WASHINGTON — The GED test, for decades the brand name for the high school equivalency exam, is about to undergo some changes. On Thursday, an upgraded GED exam and two new competing equivalency tests ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Five months after officials revamped the GED exam to better reflect high school proficiency, fewer people are taking and passing the test across the USA, according to the education ...

Beginning in January, students who take the General Educational Development credential test will encounter a more rigorous exam offered exclusively on computer. To help individuals prepare for the ...

The new test eliminates the paper-and-pencil option%2C requiring students to use computers GED Testing Service is trying to align test to traditional high school standards The non-profit testing ...

Marquet Makupson will not need pencil and paper when he takes the new GED test next year. Starting in January, South Carolina GED test takers will take a new computerized exam. Makupson and others, ...

Paty Cruz is working hard to complete her general equivalency diploma before the existing test is retired in January. “I’m trying to beat the baby,” said Cruz, a student at the Colorado Mountain ...

WAIVING THE TEST FEE WILL BE A GAME CHANGER FOR THOUSANDS OF MEN AND WOMEN. >> FOR ME, GETTING MY GED WAS NOT ONLY A PERSONAL GOAL, BUT IT WAS NECESSARY FOR MY FUTURE. CAROLYN: KIMBERLY AERY KNEW SHE ...

America’s largest high school is not a building but a test. The General Educational Development test is a seven-hour exam that allows high school dropouts to show they are equivalent to high school ...

Tens of thousands of GED test takers who barely missed the cut may soon receive a diploma, after the company that oversees the test said this week it's lowering the minimum passing score. Since the ...

The number of Texans who took GED tests declined by 21 percent from 2012 to 2016, a consequence of the test’s high cost and its difficulty, according to a new study released Monday. More test takers ...