GED Test
Preparation

This is our GED Test Preparation page. If you're ready to get your GED, we're here to help! We provide tutoring in the 4 main subjects of the GED Test: Language Arts, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Please note, our GED program is only for students 18 years or older.

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A Second Chance to Reach Your Dreams

What is Literacy Lubbock's GED Program?

Our GED program enables our students to pass the 4 subjects of the GED test. To do that, Literacy Lubbock provides classes, tutors, learning materials, and other support to adults looking to get their GEDs. Essentially, we set you up for success and then you knock that test out of the park!

With a GED, students can go on to attend college or vocational school, negotiate for higher salary, or even find a better job with better benefits.

Financial stability, growth, and more opportunities await those with a GED. And we're here to offer free classes, tutors, and resources to help you get it! We want you to succeed. And we want you to feel confident in yourself. Getting a GED can help you do both!

Melinda Gonzales

Program & Volunteer Coordinator

Literacy Lubbock provides:

Flexible Schedules

Individualized Study Plans

Self-paced Tutoring

Classes Throughout Lubbock

Motivational Teachers

Are you ready to get your GED?

Enroll today

Tutoring Offered In:

Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA)

Mathematical Reasoning

Social Studies

Science

Partner Locations Include:

The Lubbock Dream Center

Mahon Library

Buckner Family Hope Center

Common Questions About the GED

The cost changes by state. For Texas, it's $36.25 per subject. There are 4 subjects, for a total of $145.00.

If you fail a subject test and retake it, the cost of the retake is $16.25. But you need to be within the retest policy to get the cheaper price. Check GED.com for the most current retest policy.

GED also offers an online GED test that students can take at home. For students in Texas wishing to take the online test, it's $42.25 per subject, or $169.00 for all four subjects. Testers must also pass a GED Ready Practice Test beforehand, which are $7.00 per subject and $28 for all 4. This brings the total cost up to $197.00.

Enrollment in Literacy Lubbock's GED program includes free GED vouchers for the practice tests.

GED test takers need to be at least 18 years old to be eligible for the test. Other requirements include:

Must be a Texas resident
Must not be enrolled in an accredited high school
Must not have an accredited high school diploma
Have a valid, government-issued photo ID

16-year-olds and 17-year-olds may be eligible to take the GED, but the TEA has stricter guidelines for them, including a parent/guardian's permission and documentation showing withdrawal from the public school system. Those requirements are more detailed, so please check in with the TEA first about eligibility before pursuing that as a option for 16 or 17-year-olds.

You can check the most current TEA (Texas Education Agency) GED Testing Requirements by visiting their website.

Visit the TEA website here.

Currently, Lubbock only has 1 GED testing site at the Lubbock Dream Center. Literacy Lubbock is currently applying to the TEA for a 2nd testing site, so hopefully we'll have another one soon.

To check available times and dates for scheduling a GED test, you must log into your GED.com account and click the Schedule Test button at the top. Select the Dream Center and you'll find a calendar with their availability.

GED.com also offers online testing with strict prerequisites:

A computer with the correct specifications
A webcam
Reliable internet
A private workspace
A government-issued ID
A Green GED Ready Score within the last 60 days

For more information about taking the GED online, visit GED.com.

The GED Test is designed to ensure all students who pass have a general understanding of ideas and concepts taught in high school. Anyone can pass it, so long as they prepare!

Here are the main subject breakdowns of the GED test:

Mathematical Reasoning
- Basic Math
- Geometry
- Basic Algebra
- Graphs and Functions
Reasoning Through Languge Arts
- Reading for Meaning
- Identifying and Creating Arguments
- Grammar and Language
Social Studies
- Reading for Meaning in Social Studies
- Analyzing Historical Events and Arguments in Social Studies
- Using Numbers and Graphs in Social Studies
Science
- Reading for Meaning in Science
- Designing and Interpreting Science Experiments
- Using Numbers and Graphics in Science

Even if you haven't been in school for a while or didn't like school, you can still pass the test! Many of our students score better on their first tests than they think they will, and you can too if you give it a try!

Reasons to Get a GED

Earn More Money

Find Better Jobs

Support Your Family

Get Independence

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Address: 1306 9th, St., Lubbock, TX 79401

We're on the 2nd floor inside Mahon Library.

Phone: (806) 775-3636

Student Coordinator:

melinda@literacylubbock.org

GED Test Preparation