The General Educational Development (GED) Tests are a sequence of exams designed to determine whether a student has the educational skills of a standard high school graduate. The GED Tests are always given in person at one of the testing centers in Maryland (see list of MD GED testing sites at bottom of page). People who have not received a high school diploma are candidates for the Maryland GED tests.
Maryland GED Administrator
Perketer Tucker
GED Administrator
Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing & Regulation
1100 North Eutaw St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Phone: (410) 767-0538
Fax: (410) 767-0069
Toll-Free Hotline: (888) 464-3346
Maryland GED Exam Overview
The GED Examinations consist of 1 written essay and five subject area examinations. The subject area examinations contain a total of 240 multiple option questions. MD students are given a total of 425 minutes to complete the entire examination. More detailed tricks on the exams are given out below.
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Maryland GED Exam Areas
GED Test Area: Language Arts, Writing, Part I
Time: 75 minutes
Number of Questions: 50
Free GED Language Arts Practice Test
Assesses a student’s capacity to revise and edit workplace and informational documents. Covers areas such as: usage, organization, mechanics, and sentence structure.
GED Test Area Language Arts, Writing, Part II
Time: 45 minutes
Number of Questions: 1 essay
Measures the student’s ability to write down an essay that informs, clarifies or explains. Topics don't require specialized data as they are general in nature.
GED Test Area: Social Studies
Time: 70 minutes
Number of Questions: 50
Free GED Social Studies Practice Test
Measures a student’s knowledge of economics, major history, civics concepts, and geography. Topics include: U.S. History, Geography, Civics and Government, Economics, and World History.
GED Test Area: Science
Time: 80 minutes
Number of Questions: 50
Free GED Science Practice Test
Evaluates a student’s ability in understanding the key ideas in physical sciences. Topics include: Earth and Space Science, Life Science and Physical Science.
GED Test Area: Language Arts, Reading
Time: 65 minutes
Number of Questions: 40
Free GED Language Arts Reading Practice Test
Measures a student’s reading comprehension. Students are administered a number of passages and use their referring and reasoning expertise to: find important details, determine essential ideas, find out sequences of events and make comparisons. Evaluates a student’s ability to grasp, apply, analyze and synthesize information.
GED Test Area: Mathematics
Time: 90 minutes
Number of Questions: 50
Free GED Math Practice Test
Covers primary mathematical skills that are expected for a high school graduate. Students are be evaluated on: algebra, functions and patterns; number operation and number sense; geometry and measurement; and data analysis, statistics, and probability.
Maryland Test Facilities
Allegany County
Allegany College of Maryland
12401 Willowbrook Rd., SE
Center for Continuing Education
Cumberland MD 21502
Anne Arundel
Center of Applied Technology – North
800 Stevenson Road, Cafeteria
Severn, MD 21144
Baltimore City
BCCC Liberty Campus
Liberty Heights Ave. Main New Building, 3rd Floor
Baltimore, MD 21215
710 E Lombard St
Baltimore, MD 21202
Workforce Technology Ctr
2301 Argonne Dr.
Baltimore, MD 21218
Dept. of Labor, Licensing and Regulation
1100 N. Eutaw St.
Baltimore MD 21201
Baltimore County
Community College of Baltimore County – Essex
Campus
7201 Rossville Blvd.
Building L
Baltimore, MD 21237
CCBCounty – Catonsville Campus
800 S. Rolling Road
Building E
Baltimore, MD 21228
CCBC – Dundalk Campus
7200 Sollers Point Rd.
Center for Bus. & Industry
Baltimore, MD 21222
Carroll County
Westminster Sr. High School
1225 Washington Road
Westminster, MD 21157
Cecil County
Cecil Community College
One Seahawk Dr., Technology Center
North East, MD 21901
Charles County
Lifelong Learning Center
12300 Vivian Adams Drive
Waldorf, MD 20601
Frederick County
Frederick Community College
7932 Opossumtown Pike, Academic Bldg B, 2nd Fl.
Frederick MD 21702
Garrett County
Garrett College
Continuing Education Building
687 Mosser Rd
McHenry, MD 21541
Harford County
Harford Community College
Chesapeake Center.
401 Thomas Run Road
Bel Air, MD 21015
Montgomery County
Montgomery College
S. Campus Instructional Bldg.
51 Manakee Street, 2nd Floor
Rockville, MD 20850
Prince George’s County
Parkdale High School
6001 Good Luck Rd
Riverdale, MD 20737
Queen Anne’s County
Chesapeake College
Economic Devevelopment Center
Rt. 50 at 213, Wye Mills 21679
St. Mary’s County
Southern MD Higher Education Center
44219 Airport Road
California, MD 20619
Washington County
Hagerstown Community College
11400 Robinwood Dr.
Adv. Tech.Center, 1st Floor
Hagerstown, MD 21742
Wicomico County
Salisbury University
1101 Camden Ave.
Henson Hall
Salisbury, MD 21801
