High School Equivalency Exams
Education news, analysis, and opinion about tests, including the GED, that grant students a high school equivalency certificate or diploma without having graduated high school
College & Workforce Readiness
News in Brief
Results Rebound on GED Exam
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.
Assessment
GED Passing Rates Rise, But Fewer 69传媒 Take Exam After Redesign
Passing rates on the GED have bounced back to normal levels, four years after a major redesign of the equivalency exam caused a sharp drop.
College & Workforce Readiness
States Explore New Routes to High School Completion Without Equivalency Exams
Illinois is making plans that would allow adults to earn high school equivalency without passing tests like the GED.
College & Workforce Readiness
New High School Equivalency Tests Gain Ground
Competitors to the GED continue to erode its market share after it was updated to reflect the common core, and got more expensive, too.
School & District Management
News in Brief
Board Chairman Accused of Cheating on GED Resigns
The chairman of a Kentucky school board, who dropped out of high school at 17, has been accused by Kentucky state police of cheating on the GED exam.
School & District Management
Kentucky School Board Chairman Accused of Cheating On GED Exam
Police allege that an adult education teacher took the GED exam for Knox County School Board Chairman Dexter Smith, who was taking the exam to settle questions about his education qualifications.
College & Workforce Readiness
School Board Chief in Hot Water Over Alleged GED Cheating
A Kentucky school board chief allegedly had someone else take the GED for him, in an ill-fated attempt to settle questions about his high school diploma.
College & Workforce Readiness
Passing Score Lowered on New GED Exam
If all states decide to go along with the lower cutoff score, an estimated 25,000 more test-takers could be eligible for a GED credential.
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GED Lowers Passing Score, Tens of Thousands More Could Get HS Credentials
The change was prompted by data showing that students who passed the revised GED are doing better in college than recent high school graduates.
College & Workforce Readiness
GED Lowers Passing Score, Tens of Thousands More Could Receive HS Credentials
The move comes in the wake of data showing that GED-passers were doing better in college than students with high school diplomas.
College & Workforce Readiness
New High School Equivalency Tests Make More Inroads
HiSET, one of the new alternatives to the GED, has practically pushed the GED off the landscape in Wyoming. GED test-taking has declined in other states that offer equivalency-test alternatives, too.
College & Workforce Readiness
More States Consider Awarding Diplomas for GED Passage
The District of Columbia becomes the first to analyze the GED's rigor, and decide, based on that analysis, that students who pass it should get a high school diploma.
College & Workforce Readiness
More Rigorous GED Spurs Jitters, Competition
The volume of high-school-equivalency testing dropped by half in 2014 after the General Educational Development exam was revised to align with the common-core standards.
College & Workforce Readiness
News in Brief
Scores, Test-Takers Down for New GED Exam
The GED Testing Service, which offers the General Educational Development test in 40 states, reports about a 60 percent passing rate for students taking all four sections of its new computer-based test, down from about 65 percent in a typical year.