Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New Mexico will soon offer free high school equivalency tests to qualifying residents. (Getty Images) One hurdle to achieving a ...

The new GED examination, which is considered tougher than the high-school-equivalency test it replaced because it demands more analysis and asks fewer multiple-choice questions, drew 40 percent fewer ...

The new GED examination, which is considered tougher than the high-school-equivalency test it replaced because it demands more analysis and asks fewer multiple-choice questions, drew 40 percent fewer ...

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