If the two sample GED math questions in the Jan. 26 newspaper (“Test yourself with these sample GED test questions”) are representative of the math test, I need to send my high school diploma back to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Math questions on the STAAR test continue to be under scrutiny, but no action was taken Wednesday by the State Board of Education. “This is their lives. This is so important to them.

The number of people who passed the GED—the high school equivalency test long seen as a “good enough diploma”—plummeted this year. About 86,500 people passed the new test in 2014, compared with ...