The high school equivalency exam is expected to get harder and potentially more expensive. Every year, about 700,000 students takes the G.E.D and about 70 percent of them pass this test. This potential change of the test concerns many people because the new test is expected to have more advanced algebra, and higher-order of critical thinking skills. This change of the test will affect many people because it will most likely send more people away from this test. Many people do not take the test because they do not believe that they will pass so this change of the test will result in less participation of the test and less passing rate. New testing developers are expected to offer high school exams as well. 40 states plan to offer the new GED test while 7 other states plan to offer the Educational Testing Service exam. New York and Indiana have selected McGraw Hill over the other two tests. The new GED is expected to help see if the people who pass the test is ready for college or not. Across the country, a third of those who pass went to college but had trouble keeping with college-level work. A lot of centers that teach GED say that the GED did not help students prepare for college
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