How GED scoring works, and the calculator you can use

What your score means

Getting your scores

Scores are usually posted on GED.com within 24 hours, and you get an email when they’re ready. It can take 2 to 3 business days. You get a separate score report for each subject.

Once you pass a subject, GED Testing Service says the score doesn’t expire. Your state can set its own rule, though, so check if you’re picking up after a long break.

If you don’t pass a subject

You only retake the subject you didn’t pass. At a test center, you can retake it twice with no waiting. After three tries, you wait 60 days between attempts. Online, you can retake once right away, then wait 60 days.

You can’t retake a subject you’ve passed just to get a higher score online. That’s only allowed at a test center, with GED Testing Service’s approval.

The GED calculator

It’s worth practicing on the TI-30XS before test day, either with the real calculator or an online version, so you know where the fraction and exponent keys are.

• Math part 2, Science and Social Studies have an on-screen TI-30XS calculator and a calculator reference sheet.
• Math part 1 is short (about 5 questions) and has no calculator.
• Language Arts doesn’t use a calculator.
• At a test center you may bring your own calculator, but it must be a TI-30XS Multiview Scientific.
• Online, you can only use the on-screen calculator.

Checking if you’re ready

GED Ready, the official practice test, gives you a score on the same scale. 145 to 200 is “Likely to Pass,” 134 to 144 is “Too Close to Call,” and 100 to 133 is “Not Likely to Pass.” For an online test, you need “Likely to Pass” within the last 60 days.