ST. CLOUD, Minn.—A coming revamp of tests for adults seeking a high school diploma equivalent has many scrambling to complete their test work for fear of having to start over. The General Educational ...

WASHINGTON — 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 ...

BLOOMINGTON, Minn. - The GED diploma has helped high school dropouts for decades to get into college or find a job. Earning that diploma, though, is about to get a lot harder. Starting Jan. 1, new ...

Major changes are on the way for the series of tests known as the G-E-D, or General Educational Development tests. These are the tests taken by people who have left high school without receiving a ...

As he sits in a study room at Project Learn—a non-profit on Euclid Avenue that offers adult education programs—with sample questions for the General Education Diploma (GED) waiting on a computer ...

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 ...

Adults who did not graduate from high school often turn to the General Education Development test, or GED, considered by many employers as an adequate substitute for a diploma. But the GED is about to ...

The GED test is getting an overhaul. The exam has historically served adults who have fallen through the cracks of the educational system. NPR's Rachel Martin talks with Anthony Carnevale, director of ...