Kentuckians who have not finished their GED exams will have to take all four parts of the test over when the test is updated in January.
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It’s the first time in nearly a decade the GED Testing Service has updated the exam, which is taken to earn the equivalent of a high school diploma.The last date to have completed the test before the update was Dec. 18.
The new test will be administered by computer, which isn't expected to detour test-takers, says Jacqueline Korengel, Kentucky’s GED state administrator.
“The first person who took the computer based test here in Kentucky was actually 63 years old. So I think that the technical abilities that are necessary are pretty prevalent throughout the population," she says.
Korengel says the new test will double in cost to $120. Kentucky officials have not yet decided whether the state will offer free testing days like in the past.
Anyone taking the test in Kentucky must take a free practice exam, which is why Kentucky's passage rate is around 80 percent, higher than the national average.
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