Offered: Date Time Location Deadline Oct 16, 2008 7:45 AM - 5 PM Garnett Library Oct 15, 2008 Nov 20, 2008 7:45 AM - 5 PM Garnett Library Nov 19, 2008 Dec 18, 2008 7:45 AM - 5 PM Garnett Library Dec 17, 2008 Feb 19, 2009 7:45 AM - 5 PM Garnett Library Feb 18, 2009 Mar 19, 2009 7:45 AM - 5 PM Garnett Library Mar 18, 2009 Apr 16, 2009 7:45 AM - 5 PM Garnett Library Apr 15, 2009 May 21, 2009 7:45 AM - 5 PM Garnett Library May 20, 2009

Fees: Total $40 $20 State of Missouri authorization fee $20 Missouri State - West Plains non-refundable testing fee Audience: Persons who do not have a high school diploma

How To Register with the State of Missouri:

You must first pick up an application (we have them at our office, or you can go to any GED testing center), fill it out, and send it along with an $20.00 application fee to the Missouri Department of Education.

When you receive your Authorization to Test, you may register for a test date in one of two ways:

How To Register for a Test Date in Person:

You must register at least one day prior to the test date.

Bring the following to the SAAS Office in Garnett Library.  
1. The $20.00 testing fee in cash or money order.
2. Your Authorization to Test, your current address, your phone number.

How To Register for a Test Date by Mail:

When registering by mail, you must allow time for the SAAS Office to receive and process the information at least 48 hours before the test date.

Mail a money order payable to Missouri State University-West Plains for $20.00 to SAAS, Missouri State University, 128 Garfield Ave., West Plains, MO 65775.

Include the following information:  
1. Name
2. Current address
3. Phone number where you can be reached
4. Date you want to take the test
5. Photocopy of your Authorization to Test (do not send the original)

Indicate whether you want SAAS to mail your receipt and Information/Admission sheet or whether you will pick them up the day of the test.

Other:

On the date of the test you must bring the following items to be admitted, no exceptions:

• Two number 2 pencils;
• Missouri Driver's Licenses or Non-Driver ID;
• Original State of Missouri Authorization to Test;
• Admission receipt/information sheet (testing center may be holding these); and
• First-time testers: Completed GED Office demographics paperwork available from your local the Adult Basic Education center.

Focus:

The General Educational Development (GED) Test measures the essential academic skills and concepts of a traditional high school education. A GED graduate has demonstrated higher-order thinking by passing a rigorous seven and a half hour battery of tests in the core high school curriculum areas of writing, social studies, science, literature and the arts, and mathematics. These tests measure adults' ability to understand and apply information; to evaluate, analyze, and draw conclusions; to solve problems; and to express ideas and opinions in writing.

The GED offers the opportunity to earn high school credentials. The GED program is jointly sponsored by the American Council on Education and state, provincial, and territorial departments of education.

For more information see: http://dese.mo.gov/divcareered/ged_index.htm.