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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The American Council on Education and Great Britain-based Pearson, one of the world’s largest publishing and education companies, has developed a new GED (General Education Development) Test. GED ...

An overhaul of the GED to meet Common Core standards has made the high school equivalency test more rigorous and more expensive. As a result, fewer people are taking and passing it. Gwen Ifill gets ...

The General Education Development Test, or GED, is equivalent to a high school diploma. Through June 30, Minnesota GED test-takers are able to take their first GED test in each subject for free. The ...

The GED test underwent a major revision in 2014%2C becoming more difficult for students to pass. Adult education experts say it will now take many students far longer to prepare for the exam. Some%2C ...

Known for decades as a second chance for dropouts, the popular high-school equivalency test known as the GED is about to undergo a historic overhaul to better prepare adult learners for college or the ...

A more expensive and tougher test seems to be keeping people from going after their GED, at least for now. Enrollment and participation levels for General Educational Development tests and classes ...