Adults who take the General Educational Development Test, or GED, in states that require practice tests or other forms of preparation pass at higher rates than test takers in other states, according ...

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 ...

Some 1 million New Yorkers over the age of 16 do not have a high school diploma. For these people, the high school equivalency diploma -- the GED -- can offer the best hope of a better job or further ...

North Dakota has climbed from sixth to second in the nation for its pass rate on the General Educational Development test. The state Department of Public Instruction said Thursday that North Dakota ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — More Kentuckians have earned their GED since Gov. Andy Beshear waived the testing fee in his first term, according to the governor's office. Since January 2020, 99% of all Kentucky ...

ATLANTA — Thousands who failed the GED exam could retroactively receive their diplomas in a couple of months because the score required to pass the test will soon be lowered. The drop — from 150 to ...

South Carolina GED test-takers continued to improve their passage rate on the high school equivalency exam in 2011, and the state has continued to outperform the national passage rate for the past two ...

Despite last year being an all-time high for Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) inmates earning their General ...

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - More than 600 people who barely failed their high school equivalency test in Virginia have now passed without retaking the exam. The Virginia Department of Education says GED ...

Doug Saunders and his sister, Shatoya, never finished high school. Shuffled between group homes and guardians in New York City and other states—Shatoya went to 13 different schools before dropping out ...