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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...