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 ...

In this Oct. 22, 2013, photo, Kaylin Wainwright, center, works with student Natnael Gebremariam, left, at a computer during a General Educational Development test preparation class at the Sonia ...

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 ...

This booklet for the math portion of the GED will become obsolete on January 1 when it is replaced by a new computerized GED test. (Ted S. Warren, Associated Press) CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Earning a high ...

MARIETTA – Those looking to save some money while trying to advance themselves in the workforce can look toward the Washington County Career Center, just one participating agency currently offering ...

Tahare McFarlin is desperate to get her GED. She’s 37, working part time at Walmart and struggling with her bills, but she has dreams for another kind of life. She hopes to become a medical assistant ...

That’s why Claudia Beteta, 30, of Wildwood, has been studying really hard. She needs just a few more correct math problems to pass the math section of the GED test and get her high school equivalency ...

WASHINGTON — Americans who passed part, but not all, of the GED test are rushing to finish the high school equivalency exam before a new version rolls out in January and their previous scores are ...

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 ...

About 69 percent of Nevada’s GED test-takers passed the high-school equivalency exam last year, according to a report released this month. Although Nevada's pass rate is on par with the national ...

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 ...