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 ...

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; ...

CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. – The number of people taking high school equivalency exams in the U.S. plummeted – and the percentage who passed fell, too – in the year after a revamped, Common Core-inspired GED ...

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 ...

DANBURY -- More than 1,200 Connecticut residents, including 15 in the Danbury area, passed last year's tests to earn a high school equivalency diploma, granting them access to community college and ...

COLUMBIA - Adult education students face some challenges due to changes to the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET). Starting this year, the test became fully computerized. This means adults not only ...

The idea of letting people take a test to show their proficiency in the high school curriculum goes back to World War II, when it allowed people returning from the war to avoid further delays in their ...

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JEFFERSON CITY - The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education told KOMU 8 News Friday it will drop the GED high school equivalency test in favor of the HiSET test. "The (GED) test is ...