What are the GED Tests
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The
Tests of General Educational Development (GED Tests), are developed by the
General Educational Development Testing Service (GEDTS) of the American
Council on Education. The GED Tests are designed to provide an opportunity
for adults who have not graduated from high school to earn a high school
level educational diploma by measuring the major academic skills and
knowledge associated with a high school program of study that graduating
seniors should know and be able to do with increased emphasis on
workplace and higher
education.
This is a 2-part test; multiple choice and essay. The multiple choice
questions cover areas such as verb tenses, run on sentences, sentence
fragments, and various other grammar punctuation, and spelling skill areas.
This test measures general social studies concepts. Questions are based
on short readings that often include a map, graph, chart, cartoon.
There are approximately a half dozen excepts--fiction, non-fiction,
poetry. There are several multiple choice questions following each excerpt
that test your comprehension, analysis and synthesis of the reading
material.
This test measures general concepts in science. The questions are based
on short readings that often include a graph, chart, or figure. Emphasis is
on reading comprehension, analysis, drawing conclusions.
This is a 2 part test; 25 questions to each part. Part I allows the use
of a calculator, the Casio FX-260 model, which will be provided to the
examinee. Part II does not allow use of a calculator.
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