The test’s developers say they changed it to align it with the Common Core and better reflect what students currently learn in high school. The GED is revised regularly; the previous overhaul was in ...

After criticism that the passage rate on the GED high school equivalency test had plunged, the for-profit company that has the monopoly on the test has retroactively lowered the passing score, causing ...

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 ...

The reality of today’s global economy is that fewer and fewer jobs require only a high-school diploma or, for those students who don’t complete high school, a GED credential. But the author of the ...

For millions of Texans without high school diplomas, the test to earn a high school equivalency certificate has become harder and more expensive, the State Board of Education was told Tuesday.

The number of people successfully obtaining their GED, Ohio's only official high-school equivalency test, plunged by 86 percent last year, and the rebound to normalcy that some state officials have ...

For nearly a decade, Sister Sandra Franzen has helped detainees waiting trial at the Will County Adult Detention Facility prepare to take the GED test. Franzen decided to pursue a teaching career at ...

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 no longer be offered in ...