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Could You Pass the New GED Test?

In 2014, the GED Testing Service rolled out a new assessment meant to measure not just high school equivalency but also career- and college-readiness skills. The questions below are designed to be very similar to those you might find on a GED exam today.

Pacific Standard Staff

Social Justice

Making the Case for a Good-Enough Diploma

Common Core and big business have combined to make the lot of the upwardly mobile high school dropout even more dire.

Daniel J. McGraw

Social Justice

The New and Unimproved Version of the GED

An early look at a Pacific Standard story that's currently only available to subscribers.

Pacific Standard Staff

Social Justice

Letter From the Editor: Toward a Bridge Across the Skills Gap

Introducing the November/December 2015 print issue of Pacific Standard.

Nicholas Jackson

Education

Up to the Test?

The GED may not be worth as much as governments, the military and employers might suggest, but new research shows it may promote better health.