December 7, 2007

State-Required Preparation Increases GED Pass Rates

By LIBBY SANDER

Adults who take the General Educational Development Test, or GED, in states that require practice tests or other forms of preparation pass at higher rates than test takers in other states, according to a new report.

Of the 10 states posting the highest GED pass rates in 2006 — well above the national average of 68 percent — five required test takers to pass an official GED practice test before taking the exam, according to the "2006 GED Testing Program Statistical

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