Congratulations Dr. Naomi Scales

Celebrating Black History Month, Honoring Dr. Naomi Scales In celebrating Black History Month in February, we highlight community leaders, especially the pioneers in the educational field. We are honored to be able to recognize Dr. Naomi Scales from the Alabama Community College System. Dr. Scales is Alabama’s longest-term adult education…

We are excited to welcome 2024 and reflect on 2023

We hope you enjoyed the holidays and have had a chance to rest and refresh. During 2023, we cherished the opportunity to meet with so many of you, our education partners and state administrators, at virtual meetings, in-person events, and our annual GED conference. On behalf of our team at…

Commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King’s Legacy

The GED Testing Service strives to empower learners to improve their lives through the GED credential. With over 21 million graduates and counting, we remain committed to helping students develop the skills needed for further study or to gaining access to wider career opportunities. When the GED was created in…

Our Commitment to Inclusion: Braille Assessments and Accommodations

Our Braille Services team ensures blind and visually impaired learners have the best experiences to learn and succeed during their GED journey. Have you ever wondered how a blind or visually impaired person might experience a science test, or a geometry exam? How do you represent tables, graphs, and diagrams…

Community Partnership Success Story: YWCA of Southeast Wisconsin

We could not have picked a better success story to further celebrate MLK Day as an organization on Dr. Martin Luther King Drive, with the mission of eliminating racism, empowering women and promoting peace, justice, freedom, and dignity for all. YWCA of Southeast Wisconsin started in 1892 to offer resources…

Welcome four states to the GED family!

We are very excited to continue growing our GED reach while providing more and more students the opportunity to earn their high school equivalency and improve their future earning potential. Montana – We appreciate the State of Montana Superintendent of Public Instruction, Elise Arntzen for helping us communicate that the…

Introducing Pearson Accelerated Pathways

Welcome, Jane Bledsoe, GED Director of Product Management, who will share information on Accelerated Pathways with our network of educators and administrators.  Tell us about Accelerated Pathways. How can it work with the GED curriculum and what are the advantages for our learners? Accelerated Pathways is a non-traditional, online…

We thank you for your Service: Honoring Veteran’s Day

Veterans Day occurs on November 11, 2023, and this National Day of Recognition was proclaimed by President Woodrow Wilson in 1919. To end the fighting of the First World War, as a prelude to peace negotiations, an agreement called the Armistice was created.  Armistice comes from two words in Latin —…

Success: Natalie’s determination and “3 of 4 program!”

Natalie started her GED® journey in South Dakota in 2017 and passed three of four GED tests, but then she got busy and put the last GED test on the back burner. Barb Unruh, Program Specialist with the South Dakota Department of Labor and Regulation, learned about a new…

Happy Thanksgiving!

Save the Date – COABE (Coalition on Adult Basic Education) conference, Mar 17 – 20, 2024 in Nashville, TN. Our GED® President Vicki Greene will lead a panel on Tuesday, Mar 19, 2024. Join us!   Happy Thanksgiving to our InSession community! We are thankful for all you do in…

Black Friday GED+™ Promotion

Black Friday GED+™ Promotion Learners can save on the GED+ Study tool during our upcoming sale.   4 Days of Deals From Friday 11/24 to Monday 11/27, save $75 on the 4-subject bundle or get $15 off a single subject purchase when you buy GED+…

Momentum!

As we recently started the last quarter of the year, we wanted to share the momentum powered by our successful GED® Annual Conference last July with 500 participants. Since then, our entire GED Testing Service team has continued engaging with adult learning communities in diverse settings and through media, and…