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The
Official GED Practice Test is designed to evaluate readiness
to take the full-length GED Test. |
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The
Official Practice Test includes half of the number of questions
found on the GED Test. |
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Scores
on the Official GED Practice Test are based on the same standard
score scale that is used by the GED Test. |
| Students
enrolled in Adult Education Classes must meet Guidelines
#1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 and have TABE scores (Math and Reading)
in the Pre-GED ranges with teacher recommendations. |
| NUMBER
OF QUESTIONS AND TIME LIMITS |
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Official GED Practice Test includes five subjects area tests.
The table below shows the number of questions and the recommended
time limit for each test. |
Language Arts,
Writing
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Part
I - 25 multiple-choice questions on documents/passages
provided; 38 minutes |
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Part
II - 1 essay to be written on
an assigned topic; 45 minutes |
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Language Arts, Reading
20
multiple-choice questions on passages/documents provided; 33
minutes |
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Social Studies
25 multiple-choice
questions on passages and visuals provided; 35 minutes |
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Science
25
multiple-choice questions on passages and visuals provided;
40 minutes |
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Mathematics (word
problems)
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Part
I - 13 multiple-choice and grid questions (calculator
allowed); 23 minutes |
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Part
II - 12 multiple-choice and
grid questions (calculator not
allowed); 22 minutes |
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Total
Time:
Approximately 4 hours and 30 minutes
Recommended
Score:
Minimum of 410 in each individual subject area and
480 combined battery average
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| SKILLS MEASURED
ON THE TEST |
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Official Practice Test and GED Test require students to demonstrate
critical thinking and problem solving skills. Processing visual
information is another important skill assessed on these tests.
Approximately 50% of the questions on the Social Studies, Science,
and Mathematics Tests include interpreting visual information
from text, charts, maps, graphs, pictures, and diagrams. |
| WHAT TO EXPECT ON WRITING COMPETENCY
TESTS |
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Your
writing is judged according to its overall effectiveness.
The person reading your essay will read your paper carefully
and decide how effective it is based upon its organization,
well-focused main points, specific development of your ideas,
control of sentence structure, punctuation, grammar, word
choice, and spelling. The readers are aware that this is really
a first draft and that it may contain errors. Reasons for
not scoring well on the essay portion of the Official Practice
Test include:
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does
not write an essay; (writes several sentences or just
a paragraph) |
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does
not write on the assigned topic or use the topic to establish
a main idea |
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does
not follow directions for completing the essay
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does
not apply basic rules of grammar and punctuation
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fails
to organize and/or develop ideas |
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does
not include details and examples when specifically asked
to give them |
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does
not write complete sentences |
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spelling
and ineffective or inappropriate word choice |
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| TO IMPROVE YOUR SCORE |
| Write
a five part essay which includes an introductory paragraph,
three supporting paragraphs and a conclusion paragraph |
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