What do the GED tests consist of?
(Tests may be taken in any order)
LANGUAGE ARTS, WRITING
Part I — 50 items, 75 minutes
15% Organization 30% Sentence Structure
30% Usage
25% Mechanics
LANGUAGE ARTS, WRITING
Part II — Essay, 45 minutes
40% of total score
LANGUAGE ARTS, READING
40 items, 65 minutes
75% Literary
25% Nonfiction
SOCIAL STUDIES
50 items, 70 minutes
40% History
15% Geography
25% Civics and Government 20% Economics
SCIENCE
50 items, 80 minutes
45% Life Science
20% Earth and Space Science
35% Physical Science
MATHEMATICS
Part I — May use calculator
25 items, 45 minutes
MATHEMATICS
Part II— May not use calculator
25 items, 45 minutes
25% Numbers, Number Sense, Operations
25% Data, Statistics, Probability 25% Geometry, Measurement
25% Algebra, Functions, Patterns