Even though the deadline is still a year away, Nell Boyd, 56, already feels the mounting pressure to retake and pass the math portion of the high school general equivalency exam. "The frustration and ...

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 ...

The test’s developers say they changed it to align it with the Common Core and better reflect what students currently learn in high school. The GED is revised regularly; the previous overhaul was in ...

SEATTLE - On a recent night at Seattle Central Community College, Carl Ellison solved basic math problems on a timed test his teacher gave the class as a warm-up. Ellison, who is 57 and homeless, has ...