Examiner Resources - Policies and Procedures for Utah GED Testing

General Information

1. GED Tests administered in the state of Utah are based on Utah State Board of Education (USBE) GED Testing Rule R277-702.

2. Access to GED Tests is limited to the GED Testing State Administrator, state authorized GED examiners, and during actual testing, test-takers without a high school diploma or GED credential. Any other access to GED Tests must be approved by the GED Testing State Administrator.

3. All GED Tests administrators shall conduct GED Tests administration in strict accordance with Board rules, GEDTS procedures and guidelines specified in the GEDTS Policies and Procedures Manual, Utah State Office of Education policies and school district or institutional rules and policies.

4. Teachers, administrators and school/institutional personnel shall:

• Not provide students directly or indirectly with specific questions, answers, or other subject matter of any specific item from any official GED Tests;
• Not allow student access to any official GED testing materials, in any form, prior to the GED Tests administration with the exception of GED Tests demographic sheets;
• Not knowingly and intentionally do anything that would inappropriately affect the security, validity, or reliability of GED Tests scores of any individual GED Tests candidate or group of test candidates taking the GED Tests.

5. Violation of any of these rules may subject licensed educators to possible disciplinary action under Board Procedures: Sanctions for Educator Misconduct Board Rule R277-514.

Detailed Information

1. Title of State Credential
2. Eligibility for GED Testing
3. Registering to Take the GED Tests, Appointments to Schedule a Test Taking Time
4. Fees to Take the GED Tests
5. Forms of ID Required for Test Taking
6. GED Testing Time - Sequence of Tests Administration
7. Scoring the GED Tests
8. Passing the GED Tests
9. Retesting Requirements
10. Test Compromises
11. GED Testing Accommodations
12. Unusual Testing Situations
13. GED Certificate, Exchange, Diploma Qualifications and Processes
14. Official Transcript of GED Tests Results Transcript
15. Third Party Requests for GED Testing Records - Electronic Signatures, Phone Requests
16. Electronic Copies of GED Tests Scores - Official Transcript of GED Tests Results
17. Duplicate Utah High School Completion Diplomas
18. Authentication of GED Tests Documents/Apostille Certification
19. NRSPro.com Information
20. School District Responsibilities
21. Adult Education Students and GED Outcomes
22. GEDTS Processes
23. Other