Can I Take the Tests Again?

You can rewrite one or more of the tests on which you were unsuccessful (any test on which you received a Standard Score of less than 450) at a subsequent testing session.

If you are unsuccessful in achieving the passing standard score of 450 the FIRST time, you may write a second and third time within the GED Testing Year (January-November). If you need to write a FOURTH time, you must wait until the following GED Testing Year.

The scores reported on your new Official Report of Results will be the HIGHEST scores that you have achieved and not necessarily the scores from the most recent testing. Recent scores are not reported if they are lower than your previous scores.

If you pass, but require higher scores to enter a post-secondary program or for employment purposes, you may rewrite the tests once you have received a passing score. A letter from the post-secondary institution or employer, explaining the need to rewrite plus a written request from you must be submitted to the GED Testing Service and approved by the Chief Examiner of British Columbia.

If you wish to be retested, you must submit a new application form along with the current registration fee.

NOTE:

If you have not passed all five GED tests on or before December 31, 2001 you will be required to start testing again with the new 2002 test series and rewrite all five subjects.

If you started to write the GED tests on January 1, 2002 or later, you only have to rewrite the subjects you were unsuccessful in. Until further notice, the scores from subjects that you passed will not expire after a certain time period (e.g., there is no longer a 3 year time limit for rewriting tests).

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