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Number Of Texans Earning GED Down More Than 40 Percent From 2003

Andrew Schneider

Posted on January 8, 2018 · A study by the Center for Public Policy Priorities found just over 21,000 Texans took and passed the GED exam in 2016, compared to more than 36,000 just 13 years earlier.

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Slow Path For GED Alternatives In Texas

Kiah Collier, The Texas Tribune

Posted on April 11, 2016 · The State Board of Education took more steps this week toward allowing two new companies to begin administering high school equivalency tests in Texas, but the pace is frustrating adult education advocates.

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Advocates Concerned Special-Needs Students Pushed Out Despite Truancy Reform

Laura Isensee

Posted on November 23, 2015 · A recent state investigation confirmed that some special needs students are ordered to GED programs after they pile up absences.

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State Education Board To Seek GED Alternatives

Sophia Bollag, Texas Tribune

Posted on July 16, 2015 · Texas residents seeking to earn high school equivalency certificates may soon have less expensive, more flexible testing options.

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What It Took One Student to Pass the New GED

Laura Isensee

Posted on June 26, 2014 · Educators say the new exam is tougher and harder to pass.

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New GED Test Could Face More Competition In Texas

Laura Isensee

Posted on March 25, 2014 · Texas is expected to consider new alternative tests for completing high school.

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UPDATE: 10 Dead And 10 Wounded At Santa Fe High School Shooting, Suspect Charged With Capital Murder

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