General Educational Development (or GED) tests are a group of five subject tests administered in English, Spanish and French in the US and Canada, to students who haven’t earned a high school diploma. A passing grade in all tests certify a comprehensive equivalency of high school-level academic skills. The awarded diploma does not specify your grade, the reason why you opted to take the GED venue, or the language in which you took the test.
- Mathematics:
- Test content:
- 20-30%: Number, Number Sense & Operations
- 20-30%: Measurement & Geometry
- 20-30%: Data, Statistics and Probability
- 20-30%: Algebra, Functions and Patterns
- Part I: 25 questions, 45 minutes (a Casio fx260 scientific calculator is provided)
- Part II: 25 questions, 45 minutes (no calculating devices allowed)
- Science: (50 questions, 80 minutes)
- Test content:
- 45%: Life Science
- 35%: Physical Science
- 20%: Earth and Space Science
- Language Arts: Reading (40 questions, 65 minutes)
- Test content:
- 75% Literary Text
- 25% Nonfiction Prose
- Language Arts: Writing
- Part I: (50 questions, 75 minutes)
- Test content:
- 30% Sentence Structure
- 30% Usage
- 25% Mechanics
- 15% Organization
- Part II: (Write a essay on a given topic, 45 minutes)
- Part I: (50 questions, 75 minutes)
- Social studies: (50 questions, 70 minutes)
- Test content:
- 25%: U.S. History
- 25%: Civics & Government
- 20%: Economics
- 15%: Geography
- 15%: World History
- Sources:
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GED
- American Council on Education (GED authority): http://www.acenet.edu/
- GED FAQ: http://www.acenet.edu/Content/NavigationMenu/ged/faq/index.htm
Math:
What is on the GED test: Math GED test objectives.
Math prayer: All you need to basically know and understand very well if you want to pass your GED test … in one page!
Matemáticas:
Oración matemática: La básico que necesita saber y debe entender muy bien como parte de su preparación para el exámen de equivalencia educativa de secundaria (o pre-Universitario) … ¡en una página!
Language Arts:
Summary of What is on the Language Arts Part I and Part II test
An essay on how to write an essay, by Mr. Lopez (c)
Please, send suggestions and corrections to: mathdoc4u@gmail.com
Life Sciences
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