The Center for Public Policy Priorities has just issued a report, “The Texas GED Problem Is Getting Worse,” chronicling the steady decline in GED test takers in Texas over the last five years: https://forabettertexas.org/images/2018_EO_GEDproblem_FullReport.pdf <https://forabettertexas.org/images/2018_EO_GEDproblem_FullReport.pdf> Some news coverage here: http://www.expressnews.com/news/education/article/Number-of-Texans-getting-GED-is-falling-fast-12482970.php http://www.mystatesman.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/why-the-number-ged-test-takers-declining-texas/05FrOLri93sB5ljXj8BRuI/ Jeff Jeff Carter Cell: (202) 374-4387 | @jeffcrtr Senior Policy Advisor National Coalition for Literacy www.national-coalition-literacy.org <http://www.national-coalition-literacy.org/> jcarter@literacypolicy.org <mailto:jcarter@literacypolicy.org> President, Committee for Education Funding Executive Director Physicians for Social Responsibility 1111 14th St, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 www.psr.org <http://www.psr.org/> | jcarter@psr.org <mailto:jcarter@psr.org>