HAMPTON — GED administrators are piloting an online system that could replace the paper-and-pencil test. The GED Testing Service is paying up to $175 for people to take a computerized Official ...

Thirty GED centers across Texas, including six in the Houston area, have launched computer-based testing, offering a faster and more convenient way to take the high school equivalency exam. The ...

For more than 70 years, the General Educational Development exam, or the GED, has been an important tool for those who didn't complete high school and for immigrants looking to make inroads into ...

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 ...

The creator of the General Educational Development test, long the measure of high school equivalency for dropouts, has unveiled a revamped computer-only exam that has spurred competition from two ...

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 ...

Kiana Rucker dropped out of school when she was 15 years old to look after her younger brothers and sisters. Five years later she had a baby herself. For years, she relied mostly on food stamps, ...

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 offered in ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio - Adults without high school diplomas will find it harder and more expensive to earn their equivalency degrees next year, another obstacle for people struggling to find jobs, some ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - After World War II, the General Development Test, the GED, was created to help returning war veterans earn a high school equivalency credential. Next year, a new version will be ...