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 ...

An overhaul of the GED to meet Common Core standards has made the high school equivalency test more rigorous and more expensive. As a result, fewer people are taking and passing it. Gwen Ifill gets ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans who passed part, but not all, of the GED test are rushing to finish the high school equivalency exam before a new version rolls out in January and their previous scores are ...

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 ...

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 was introduced along ...

The GED test, for decades the brand name for the high school equivalency exam, is about to undergo some changes. Limited time: Save 25% on NBC News subscription Get exclusive reporting, live Q&As and ...