For more than 70 years, the General Educational Development exam, or the GED, has been an important tool for those who didn't complete high school and for immigrants looking to make inroads into ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

The number of GED graduates at Milwaukee’s main test sites plummeted beginning in 2014, the year a new GED test — a computer-based exam that focuses on higher-order thinking — was adopted across the ...

A revamped version of the national high school equivalency exam that tens of thousands of Californians take each year is making its debut across the state, bringing anxiety over its difficulty, new ...

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 ...

State education officials are phasing out the old GED test in favor a new high school equivalency exam.The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education says it has selected Educational Testing ...

BOAEMAN, Mont. - The state of Montana is entering a contract with Educational Testing Service to develop a new exam to replace the GED. We told you how the for-profit company that now operates the GED ...

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A new version of the General Educational Development test, offered for more than 70 years as an alternative for high school dropouts, was unveiled this month amid concern about increased cost or ...

Participation in the GED testing program plunged by nearly 44 percent during the most recent recorded year, a drop-off that the exam’s sponsor attributes to an earlier rush by teenagers and adults to ...

Passing rates on the GED have rebounded from a big drop after a major redesign of the high school equivalency exam in 2014, but the number of people taking it has dropped by more than half. On the new ...

Kaplan is Now the Official Partner for Live Online Prep for the GED ® test WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GED Testing Service and Kaplan Test Prep have partnered to deliver the market’s first-ever ...