PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - In our rapidly moving technological world where education is so necessary in everyday living and the world of work, fewer people without a high school degree are choosing to take ...

Adult learners earning their high school credentials in Massachusetts can now take the high school equivalency exam for free. The state has been covering the cost of the General Educational ...

Parkway Area Adult Education and Literacy offers free classes for adults to help them prepare for the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET, formerly GED); improve reading, writing and math skills; ...

The new GED examination, which is considered tougher than the high-school-equivalency test it replaced because it demands more analysis and asks fewer multiple-choice questions, drew 40 percent fewer ...

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 ...

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 ...

Legislation that would require the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to pay at least 50 percent of the high-school equivalency testing fee will go to the floor next week at the Missouri ...

Missouri this month ditched GED tests for another high school equivalency exam, joining several other states that have made the switch.Missouri is now using HiSet, an exam developed by Educational ...

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 ...