AUSTIN (KXAN) — Math questions on the STAAR test continue to be under scrutiny, but no action was taken Wednesday by the State Board of Education. “This is their lives. This is so important to them.

For millions of Texans without high school diplomas, the test to earn a high school equivalency certificate has become harder and more expensive, the State Board of Education was told Tuesday.

Here’s a quick way to see the trend lines before and after the 2014 debut of the new GED: On the new General Educational Development exam, a passing score is 145 out of 200. In 2017, average scores ...

Betsy, left, and Gary Keep instruct a geometry lesson to this semester’s final virtual GED math class from their home in Dallas on Thursday, April 22, 2021. The Keeps are teachers with the Dallas ...