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 ...

On a recent night at Seattle Central Community College, Carl Ellison solved basic math problems on a timed test his teacher gave the class as a warm-up. Ellison, who is 57 and homeless, has passed ...

SEATTLE - On a recent night at Seattle Central Community College, Carl Ellison solved basic math problems on a timed test his teacher gave the class as a warm-up. Ellison, who is 57 and homeless, has ...

Time is up for Salem test-taker Inafa Barsukoff, who was hoping to earn the equivalent of a high school diploma before January. Barsukoff was about 40 points shy of passing the General Educational ...

In this week’s cover story, we tell you about how changes made to the GED (general equivalency diploma) test have resulted in a significant drop in the number of people who passed the exam in 2014. In ...

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 ...

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 ...

Across the state and nation, adults are racing to earn their GED high school equivalency certificates by December — or start all over again with tougher, computerized tests next year. The process to ...

To earn a high school equivalency degree at New Jersey's newest GED testing center, applicants need to know their math, social studies and science. They also need one more skill unique to the center.

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 ...

Across the state and nation, adults are racing to earn their GED high school equivalency certificates by December — or start all over again with tougher, computerized tests next year. The process to ...