Passing rates on the GED have rebounded from a big drop after a major redesign of the high school equivalency exam in 2014, but the number of people taking it has dropped by more than half. On the new ...

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 ...

Kaplan is Now the Official Partner for Live Online Prep for the GED ® test WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GED Testing Service and Kaplan Test Prep have partnered to deliver the market’s first-ever ...

For more than 70 years, the General Educational Development exam, or the GED, has been an important tool for those who didn't complete high school and for immigrants looking to make inroads into ...

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 offered in ...

Kiana Rucker dropped out of school when she was 15 years old to look after her younger brothers and sisters. Five years later she had a baby herself. For years, she relied mostly on food stamps, ...

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 ...

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 ...

The General Educational Development exam is being revamped for 2014, with examiners saying the new test will be more adaptable for today's job market, where two-thirds of jobs require more than a high ...

MISSOULA, Mont. — Superintendent Arntzen announced that the Montana Office of Public Instruction will offer GED soon as a High School Equivalency exam option. The OPI already offers the HiSET test and ...

High school dropouts around the country preparing to take the General Education Development test are in for a major change to the high school equivalency exam, the first change in more than a ...