For many people, the General Education Development tests offer a second chance to get the educational credit they need to start a career or go to college.The Gainesville/Hall County Alliance for Literacy is encouraging anyone who may have started the test but has not yet completed their GED exams to make preparations to complete them as soon as possible.The current test is comprised of five subject areas: math, social studies, science, reading and writing.On Jan. 2, 2014, the GED test will change completely. Instead of five subject areas, the test will be reduced to four. Essay questions will be embedded in the other sections, eliminating the previous writing section.Armando Diaz, a spokesman for the GED Testing Service, said the new test will be more in line with the common core performance standards adopted by most states, including Georgia.The GED tests will be performed entirely on computers rather than with pencil and paper as they have been since they began in 1942.