The new GED examination, which is considered tougher than the high-school-equivalency test it replaced because it demands more analysis and asks fewer multiple-choice questions, drew 40 percent fewer ...

Parkway Area Adult Education and Literacy offers free classes for adults to help them prepare for the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET, formerly GED); improve reading, writing and math skills; ...

Students who have been unable to earn their high school diplomas have long used an alternative track to finish high school: the equivalency test. Now a few states are opening additional channels to ...

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 ...

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 ...

(Update: Response from the GED Testing Service, and a further response from author of post) For decades the GED exam has been widely known as providing a path to high school equivalency credentials ...

SALISBURY, NC (WBTV) - Recently, GED Testing Service announced revisions to the "cut" or passing scores, as well as performance levels for its high school equivalency test, and is making those ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- GED Testing Service (GEDTS) will be used by the state for administering high school equivalency tests beginning in January. New York had been using the TASC (Test Assessing ...

The new GED examination, which is considered tougher than the high-school-equivalency test it replaced because it demands more analysis and asks fewer multiple-choice questions, drew 40 percent fewer ...