GED Faces Competition As States Weigh Two New Entrants | Inside Higher Ed

Test Battle Gets... Testy
standardized test bubble sheet
standardized test bubble sheet

The GED no longer has a lock on the market for tests that serve as the equivalent of a high school degree. Three states have switched to new competitors from Educational Testing Service (ETS) and McGraw-Hill -- and many more are mulling a change.

The brewing battle between testing firms has its roots in the 2011 creation of the GED Testing Service, a for-profit corporation that is jointly owned by Pearson and the American Council on Education (ACE), the umbrella group for higher education.

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