Cynthia Jones needs only one point to get her high school equivalency certificate, but the unfortunate timing of a change by the GED testing service means the 42-year-old Oakland woman may never earn ...

Across the state and nation, adults are racing to earn their GED high school equivalency certificates by December — or start all over again with tougher, computerized tests next year. The process to ...

A new online GED high school equivalency diploma test will begin in January 2014. It will be more expensive, and likely more challenging. Anyone who has not passed all five sections of the current ...

High school dropouts are lining up in Tucson to take the test that could change their lives before the paper and pencil version disappears. The general equivalency diploma exam is going digital Jan. 1 ...

Ericka Coleman remembers seeing a sign about General Educational Development (GED) classes at the library near her house in St. Paul, Minn. The 21-year-old dropped out of high school in one year shy ...

In this week’s cover story, we tell you about how changes made to the GED (general equivalency diploma) test have resulted in a significant drop in the number of people who passed the exam in 2014. In ...

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 ...

Across the state and nation, adults are racing to earn their GED high school equivalency certificates by December — or start all over again with tougher, computerized tests next year. The process to ...

Currently, GED applicants in New Jersey pay $50 to take all five sections of the test the first time, then $10 each time they retest a section. Students are tested in reading, writing, math, science ...