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| GED
– General Educational Development |
The
GED test provides young adults, over 16, an opportunity
to earn a high school equivalency diploma. In order
to pass the GED test, a student must pass a series of
five tests in Writing skills, Social Studies, Science,
interpreting Literature and Arts, and Mathematics. Successfully
passing these sections demonstrates that the student
has acquired a level of learning that is comparable
to that of high school graduates.
Five separate tests make up the GED battery of tests.
Test questions range in difficulty from easy to hard,
and cover a wide range of subjects. All the questions
on four of the parts are multiple choice with five possible
answers given. Part II of the Writing Skills Tests does
require you to write an essay.
The content of these tests are as follows:
Writing Skills, Part I (60 questions, 75 minutes)
15% Organization
30% Sentence Structure
30% Usage
25% Mechanics
Writing Skills, Part II (45 minutes)
Essay
Social Studies (50 questions, 70 minutes)
15% History
30% Geography
30% Civics and Government
25% Economics
Science (60 questions, 80 minutes)
45% Life Science
20% Earth and Space Science
35% Physical Sciences
Language Arts, Reading (60 questions, 60 minutes)
20% Comprehension
15% Application
30-35% Analysis
30-35% Synthesis
Mathematics (50 questions, 90 minutes)
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Procedural |
Conceptual |
Applications/Modeling/
Problem Solving |
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Operations |
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content area will account for 20% to 30%
of the entire test; approximately 20% will
be in the Procedural domain, approximately
30% will be in the Conceptual domain, and
50% will be in the Applications/ Modeling/Problem
Solving domain |
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Tests are scored from 200 to 800 points
A minimum standard score of 410 is necessary to pass
each individual exam, and an average standard score
of 450 is required to pass the full battery. However,
for admission into highly ranked colleges, a score of
650 plus is suggested.
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