The specific purpose of the General Educational Development (GED) Tests is the measurement of the educational development of adults who have not completed their formal high school education. Adults may earn a High School Equivalency Certificate and thus qualify for admission to colleges or other educational institutions, meet educational requirements for employment or promotion, satisfy educational qualifications for induction into the armed services, fulfill requirements of local or state licensing boards, or gain personal satisfaction.

Basic Information about the GED Test:

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[+] Eligibility

[+] Registering for the GED Test

[+] Cost of the Test

[+] GED Subject Tests

[-] GED Transcripts

If you have previously taken the GED test and would like to obtain a copy of your scores and/or a duplicate of your certificate, please contact the Regional Office of Education in which you tested or if tested within Cook County, contact the Cook County GED Testing Program.

For a list of Illinois Counties and the Regional Offices of Education that serve them, please click on the following link: Counties & ROEs

If you know the city but not the county in which the test was taken, you may look it up using the National Association of Counties Website: NACO.org

[+] Special Accommodations

[+] GED Examiner's Manual

[+] GED Forms