Florida gets a new GED exam this week. The high school equivalency test is going exclusively online. Education advocates are greeting it with mixed feelings.
The new GED has been retooled to emphasize workplace and college skills. That’s part of why advocates say it makes sense to offer it only as a computer-based exam. Test-takers will also get their unofficial results instantly. But some educators are concerned that degree-seekers who are not good with computers will be left behind.More than a dozen states have started offering or completely switched to different equivalency exams in response to the GED changes.
Florida is sticking with the new GED. The new test has a new price: $128 for the full exam. The old paper and pencil test was $70.