General Education Development (GED)
General Education Development (GED)
South Puget Sound Community College is an official General Education Development (GED) Testing Center. The GED certificate is available for adults who have not completed high school. The college offers classes to help students prepare for the GED test. For details, see below.
South Puget Sound Community College administers General Education Development tests under contract with the GED Testing Service of the American Council on Education.
To obtain a GED Certificate, students are required to earn satisfactory scores on the following tests: Writing Skills, Social Studies, Science, Reading, and Mathematics.
GED testing, offered weekly, is available to anyone over 16 who has not completed a high school diploma. Contact the Testing Center at 596-5770 for more information about the GED Tests. You may also email the Testing Center at .
GED Classes, for GED Test Preparation
GED classes are designed to improve basic language arts, math, science, social studies, and literature interpretation skills, in preparation for taking the series of five official GED tests. Classes are offered in the daytime and evening at the main campus in Olympia and in the afternoon at the Hawks Prairie Center in Lacey.
GED classes cost $25 per quarter.
*If you are under the age of 18, you must bring a completed High School Release form or an Approval to Test form, signed by a school official and parent/guardian. You can pick up this form at any local high school, at the high school's district office, or South Puget Sound Community College's Information Center in building 25
How to Register for a GED Class
If you are new, or returning to the program after more than six months, you must take an Entry Test to register for classes.
- Entry tests will be given in the college Testing Center: portable M1 (next to B. 26)
- Testing will start approximately one month before the beginning of each quarter and will end the first week of the quarter.
- Entry testing is offered at the following drop in times:
Mondays between 8 am and 3 pm
Tuesdays between 8 am and 6 pm
Location
Test sessions are held on SPSCC's Main Campus, 2011 Mottman Road SW, Olympia. Here you can find Directions to the campus and our campus map.
Other Important Information:
Children are not allowed in the test sessions or in any GED classes.
The tests students take during these sessions are not GED practice tests. They help place students in correct classes and are required for enrollment.
Other Important Information:
Children are not allowed in the test sessions or in any GED classes.
Students who need disability accommodations should contact Disability Support Services in Bldg. 27.
Disability Support Services:
Information: (360) 596-5934, appointments (360) 596-5306.