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 ...

The GED Testing Service has decided to lower the passing score for its high-school-equivalency exam, a move brought on by data showing that students who passed the latest, tougher version of the test ...

In 2013, 18,474 high-school dropouts in Washington state took a wide-ranging exam known as the GED to earn a high-school certificate. About 86 percent — nearly 16,000 — passed. For years, passing that ...

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 ...

Zachary Olkewicz is not your ordinary high school dropout. During his senior year at Burbank High, Olkewicz found himself caring for his ailing father while attending school day and night to make up ...

Ahead of the debut of the 2014 GED Test, which will be available only on computer, 22 states are already offering a computerized version of the GED exam, according to a news release issued by the GED ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Five months after officials revamped the GED exam to better reflect high school proficiency, fewer people are taking and passing the test across the USA, according to the education ...

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 ...

After seven decades the state is preparing to replace the GED test.For generations, students and adults have tackled the test which is an alternative credential to a high school diploma.The GED exam ...