In West Virginia, TASC Replaces GED in 2014

West Virginia has joined the list of states that will offer an alternative to the GED exam beginning in 2014.  

The 6,000 annual high school equivalency test takers in West Virginia will now take the

 Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC), which assesses English language arts (including reading and writing), math, science, and social studies, and which will be offered in pencil and paper and on the computer.

For a more detailed comparison for each test and which state is offering which test, please visit the New Reader’s Press website, http://www.newreaderspress.com/2014test.aspx.

New Jersey to offer three high school equivalency exams: GED, TASC, and HiSET.

CORRECTION:

It was brought to our attention that the pricing as reported in the news article on the New Jersey test and re-reported in our blog was incorrect. The correct information is: the pricing for the 2014 GED test, as announced in May 2012, is $80 for all the program services and $40 added for testing center compensation, which is $120, not $195. 

On December 4, the New Jersey state board of education decided that it would offer three options for the high school equivalency exam beginning in 2014.

Since the new version of the GED, which will be offered only on the computer, was going to cost about $195 per test-taker, state officials researched alternative options. New Jersey will offer the GED (published by Pearson), the TASC (published by ETS), and the HiSET (published by CTB/McGraw Hill) at its 32 testing centers throughout the state. All tests will only cost $112.

For a more in-depth comparison between the different exams, see this chart on the New Readers Press website: http://www.newreaderspress.com/HSEcomparison.aspx.

To check which states offer which exam, see a table here.