Delaware GED Test Programs
Fran Tracy-Mumford, Ph.D.
Director, Adult Education
Department of Education
J. G. Townsend Building
P.O. Box 1402
Dover, DE 19903
(302) 739-3743
Delaware GED Information
The Delaware General Educational Development (GED) Endorsement is given to persons who satisfactorily pass the General Educational Development (GED) Test.
To be eligible to take the GED Test an applicant shall:
- Be a resident of Delaware or if a resident of another state work in the state for at least one year.
- Have withdrawn from a regular high school program.
- Be 18 years of age or older, or be 16 or 17 years of age and meet the following requirements:
- Be a resident of the State of Delaware.
- Be officially withdrawn from a regular high school program.
- Be at least 16 years of age at the time of application for a waiver.
- Make written application to Adult Education at the Delaware Department of Education showing good cause for taking the test and designating where the test will be taken.
- Provide verification of withdrawal from high school and a copy of the GED practice scores.
- Pass the Official GED Practice Test with a score of 2450 or better and not less than 470 on each of the 5 sub-test areas.
- An individual shall have a standard score of not less than 410 on each of the five tests with an average standard score of not less than 450 for all five tests and a total standard score of not less than 2250 in order to be issued a GED Endorsement. Forty-five days must lapse prior to re-testing and instruction is recommended before re-testing.
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