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Adult Education and GED

Adult Education, GED, and Workforce Training programs support Rhode Island adults in gaining skills and credentials for employment, citizenship, and family and community leadership.

Programs in Adult Education, GED, Workforce Training and English for Speakers of Other Languages are offered during the day and evening.  Program offerings also include contextualized classes that prepare adults for jobs and career pathways.  Instruction is provided face to face and online.

A Successful Multi-Agency Collaboration

The Rhode Island Department of Education funds qualified not-for-profit agencies to implement Adult Education and Workforce Training programs that support the achievement of two statewide outcomes.

  • RI Adult Education Initiative partners: Department of Education, Business and Industry, Higher Education, Community Based Providers, Department of Human Services, Department of Labor and Training All Rhode Island adults have the skills and credentials they need for upward mobility (college and career), for engaged citizenship, and for leading strong families and communities.
  • All Rhode Island employers have access to a pool of workers with the skills they need to remain competitive and grow.

Collaboration between RIDE, the Governor’s Office and the Governor’s Workforce Board has led to the establishment of key investment priorities in the following outcome areas:

Strong Families and Communities

  • Expansion of Family Literacy
  • Provision of Comprehensive Community-based classroom Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language (English for Speakers of Other Languages).
  • Expansion of Distance Learning

Upward Mobility through College and Career Readiness

  • Expansion of adult education that is contextualized and supports career pathways for youth and adults  in Rhode Island’s nine critical and emerging industries.
  • Integration of adult education and hands-on technical training leading to academic and industry credentials for low-skilled current and former welfare recipients and other unemployed low-skilled adults
  • Integration of pre- and post-release adult education services for the incarcerated.
  • Expansion of transition to postsecondary education and training/apprenticeship programs that use dual or concurrent enrollment including rigorous Adult Secondary Education for those preparing for postsecondary education based on internationally benchmarked college and career readiness standards.

Civic Engagement and Student Leadership

  • Continuation of English Literacy / Civics Education & Student Engagement
  • Expansion of Student Leadership

The Rhode Island Resource Hub - Connecting adults to education and career resources

  • The RI Resource Hub coordinates state efforts, reduces rework and duplication, and better serves Rhode Islanders.  The RI Resource Hub expands the reach of the workforce, higher education, and adult education systems in Rhode Island. The RI Resource Hub enables Rhode Island adults to access both place-based and online resources 
  • Find an adult education class and career resources at: http://riresourcehub.org 

Adult Education Resources

Adult Education Programs and Map

Adult education programs in Rhode Island design and implement programming to achieve the following outcomes for adult learners:

  • Gain basic academic skills
  • Become ready for work, career and college
  • Find and retain employment
  • Progress along a career pathway in critical or emerging sectors and secure better employment
  • Attain high school credentials and industry certificates
  • Enroll in postsecondary education / training
  • Engage in community / civic activities

Adult Education Program Resources

RI Adult Education Data Systems

High School Equivalency Programs - GED and NEDP

General Educational Development Test - GED®

The Rhode Island High School Equivalency Program is composed of the General Educational Development (GED) Tests, which are administered throughout the state by testing centers authorized by the Board of Education. The Rhode Island High School Equivalency Diploma is issued to those eligible individuals who successfully complete the GED Tests.

GED Resources

National External Diploma Program - NEDP

Some Rhode Island school districts offer a high school diploma based upon successful completion of the National External Diploma Program (NEDP). The NEDP is a performance assessment system that is competency-based, and expects adults to demonstrate their ability in a series of simulations that parallel job and life situations. Participants are evaluated against a criterion of excellence instead of by comparison to others.

Several RI Adult Education Programs offer the NEDP.  For more information visit:

Program Quality - Policies, Standards, and Monitoring

The office of Adult Education at RIDE developed several policies and guidance documents to support the administration of quality programs. These are in alignment with the 12 Considerations referenced in the Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Title II (Sec. 231), which are also the source of the RI Adult Education Indicators of Program Quality.

The office of Adult Education at RIDE collaborated with practitioners on the development of several sets of standards that support quality programming. These standards target both staff and student populations as well as critical program systems and components. The standards are also used as the basis for professional development and program monitoring activity.

Adult Education Policies

Adult Education Standards

Program Monitoring

Resources for Programs

Career and Technical Education Related Documents

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Contact Information

Email Sophie Tan
  401-222-8455
   GED support