WASHINGTON — Hundreds of thousands of high school dropouts hoping to earn an equivalency diploma will have to pass a more challenging GED test that is being designed to improve the prospects of ...

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 ...

On January 2, 2014, the GED test shifted to a new version fully aligned with Common Core national K-12 benchmarks. The high school equivalency test now costs nearly twice as much and will be offered ...

There are major changes coming to GED tests, including making the move from paper and pen to computer-based testing starting in January. The GED -- the General Educational Developmental test -- will ...

GLOVERSVILLE — Hamilton-Fulton-Montgomery BOCES will provide assessments at no cost to adult learners to determine if they are ready to pass the GED Exam. Adult educators will use the official ...

As part of an overall plan to raise education standards, the General Education Development test has been made tougher, testing service officials said. About 30,000 Georgians take the test each year ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Several dozen states are looking for an alternative to the GED high school equivalency test because of concerns that a new version coming out next year is more costly and will ...