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GED Tests:
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Description
of GED Test Sections
Language Arts Writing
This test has two parts.
The first part includes a test of editing sentences. The student is
required to read passages, find errors or unclear writing, and figure
out the best way to fix them. The three types of passages include
business documents, “how to” pieces, and informational texts. The test
has 50 multiple choice questions covering four major content areas
including:
Organization
of paragraphs
Sentence structure
Usage—correct word choice
Mechanics—spelling, capitalization, &
punctuation
The second part of the
Writing test requires the student to write an essay. The Essay Test
provides the student with a topic of common, general interest and asks
them to write a 250 word expository essay to analyze and explain
the topic. The essay is scored based on the overall impression it
received from two trained essay readers. The essay will receive a score
on one of four levels: effective (4), adequate (3), marginal (2) and
inadequate (1). You can not pass the writing test if you score lower
than 2 on the essay.
Language Arts Reading Test
This test includes 40
multiple choice questions linked to 200 to 400 word passages. Thirty of
the questions are based on fiction, poetry, and drama. 10 of the items
cover nonfiction works. Examples of nonfiction documents include
biographies, autobiographies, essays, newspaper articles, magazine
articles, speeches, film reviews, business documents such as memos,
handbooks, and manuals. The student is asked to read the passages and
chose the correct response.
Social Studies Test
This test
includes 50 multiple choice questions based on documents, brief reading
passages, graphics, charts, graphs, maps, photographs, and editorial
cartoons. The following breakdown shows the content areas covered:
US History
25% (from Native Americans to the Present)
World History 15% (From ancient times to the present)
Economics 20% (types of economic systems and supply and demand)
Civics and Government 25% (how state, federal, and local governments
work and the role of the citizen in the nation)
Geography 15% (Peoples, regions, and natural resources)
20% of the
items are comprehension questions, requiring the student to understand
what you read and see in graphics. 20% are application questions,
requiring that you use the information you are given in a new
situation. 40% of the questions are analysis items, requiring you to
figure out relationships among ideas. The final 205 of the questions
are evaluation items, requiring that you make judgments about the
information you are given. Bar graphs, line graphs, maps, and editorial
cartoons are typical items required for the student to interpret.
Science Test
The science test includes
50 multiple choice questions based on reading passages, tables and
charts, bar graphs, line graphs, circle graphs, and diagrams. Content
covered includes 45% life science such as evolution, cells, genetics,
organisms, and ecosystems. 20% of the test includes earth and space
science such as the universe, solar system, earth issues, and
environmental/people interactions. The final 35% of the test includes
physical science areas of physics and chemistry. The test requires the
same thinking skills as the social studies test.
Mathematics Test
This test
includes 50 Questions; 25 of which can be answered using the Casio FX
260 solar calculator. The remaining 25 questions can not be answered
with a calculator. Many questions can be solved with mental math &
estimation. Approximately one-half of the questions require you to use
some type of graphic. The following content area breakdown applies to
the math test:
Number Operations and Number Sense (20-30 %)
Solving problems using whole numbers, fractions, decimals, signed
numbers, ratio, proportion, and percent.
Measurement
and Geometry (20-30 %)
Applying the metric and English system of measurement, finding the
measure of angles, and finding the perimeter, area, and volume of
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