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More About the GED® Test*

The 2014 GED® test is a four-subject high school equivalency test that measures skills required by high schools and requested by colleges and employers. The four subjects are Science, Social Studies, Mathematical Reasoning, and Reasoning Through Language Arts. After you pass the GED® test, your diploma or credential will be issued by your state but you’ll receive a GED® transcript to apply to college, start training, or get a better job.

GED® Test Subjects

Reasoning through Language Arts    
In alignment with career and college readiness standards, the GED® RLA assessment focuses on three essential groupings of skills:
  1. The ability to read closely
  2. The ability to write clearly
  3. The ability to edit and understand the use of standard written English in context
Because the strongest predictor of career and college readiness is the ability to read and comprehend complex texts, especially nonfiction, the RLA Test includes texts from both academic and workplace contexts. These texts reflect a range of complexity levels, in terms of ideas, syntax and style. The writing tasks, or Extended Response (ER) items, require test-takers to analyze given source texts and use evidence drawn from the text(s) to support their answers.
Mathematical Reasoning   
The GED® Mathematical Reasoning Test focuses on two major content areas:
  1. Quantitative problem solving (45%)
  2. Algebraic problem solving (55%)
The contexts within which problem solving skills are measured were taken from both academic and workforce contexts. The statistics and data interpretation standards are also measured in the GED® Social Studies and Science Tests. Candidates are provided with an on-screen calculator, the Texas Instruments TI-30XS Multiview scientific calculator, for use on most of the items on the 2014 GED® Mathematics Test.†

†Athens Tech will provide a handheld TI-30XS calculator for you to use during the test.
Science   
The Science Test focuses on three major content domains:
  1. Life science (40%)
  2. Physical science (40%)
  3. Earth and space science (20%)
To measure this content at a range of levels of complexity, several different item types are used in the test, including multiple choice, short answer, drag-and-drop, hot spot, and fill-in-the-blank.
Social Studies   
The Social Studies Test focuses on four major content domains:
  1. Civics and government (50%)
  2. United States history (20%)
  3. Economics (15%)
  4. Geography and the world (15%)
To measure this content at a range of levels of complexity, several different item types are used in the test, including multiple choice, drag-and-drop, hot spot, and fill-in-the-blank. Additionally, the Social Studies Test features one extended response task that requires test-takers to analyze arguments and use evidence found within brief excerpts from primary and secondary source texts.
* Most of this information is pulled directly from the www.ged.com website. Visit this site often to get the latest and most complete information about the test.