{"id":10715,"date":"2012-07-24T12:15:29","date_gmt":"2012-07-24T16:15:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?p=10715"},"modified":"2012-07-24T11:57:17","modified_gmt":"2012-07-24T15:57:17","slug":"florida-ged-goes-digital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/2012\/07\/24\/florida-ged-goes-digital\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida GED Goes Digital"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_10716\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 298px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/?attachment_id=10716\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-10716\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10716\" title=\"GED\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/files\/2012\/07\/GED.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"298\" height=\"209\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-media-credit\">alnovanet\/flickr<\/p><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Students take a GED test on paper.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Florida is modernizing its alternative to a high school diploma with a <a href=\"http:\/\/ged.fldoe.org\/\">computer-based GED test<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gedtestingservice.com\/educators\/ged-test-on-computer\">GED Testing Service<\/a> is partnering with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gedtestingservice.com\/testers\/test-on-computer\">five Florida counties<\/a> to offer registration, scheduling and testing on a computer.<\/p>\n<p>The new GED is available in Alachua, Citrus, Escambia, Highlands and Walton counties.<\/p>\n<p>The goal is to make the process easier for adults earning their high school diploma.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i7lp.integral7.com\/durango\/do\/login?ownername=ged&amp;channel=ged&amp;basechannel=integral7\">Applicants can go online any time of day to register<\/a> and schedule an appointment. Users can choose from flexible appointment windows and get their test results quickly.<\/p>\n<p>The computer-based test contains the same content as the traditional test.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone who wants to take the GED online or on paper <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gedtestingservice.com\/testers\/locate-a-testing-center\">can visit GED Testing Service<\/a> and type in a zip code for a list of testing centers.<\/p>\n<p>Florida is also adding more computer-based exams to the battery of Florida Comprehensive Assessment Tests and end-of-course exams taken by K-12 students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida is modernizing its alternative to a high school diploma with a computer-based GED test. The GED Testing Service is partnering with five Florida counties to offer registration, scheduling and testing on a computer. The new GED is available in Alachua, Citrus, Escambia, Highlands and Walton counties. The goal is to make the process easier [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15],"tags":[1039,183,598],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10715"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10715\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/florida\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}