What are the requirements to pass the GED?
The standard scores for the 2002 Series GED Tests range from a minimum of 200 to a maximum of 800 on each test. The maximum score for all five GED Tests is 4,000. The average standard score for a sample of U.S. graduating high school seniors is 500 for each test in the battery (total test score = 2,500). About half of these seniors earn standard scores above 500 and about half earn standard scores below 500 on each test. About two-thirds of all U.S. high school seniors earn standard scores between 400 and 600 on a specific GED Test. Standard scores lower than 300 or higher than 700 on a specific GED Test are each achieved by only about 2 percent of graduating high school seniors. The standard score scale for the GED Tests is derived directly from the performance of graduating high school seniors. Standard scores, and the accompanying percentile ranks, provide the vehicle for comparing the performance of GED candidates to the performance of graduating high school seniors. All forms of t
