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Designed to be more rigorous and advanced, it operates as both a high school equivalency benchmark and a springboard into furthering your education. Click here to find training, books, practice tests and study help for the ged test. All personal items must remain outside of the testing area. Ged gets a makeover to keep pace with changing workforce. Find out how you would score on the ged with the official practice test. The ged is a high school equivalency test that is recognized by educational institutions and employers throughout the united states and canada. In 2014, the ged testing service, the only official keeper of the ged test in the united states, a division of the american council on education, converted the official ged test to a computerbased version for the first time. The new test will have four parts and will only be available in the computer.
Find by brand, mcgrawhill education 5, new readers. Every year, hundreds of thousands of individuals obtain ged diplomas or certificates. A new computerbased version of the ged test was introduced on jan. Get the latest news and updates from the ged program. Click on free resources below or scroll to the bottom of this page to download replacement pages to this resource guide that reflect the latest ged test changes. Ged most missed questions correlations guide for information about the ged test, including performance descriptors, item samplers, and assessment guide, visit the ged testing service website for. The test will cover mathematical reasoning, reasoning through language arts, science, and social studies. Try a free sample test in each of the ged subjects. Download the top skills 2014 testtakers are missing tool and use it to help your students prepare for the test. You dont have to take all 4 tests at once you can space them out however it suits you and go at your own pace. Check out our video series developed to help students maximize their score on the ged reasoning through language arts extended response. Ged study guide and strategies with practice test questions for the ged test. The new ged which was just instated replaced one that had been used since 2002.
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If you plan to test in 2014 or later, please use the 2014 materials. After you pass the test, the state of north carolina will award you a ged certificate that will show you have achieved the same level of knowledge as a high school graduate. New ged test launching in 2014 expected to be tougher. Ged testing service states that the test is no longer an endpoint for. Proliteracy new readers press announces development of new. You start out using this book by taking a self timed practice test for each subject. The four parts, or modules, in the new exam for 2014. Npr ed the new ged is more expensive, computerbased and tougher. If you have taken the test since january 1, 2002 and want your scores to count, you must complete the series and pass the test before 2014. But the new test is also significantly more expensive than before.
Two years ago, 540,535 people passed the ged, while only 86,500 people passed the new test in 2014. The 2014 ged test is administered on computer though not online and is about 7 hours long. Every year, hundreds of thousands of individuals obtain ged diplomas or certificates as a first step toward academic or professional advancement. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. This partnership will allow the ged exam strictly a computerbased test. If you passed some of the ged tests prior to 2014 but did not complete the whole test, you will have to retake the parts youve already passed. Now there is a new policy that started the beginning of january 2014. On test day, bring a nonexpired, governmentissued photo id. The exam has historically served adults who have fallen through the cracks of.
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