GED® 2014

AN OVERVIEW

ITEM TYPES

Item types: multiple-choice, essay, and grid format questions

Assessment is informed by Bloom’s Taxonomy

Test is administered using paper and pencil

$75 per test

Item types: hot spot, drag-and-drop, short answer, extended response, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice

Assessment is informed by Webb’s Depth of Knowledge model and Common Core Standards

Test is computer based

$120 or $30.00/per test

SHIFT IN GED 2014

Common Core Standards Webb’s Depth of Knowledge

Recall and Reproduction Level 1 Skills and Concepts Level 2 Strategic Thinking Level 3 Extended Thinking Level 4

Level 4 not on test

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Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (80% of questions on Levels 2 & 3 DOK)

DOK is a scale of cognitive demand, not based on the “verb”. (questions are multi-step problems)

Test takers are expected to analyze arguments, use text for evidence and use of reasoning skills

2002 2014

Multiple choice items have five answer options.

Test-takers are allowed to use scratch paper.

A Spanish language version of the test is currently available.

Multiple choice items have four answer options.

Test-takers will be given a small dry-erase board with Expo markers.

There will be an operational release of the Spanish version of the test sometime in 2014.

WHAT WILL THE 2014 GED® TEST LOOK LIKE?

7 Hours of Testing time: Reasoning Through Language Arts: 3

hours (including 10 minute break) Mathematical Reasoning: 1.25 hours Science: 1.25 hours Social Studies: 1.5 hours Plus field test items, directions and

breaks Standardized delivery on computer,

in a testing center

Multiple choice

Fill-in-the-blank

Hot-spotDrag-and-drop

Drop-down

selectionShort answerExtended

response

TYPES OF TEST QUESTIONS

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Reasoning through Language Arts Vocabulary, classify, sequence, cause and

effect, chronology skills Editing tasks

45 minute extended response Analyze argument, develop and organize

with fluency

REASONING THROUGH LANGUAGE ARTS 75% informational texts, 25% literature Academic, workforce, and literary contexts US Founding Documents and the “great

conversation” Text length of 450 to 900 words Extended Response – 45 minutes Vocabulary

classify, sequence, cause and effect, chronology skills

emphasis on words that appear frequently in a wide variety of disciplines (e.g., relative, vary, formulate, specificity, accumulate, calibrate, itemize, periphery, misfortune, dignified, faltered, unabashedly

MATH 2014

Math 45% Quantitative Problem Solving 55% Algebraic Problem Solving

Æ Symbol selector On screen calculator must be used–

TI30XS http://www.atomiclearning.com/ti30xs - for online practice

Calculator reference page Formula Sheet- 7 Algebraic Formulas, fewer

Area formulas, no perimeter formulas

SCIENCE/SOCIAL STUDIES 2014 Science

40% Life Science, 40% Physical Science, 20% Earth/Space Science 2 short answers

Social Studies Civics and government (50%), US history (20%),

economics (15%), and geography and the world (15%) Textual analysis, data representation, inference skills,

problem solving w/ content knowledge Both academic and workforce contexts 1 extended response (25 minutes)

SCIENCE SAMPLE

MATH SAMPLE

HOT SPOT SAMPLE ITEM

Data is on one side of screen: input data in different form on other side of screen (in this case inputting points on graph)

SOCIAL STUDIES SAMPLE

Reasoning Through Language Arts Sample

COMPUTER SKILLS There will be a split screens, multiple tabs,

scroll downs Mouse skills – click, drag and drop,

scroll Word processing – cut, copy, paste,

undo, redo, insert, enter and hard return, spacing, backspace, highlight

On screen calculator Flag for further review Navigation – previous, next, close, page

tabs

GED® tests are scored by computer- Multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and

technology-enhanced items are scored immediately within the test-driver

- Constructed response items (short answer and extended response items) are scored by an Automated Intelligence scoring engine, trained to replicate human scoring, returning official responses within 3 hours of test completion

HOW GED® TESTS ARE SCORED

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TEST POLICIES Tests can be taken on separate dates in any

order Tests can be paid for individually If they fail one module, they do not need to

retake the whole battery of tests, ONLY the module they failed

Can only be taken 3 times yearly but this may change

No time limit on completion Total cost is $120.00

Chapter One Overview of the new 2014

GED® test Outline item types and

layouts Glossary of terms

Chapter Two Assessment targets for each

content area Description of Cognitive

Levels - Depth of Knowledge (DOK)

Content passage specifications and selection criteria

Chapter Three Scoring of constructed

response items Reporting categories

ASSESSMENT GUIDE FOR EDUCATORS

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