The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office plans to expand a 2-month-old program to provide GED testing to inmates, one that already has seen five people obtain their degree while incarcerated. Here’s a ...

Some of the country’s major retailers and fast-food restaurants are offering employees free GED preparation and testing starting this year, tapping into a potentially large market of adults who lack a ...

Every year, roughly 750,000 high school dropouts try to improve their educational and employment prospects by taking the General Educational Development test, or GED, long considered to be the ...

It’s no secret that a high school diploma is the key to escaping dead-end, low-paying jobs and unlocking a future of greater earning power while gaining the deep satisfaction that comes with ...

The Palestine Multi-cultural Educational Center will be accepting students to the new GED tutorial program, which begins the first week of April. The classes will take place in the center, 1402 W. Oak ...

Big changes to the way the GED exam is scored will make it easier for people to pass — two years after the test underwent a massive overhaul that led to steep drops in the number of students taking it ...

SPRINGFIELD (WSIL) – As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to create professional hardships for thousands of Illinoisans, the Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) is making it easier for state ...

Here’s a quick way to see the trend lines before and after the 2014 debut of the new GED: On the new General Educational Development exam, a passing score is 145 out of 200. In 2017, average scores ...

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 ...

The move, first disclosed Wednesday by the Atlanta Journal Constitution, will allow states to lower the passing score on the GED from 150 to 145. The GED Testing Service projected that if all states ...

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — At the Virginia Beach Correctional Center, several inmates have been hard at work over the last few months, working not only on good behavior, but also their education.