Ko te GED Testing paetukutuku i tēnei wā e kore e tohutoro ki te whakamātautau rite tetahi mea, engari "GED".Ko te Kaunihera American i runga i Education (ACE), i roto i Washington, DC (U.S.), e nona te GED waitohu, i hanga te kupu tuatahi ki te tautuhi i "tātari o whanaketanga ōrite whānui" e ine i te pūkenga i roto i te pūtaiao, pāngarau, ako pāpori, pānui, me te tuhituhi. E whakarato ana te GED whakamātautau he rōpū o wha kaupapa whakamātautau e, ina paahitia, whakarato tiwhikete e te kaitono whakamātautau kua United States ranei Canadian taumata kura tiketike-tauākanga mātauranga pūkenga mātauranga. Ko te kē ki te US tohu kura tiketike, HiSET me TASC whakamātautau. Ko te GED Testing paetukutuku i teie nei e kore e tohutoro ki te whakamātautau rite tetahi mea engari "GED".
Ngā whakamātautau whanaketanga mātauranga whānui (GED)