Passage: The General Education Development (GED) imtixaanada waa koox ka kooban afar imtixaan oo maadooyinka kuwaas oo, marka gudbay, waxay bixiyaan shahaado in imtixaanka qaata uu leeyahay Mareykanka ama Canadian dugsiga sare-heer xirfadaha tacliinta. Waa bedel ah ee US shahaadada dugsiga sare, HiSET iyo TASC imtixaanka. The GED Testing website hadda ma tixraac imtixaanka sida wax laakiin "GED".The American Council on Education (ACE), ee Washington, DC (U.S.), taas oo leh GED calaamad ganacsi, abuurtay initialism in la aqoonsado "imtixaanka horumarinta sinnaanta guud" in cabbirka aqoonta cilmiga, xisaabta, cilmiga bulshada, akhriska, iyo qorista. Gudbinta imtixaanka GED siinayaa kuwa aan dhamaystirin dugsiga sare, ama aan buuxin shuruudaha dugsiga sare, fursad ay ku kasban isku midka ah dugsiga sare aqoonta, sidoo kale loo yaqaan imtixaanka dugsiga sare ee Mareykanka, HiSET iyo TASC imtixaanka sare iyo imtixaanka sare
Imtixaanka Horumarinta Waxbarashada Guud (GED)