The most recent statistics from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) show that in 2013, a total of 713,960 students completed the General Educational Development (GED) test, and 540,535—75.7 percent—passed the entire battery of five content area tests to earn the equivalent of a high school diploma.
An NCES report, Trends in High School Dropout and Completion Rates in the United States: 2018, shows that the state with the highest pass rate for the test was Iowa, where 98.4 percent of those who completed the test earned a passing mark.
The report says that 816,213 people 16 or older took the GED in 2013. About 87 percent of those completed all five content area tests.
Here are the 10 states that had the highest pass rates on the GED.
Takwimu za hivi karibuni kutoka Kituo cha Taifa cha Takwimu za Elimu (NCES) zinaonyesha kuwa mnamo 2013, jumla ya wanafunzi 713,960 walikamilisha mtihani wa Maendeleo ya Elimu ya Jumla (GED), na 540,535 (75%) walipita mtihani mzima wa vipimo vitano vya eneo la yaliyomo ili kupata sawa na diploma ya shule ya sekondari. Ripoti ya NCES, Mwelekeo wa viwango vya kuacha shule ya sekondari na kukamilisha katika Marekani: 2018, inaonyesha kuwa jimbo lenye kiwango cha juu cha kupitisha mtihani huo lilikuwa Iowa, ambapo asilimia 98.4 ya wale waliokamilisha mtihani walipata alama ya kupitisha. Kwa mujibu wa ripoti hiyo, watu 816 213 waliohitimu GED mwaka 2013. Zaidi ya asilimia 87 ya watu waliokamilisha vipimo vyote vitano vya eneo la maudhui. Hizi ndizo nchi 10 zilizo na viwango vya juu zaidi vya kupitisha GED