GED testing gets technology upgrade

XENIA, Ohio (WDTN) - The Greene County Career Center announced a partnership with GED Testing Service to offer the GED test on computer in a commitment to provide more adult learners throughout the region with a high school credential.

Registration and scheduling was made available for this simple process on Monday with testing planned to begin on October 2, 2012. The Greene County Career Center will be one of only a five sites in Ohio offering the computer-based testing and the only one in southwest Ohio.

The GED test on computer is the same test content currently offered on paper. Its accompanying systems will provide an array of new benefits for both Greene County Career Center and GED test-takers. According to the Greene County Career Center, some of the initial benefits include: One-stop online registration and scheduling available 24/7; flexible testing appointments for test-takers; instant test scores on 4 of 5 content areas; an introduction of basic keyboarding and computer skills; enhanced test security.

Offering GED testing on computer also has an important role in increasing accessibility and flexibility for test-takers, since a double-digit increase in the number of GED test-takers is expected by 2013. A new GED assessment is scheduled to be released in January of 2014, and a significant number of adults who haven't taken or passed all five content areas will want to test before their scores expire at the end of 2013.

For more information about GED testing on computer please visit:  www.GEDtestingservice.com