Monday, July 29, 2013

How the Changing GED Affects North Carolina

"The new test brings several changes," said Erica Talbert, director of basic skills at Cape Fear Community College in North Carolina.

Tests will cost $120 instead of $35, and they'll be taken on a computer instead of with paper and pencil. Instead of five sections, the new test will have four: language arts reasoning, math reasoning, science and social studies. The old test also had a writing section, which will be absorbed into the new language arts and social studies sections.

Read more about how the changing GED test is putting some students in North Carolina on deadline.