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 ...

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Students who have been unable to earn their high school diplomas have long used an alternative track to finish high school: the equivalency test. Now a few states are opening additional channels to ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to remove statistics about the decline in the passing rate on the GED and other high school proficiency tests in New Jersey. The Rutgers study included an ...

BOSTON (CBS) --- For the first time in more than half a century, Massachusetts adults taking a high school equivalency exam will not take the G.E.D. There's now a new exam, called the HiSet Exam.

The number of New Jersey adults taking the high school equivalency test plunged from nearly 17,000 in 2013 to fewer than 9,000, both in 2015 and 2016, after changes made the exam harder and ...

The number of New Yorkers passing their high school equivalency exam has sharply declined under a new test, according to a report. The average pass rate in the five boroughs was down 53% in 2015, a ...

The Massachusetts department of education will now be covering the cost for Bay State residents’ initial GED and HiSET tests for each subject and two retakes for each test. The HiSET is an alternative ...

JEFFERSON CITY (AP) — Missouri would pay testing fees for residents taking a high school equivalency test for the first time under a proposal that has won initial approval in the state Senate.