign Languages and English as a Second Language (ESL)
General Education Resources
General Equivalency Diploma (GED)

Home Schooling
Jefferson County
Kentucky
Literacy
Local Schools
Rankings
Scholarship and Financial Aid
Testing & Test Preparation

Adult Education and Technical Schools

Adult Education and Career Schools Directory - A comprehensive directory of professional, trade schools and vocational schools and colleges.
Adult and Continuing Education - "Jefferson County Public Schools Adult Education offers comprehensive basic skills training, free of charge, in more than 50 locations throughout Jefferson County. The choice of day or evening classes makes it easy for busy adults to attend and to progress at their own pace."
Technical Colleges Directory - Search technical schools by state at this site.
West Kentucky Community & Technical College

Boarding and Vocational Schools

The Association of Boarding Schools
RWM Vocational School Database - RWM provides a database of Private Postsecondary Vocational Schools in all 50 states.
Vocational Schools Guide

College Directories

The National Catholic College Admission Association
CollegeKY.com - "...provides links to the higher education Web sites you need to make a college education in Kentucky a reality."
CollegeView - A free online college search service with profiles of more than 3,500 colleges and universities, virtual tours, electronic applications, financial information, career planning tools, and more.
CollegeXpress - Search here for colleges by region, keyword, profile, or alphabetically.
EdRef College Search Directory - EdRef.com presents unbiased information on substantially all colleges in the country and includes minority,athletic and religious search options.
Fashion Design Colleges - Fashion career resource featuring fashion design school listings, fashion design articles, career descriptions and more. Search our network of schools and request free information.
U.S. Universities and Community Colleges - This University of Texas Austin site includes links to lists of universities, what's new at universities, what's new at community colleges and lists of community colleges.

Federal Government

Foreign Languages and English as a Second Language (ESL)

Jefferson County Public Schools Adult Education Program - The ESL program is open to any adults wanting to improve their english and communication skills. "Instructors combine information on U.S. culture with practice in the areas of listening, speaking, reading, and writing."

General Education Resources

The Chronicle of Higher Education - The Chronicle gives you weekly news and information about academe.
ERIC - "The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC), sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education, produces the world’s premier database of journal and non-journal education literature. . The ERIC online system provides the public with a centralized ERIC Web site for searching the ERIC bibliographic database of more than 1.1 million citations going back to 1966.
.edu - US News and World Report College and Career Information
5000 Degrees - The goal of this group is to add 40,000 bachelor's degrees and 15,000 associates degrees by 2020.
Mapping Your Future - Provides information on planning your career, selecting a school, and paying for your education. This site also includes scholarship and financial aid information and online applications.
National Education Association
United Negro College Fund
US Department of Education
U.S. Office of Migrant Education

General Equivalency Diploma (GED)

GED Exam - "Adults who are 16 years of age or older who are not enrolled or required to be enrolled in school may be eligible to take the GED exam. You must be certified as "test ready" before scheduling an appointment to take the GED exam. Those interested in taking the GED exam must first contact the Adult Education Enrollment Center at 485-3400."
YourGED.org - A partnership between the Dollar General Literacy Foundation and the Ad Council, find free referrals to local GED programs a this site.

Home Schooling

Jefferson County

5000 Degrees - The goal of this group is to add 40,000 bachelor's degrees and 15,000 associates degrees by 2020.
Jefferson County Public Schools
Kentuckiana College Access Center

LIteracy

Literacy Connection Backpacks - Special backpack kits available at your library containing books & learning activities for preschool-age children and their caregivers.

The Literacy Project - Books, articles and videos conveniently compiled by Google.

National Center for Family Literacy - Wealth of resources for students, parents and teachers.

Reading is Fundamental - Variety of programs to help make reading exciting and productive for children.

Storyline Online - Popular children’s books read aloud by prominent actors, sponsored by the Screen Actors Guild Foundation.

Kentucky

Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA) - KHEAA 's website is your complete guide to attending college in Kentucky.
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
Kentucky Department of Education
Kentucky Schools Directory

Local Schools

Rankings

Test Preparation and Testing

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ACT Inc. - From the creators of the ACT test, this is an excellent resource for students and parents. It has an online need estimator, too.
The College Board Online - Links to scholarship searches; online SAT registration; college board test dates; college search information; a financial aid calculator; and more.
COMPASS - This is the entrance exam used at KCTCS.
CPat - CPAT is the entrance exam used by Sullivan University.
ETS.org - The web site for the Educational Testing Network. Here you will find information on practice tests, financial aid, careers and jobs, colleges and universities, and test and services directory.
Kentucky Driver's Permit Practice Test
Princeton Review - Provides information about testing for the SAT, ACT and PSAT.
Syndicate.com - This site focuses on helping you learn vocabulary in preparation for the SAT, SSAT, GRE, or LSAT tests.
The SAT Program Online - Provides test date calendars, fee information, and detailed information on taking the test.

Last Updated: 03/19/2013