GED Requirements
Title of state credential:
State of Alaska High School Diploma By Examination.
Requirements for issuance of diploma:
Minimum test scores for the 2014 GED Test Series: standard score of 145 on each of the four tests.
Minimum age:
Applicants who are at least eighteen (18) years of age and have not received a high school diploma, or high school equivalency certificate may test. Before testing is allowed, applicants who are sixteen or seventeen (16-17) years of age must present a withdrawal slip from the last school attended in Alaska. Applicants must also submit legal emancipation documentation or written permission from a parent or guardian to take the tests. Documentation is to be presented to the AAE Regional Program nearest to applicant’s residence. Please see list to the right under Quick Links for the AAE Directory.
Residence:
Examinees must be physically present in the state to test. A resident of the State of Alaska who is temporarily residing out of the state may receive a diploma after submitting, to the Alaska State GED Office, a transcript issued by GED Testing Service, the armed forces, a federal Veteran's Administration (VA) Hospital, or a federal correctional institution.
Requirements for re-testing:
If an examinee fails any subject-area of the GED test, it is possible to take it again without any waiting periods. The examinee may take each content up to three times. After the third attempt, there is a mandatory 60-day wait time, after their last attempt, before they can test again. Each subsequent retest is preceded by an additional 60-day waiting period.
Transcript and diploma requests
Contact: Phone (907) 465-4685 Email ak.adult.ed@alaska.gov
Official transcripts:
Test scores are accepted as official only when reported directly by:
- Official GED Testing Centers;
- Transcript Service of Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES);
- Veterans Administration hospitals and centers; and
- The GED Testing Service
Issuance of diploma:
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development (DOLWD) will issue the transcript and diploma upon completion of GED testing.
Issuance of duplicate transcripts and/or diploma:
The Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development will issue a duplicate transcript to the GED examinee for no charge when requested by the examinee directly to the state GED program office.
Duplicate diplomas are available to the GED graduate for $10 when requested at the state GED Program office.
Fees:
- GEDTS establishes the cost to the examinee to take the test. Information available at www.ged.com
- Issuance of diploma: No fee for initial diploma.
- Re-issuance of diploma: $10.
- Duplicate Transcript: No fee for examinee requesting transcript directly from the state GED office.
