Tennessee High School Equivalency Exams can now be taken Online
June 24, 2020
Nashville, TN – Tennesseans working to obtain a high school equivalency diploma can now take their exams at home via a new online program, HiSET Exam at Home.
This program makes the test accessible to adult learners while many testing centers are closed due to COVID-19 Coronavirus.
Tennesseans seeking a high school equivalence diploma can now take exams at home
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam Opens Tennessee Volunteer ChalleNGe Academy
July 8, 2017
Alternative residential program operated by the Tennessee National Guard
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has officially opened the Tennessee Volunteer ChalleNGe Academy, an alternative residential program operated by the Tennessee National Guard that offers youth between ages 16-18 who have dropped out of school a chance to earn a high school equivalency diploma outside of a traditional school setting.
The academy is housed at the site of the former Woodland Hills Youth Development Center in Nashville where Haslam was joined Friday by Deputy Governor Jim Henry and Major General Max Haston for a ribbon cutting ceremony. The first class of approximately 100 cadets is set to begin July 9th, 2017.
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.
Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development reports GED® Revision at End of Year Prompts Rush to Test Centers
June 3, 2013
Partial Completers Risk Having To Start Over In 2014
Nashville, TN – Tennesseans who have not taken the GED® high school equivalency test or who have passed some but not all parts of the GED® have only the remainder of 2013 to earn their high school credential under the current test structure, Tennessee Labor & Workforce Development Acting Commissioner Burns Phillips announced.
Beginning January 1st, 2014, partial test scores will be invalid and will not transfer to the new high school equivalency test.
Tennesseans have between now and the end of the year to complete GED® partial tests.
