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 ...

In this week’s cover story, we tell you about how changes made to the GED (general equivalency diploma) test have resulted in a significant drop in the number of people who passed the exam in 2014. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

Here’s a quick way to see the trend lines before and after the 2014 debut of the new GED: On the new General Educational Development exam, a passing score is 145 out of 200. In 2017, average scores ...