GED® Testing Info - The GED® Exam

Introduction
Here are some significant features of the GED® Tests:

• Candidates will be asked to apply their knowledge of each subject to real-world situations. Business-related and adult-context information texts will appear in all five tests.
• The Language Arts Writing Test requires candidates to write an essay that documents the ability to write and communicate effectively.
• The Mathematics Test will introduce the use of the scientific calculator for one-half of the test, and some questions will require testers to fill in the correct answer rather than multiple choice.
• The Language Arts Reading Test will select reading material from newly defined time periods in fiction, nonfiction, prose, poetry, and drama.
• Excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, the Federalist Papers and landmark Supreme Court decisions will appear in the Social Studies Test.
• A political cartoon, graph, chart, map, diagram, or photograph will be found on each page.
• In the Science Test, candidates will be asked to select the best way to set up an experiment, interpret others' results, analyze experimental flaws, apply scientific conclusions to their personal lives, and use the work of renowned scientists to explain everyday global scientific issues.
• The GED® Tests will require testers to apply, analyze, and evaluate the information they know about these subjects by using the information provided to answer multiple-choice questions.

The GED® Test is divided into its five sub-tests. The number of questions in each test and the amount of time allowed to complete each test are shown below.