Parkway Area Adult Education and Literacy offers free classes for adults to help them prepare for the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET, formerly GED); improve reading, writing and math skills; ...

The new GED examination, which is considered tougher than the high-school-equivalency test it replaced because it demands more analysis and asks fewer multiple-choice questions, drew 40 percent fewer ...

For the first time since 1945, Massachusetts adults taking a high-school-equivalency test will not take a General Educational Development, or GED exam. State education officials announced Thursday ...

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 ...

Students who have been unable to earn their high school diplomas have long used an alternative track to finish high school: the equivalency test. Now a few states are opening additional channels to ...

It’s been one year since the big shake up in the high school-equivalency exam market and, as anticipated, fewer students are taking and passing the more rigorous tests. GED Testing Service, which ...

A paleontologist returns to her lab from a summer dig and sets up a study comparing tooth length in two dinosaur species. She and her team work meticulously to avoid biasing their results. They remain ...

(Update: Response from the GED Testing Service, and a further response from author of post) For decades the GED exam has been widely known as providing a path to high school equivalency credentials ...

The number of New Yorkers passing their high school equivalency exam has sharply declined under a new test, according to a report. The average pass rate in the five boroughs was down 53% in 2015, a ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10)- GED Testing Service (GEDTS) will be used by the state for administering high school equivalency tests beginning in January. New York had been using the TASC (Test Assessing ...