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GED Testing ServicesGED Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana in Sellersburg is a State G.E.D. testing center. The test battery consists of five sections and the questions range in difficulty from easy to hard and cover a wide range of subjects. The test is timed and completion of the test will take approximately seven hours. You must call for an appointment to test. Contact Jackie Baker at 812.246.3301, Extension 4156 or email to ebaker @ivytech.edu.

Eligibility Requirements
You are eligible to take the G.E.D. test:
•if you have not graduated from an accredited high school
•if you have not previously earned scores sufficient to qualify for a high school equivalency credential
•if you are at least seventeen years of age and have withdrawn from all forms of high school.

Testing Fee
The fee for the GED test is currently $60 and is payable the first day the examinee reports to take the test. If an examinee is required to retest over the GED the retest fee is $12 per individual section. Payment may be made in the following forms: cash, credit card, money order, agency voucher, or GED-on-TV voucher. Personal checks will not be accepted.

Preregistration
Preregistration is required before the test date.At registration you will fill out the demographic booklet, information sheet, and have your ID's copied. You must make an appointment for preregistration. Contact Jackie Baker at 812.246.3301, Extension 4156 or email to ebaker @ivytech.edu.


Testing Schedule
The GED test is administered each Wednesday from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 P.M. and Thursday from 12:00 noon up to 5:00 P.M. The test takes approximately seven hours. We recommend that you take the test in at least two sessions.

Requirements for Applicants over the age of 17
All applicants must have resided in Indiana a minimum of 30 days immediately proceeding the date of testing and documentation must be presented at the time of testing. All examinees must present three forms of identification, which will be photocopied; one form must be current photo identification such as a driver's license, state identification card, school card, or current passport. The photo identification must be shown each day of testing. The other two forms of identification may be a social security card, birth certificate, car registration, medical or automobile insurance card, library card, hunting and fishing license, payroll stub, or a current utility bill.

Requirements for Applicants 17 years of age
Seventeen-year-olds must no longer be subject to Indiana compulsory school attendance. The necessary evidence of this is documentation that the individual has completed the Exit Interview Process already in place in the high schools. The exit interview documentation from the high school will include signatures by the student's parent or guardian, the student, and the head principal's signature. (Note: an assistant principal or counselor may not sign for the principal. In addition, all seventeen year olds must pass a pre-GED test before taking the GED test. A seventeen year old must present to the testing center a signed exit form from the high school, the scores of a passed pre-GED test, and three forms of identification (see above).

Time Limit
A GED examinee has 35 days to complete the testing. In the state of Indiana an incomplete test is not scored. If the test battery is not finished within the allowed 35 days, the examinee loses all test work completed and must take the complete battery over and pay the testing fee again.

The GED testing information provided here is only a guide to requirements for testing at the date of publication and is subject to change.

Get additional information on the Ivy Tech Testing Center by calling 246.3301 (ext 4156) or 1.800.321.9021. Email at ebaker@ivytech.edu.

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