Across the state and nation, adults are racing to earn their GED high school equivalency certificates by December — or start all over again with tougher, computerized tests next year. The ...

Some GED test officials said the online tests will be closer to college and career prep than the present version. That version will be the old test when the new year starts.

GED officials, meanwhile, say that a pilot of the computer-based tests showed that students finished faster, passed at higher rates and were more likely to retake a failed test.

The GED test has become more rigorous and expensive, causing a decline in the number of test takers.

The revamped GED exam does away with pencil-to-paper test sheets. High school equivalency exams from two other test providers will let students take tests on paper or computer.

The new version of the exam has tougher questions and a higher registration fee--plus it requires computer proficiency.

Preliminary numbers from the GED Testing Service estimate that 90,000 people nationwide earned the General Educational Development diploma - a high school equivalency credential - in 2014.

On Thursday, Jan 2, 2014, an upgraded GED exam and two new competing equivalency tests offered in several states will usher in a new era in adult education testing. (AP Photo/Rebecca Breyer, File) ...

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Five months after officials revamped the GED exam to better reflect high school proficiency, fewer people are taking and passing the test across the USA, according to the ...

The new test eliminates the paper-and-pencil option%2C requiring students to use computers GED Testing Service is trying to align test to traditional high school standards The non-profit testing ...