The HiSET exam is offered online and on paper, said Chris Cannon, labor department spokesman. The testing fee is $75, less expensive than the $120 required for the GED.

The online exams are identical to HiSET exams taken in physical testing centers in terms of content, format, on-screen experience and scoring.

Every county in Tennessee offers students virtual classes that will prepare them to take the online HiSET exam.

The HiSET is an alternative to the GED and high school diploma. The test can cost as much as $143 per test depending on whether it is taken online or in person. Meanwhile, the GED – which has ...

The maximum was 15 a month due to the number of booklets they received. But with online registration and a new test, Thevenot said, the school system can offer the HiSET more than once a month.

After 40 frustrating minutes of trying to launch the HiSET test for the test-takers who had driven great distances and waited patiently, Michelle Voto apologized for the technical difficulties and ...

Adults in Pennsylvania seeking a high school equivalency degree now have two options, and local educators say that’s good news.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education announced Thursday that the state will now cover the cost of GED and HiSET tests for Massachusetts residents.

The department announced last week it had selected the HiSET exam owned by ETS, a nonprofit testing service based in Princeton, N.J. Beginning in January 2014, adult learners will be given the ...

Last year, 95.9 percent of Iowans seeking a high school equivalency diploma passed the HiSET exam compared with 80.5 percent nationally.

HAMILTON, Mont. - Adult literacy programs in Montana are working through growing pains of a new test that measures high school equivalency. It used to be the GED. But in January, it became the HiSET.