PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Without the option to retake the high school exit exams, the ranks of students who obtain high school diplomas would be substantially different, according to a new study by ...

MANATEE — During the past three years, hundreds of Manatee County students made it through high school thanks to an alternative graduation program called the GED Exit Option. It allowed those students ...

At the same time, other evidence suggests that exit exams (especially more difficult ones) are associated with lower public high school completion rates and higher rates of General Educational ...

“High-School Exams May Affect Colleges” (The Chronicle, September 3) introduces speculative statements about the reasons for taking the GED tests. Anyone who thinks the tests are an easy alternative ...

For more than 70 years, the General Educational Development exam, or the GED, has been an important tool for those who didn't complete high school and for immigrants looking to make inroads into ...

The sudden surge in teenagers seeking alternative diplomas is a predictable result of Florida's tough new high school exit exam, but education officials seem all too eager to deny the obvious. Asked ...