Family & Community Adult Education
General Educational Development (GED)

Verifying a GED

Obtaining Verification on Your GED

Letter of Certification

This is the procedure to follow to obtain verification that you have received a Massachusetts High School Equivalency Diploma (GED): (We do not issue duplicate diplomas or copies of GEDs) Please note in Massachusetts GED Transcripts do not indicate receiving a GED certificate/diploma only that the five tests were taken and passed. You must obtain the "Letter of Certification" for verification of your GED status if you no longer have your actual GED certificate/diploma.

1. Send a letter of request including all this information -

   • Name tested under,
   • SSN,
   • Date of birth,
   • Where tested,
   • Approximate date tested.

2. Include a $2 money order (no cash or personal checks!) made out to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (there is a $2 charge for each Letter of Certification)

3. Put your current address and telephone number

4. If you want the Letter of Certification sent to somewhere other then your address - include that address also - be a specific as possible especially in regards to colleges.

5. Sign the request and send it to the following address:

   Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
   GED Processing
   75 Pleasant Street
   Malden, MA 02148-9120

Once a request is received the turn around time is approximately five to seven business days.

Telephone # 781-338-6625 if you need to talk with someone in the GED Office.
To obtain a copy of your scores you need to contact the Test Center where you tested. Please see our GED website for addresses and phone numbers of the test centers.