Editing General Educational Development (section)

==Passing the GED testing battery==
Possible scores on each test (4) within the GED battery range from a minimum of 100 to a maximum of 200.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gedtestingservice.com/educators/2014test|title=GED®: Get Your GED – Classes, Online Practice Test, Study Guides, More|website=GED}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=April 2023}} A score of 200 on an individual test puts the student in the top 1% of graduating high school seniors. ACE issues recommendations for what constitutes a minimum passing score for any given sub-test (currently 145) and for the test as a whole (currently 580—i.e., an average of 145 per test across all four sub-tests). Although most GED-issuing jurisdictions (for the most part, Boards of Education of U.S. states) adopt these minimum standards as their own, a jurisdiction may choose to establish higher standards for issuance of the certificate. Many jurisdictions award [[honors student|honors]]-level equivalency diplomas to students who meet certain criteria higher than those for a standard diploma in a given jurisdiction.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://everydaylife.globalpost.com/honors-ged-3192.html|title=What Is an Honors GED?|website=Everyday Life – Global Post|access-date=2016-03-19}}</ref> Some districts hold [[graduation]] ceremonies for GED tests passers and/or award [[scholarship]]s to the highest scorers. The GED test pass rate for all takers is almost 60%.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Colleges that admit based upon high school grades may require a minimum score on the GED test in order to admit students based upon the test. For example, [[Arizona State University]] requires an average sub-test score of {{clarify|text=500|reason=if subtests have scores between 100 and 200 as stated in the previous paragraph, how is this possible?|date=April 2023}} in addition to the certificate.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mesacc.edu/students/testing/ged.html|title=Testing Services – Mesa Community College|website=mesacc.edu}}</ref>

If a student passes one or more, but not all four, tests within the battery, he or she only needs to retake the test(s) not passed. Most places limit the number of times students may take each individual test within a year.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} A student may encounter a waiting period before being allowed to retake a failed test.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}} Tests must be completed by the expiration date, which is generally every two years on the last day of the year.{{clarify|date=April 2023}}{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

The GED test is available in many countries around the world. Since 2015, the GED test has become popular in African countries including South Africa and Namibia.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Many government institutions and universities regard the GED test credential as the same as a high school diploma with respect to program eligibility and as a prerequisite for admissions. The [[U.S. military]], however, has higher requirements in admissions for GED test takers to compensate for their lack of a traditional high school diploma.<ref name=Military>{{cite web|url=http://www.us-army-info.com/pages/enlist.html#ged |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040413004115/http://us-army-info.com/pages/enlist.html#ged |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 13, 2004 |title=Joining the Army |access-date=September 15, 2009 }}</ref> 

The test is administered to a representative sample of graduating high-school seniors each year, about 30% of whom fail the test.<ref>Martz, Geoff. "Cracking the GED: 2002 Edition" (2001). pg 7. New York: Princeton Review Publishing, L.L.C. {{ISBN|0-375-76193-4}}</ref>