GED - WARNING ABOUT ONLINE TESTING
 
There is no way to take the official GED Tests online in the United States. Online services that advertise GED testing may offer GED preparation courses or they may issue various types of certificates or diplomas, but they CANNOT give the official GED Tests developed by the GED Testing Service. If you are considering an online high school completion program, please check with a potential college or employer to see if the credential you earn will be acceptable.

Recently I have heard from two New Hampshire residents who spent several hundred dollars to take online high school programs. The certificates they received from the online programs were not accepted—in one case by a potential employer and in the other case by a NH Community Technical College.

The following advisory was provided by the GED Testing Service:

Please be advised that the New Hampshire GED Certificate of High School Equivalency can be neither earned nor obtained via the Internet or through correspondence programs. The Tests of General Educational Development (GED Tests)--developed by the General Educational Development Testing Service of the American Council on Education (GED Testing Service)--require extensive preparation and the demonstration of a high level of high school knowledge and academic skills. The GED Tests are administered in New Hampshire only at Official GED Testing Centers under the direction of the New Hampshire Department of Education, Bureau of Adult Education. Any other high school equivalency certificate not issued by the New Hampshire Department of Education or another jurisdictional GED testing authority may be of dubious value and may not be accepted by employers, colleges and universities, or the military.

–Debbie Tasker, NH GED Administrator
Telephone 271-6699
Email dtasker@ed.state.nh.us