Tests can be daunting, and although you may have prepped on your own, the pressure of doing well still seeps into our brains causing us to sweat profusely, with our pencils shaking and a worried look about which lettered answer we should bubble in on the Scantron.
While you may think you are ready, everything about your physical reaction may indicate that you are not, and if you're looking for a bit of extra help, New York Neurogenic Speech-Language Pathology is here for you.
The General Educational Development, or GED test, is a group of five subject tests which, when passed, certify that the student has American high school academic skills.
To pass the GED tests and earn a GED credential, test takers must score higher than 60 percent of graduating high school seniors nationwide. To help you better prepare, New York Neurogenic is here to help you better understand everything that you'll need to prepare for.
Language Arts: Writing
Part I: The Language Arts: Writing test portion is divided into two parts. The first part consists of a 75-minute session with 50 items to complete, which covers sentence structure, organization, usage, and mechanics. Test takers read text from business, informational and instructional publications, and then correct, revise or improve the text according to Edited American English standards.
Part II: This part of the Language Arts: Writing test requires the student to write an essay on an assigned topic in 45 minutes. A passing essay must have well-focused main points, clear organization, specific development of ideas, and demonstrate the writer's control of sentence structure, punctuation, grammar, word choice and spelling.
Social Studies
This test covers American history, world history, civics and government, economics and geography; 70 minutes are allotted for the 50 questions. In the Social Studies test, test takers read short passages and answer multiple-choice questions. Some passages come from such documents as the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Many questions use graphs, charts, and other images, such as editorial cartoons, along with or instead of written passages.
Science
This 80-minute test of 50 multiple-choice questions covers life science, earth and space science, and physical science. It measures the candidate's skill in understanding, interpreting, and applying science concepts to visual and written text from academic and workplace contexts. Questions address the National Science Education Content Standards and focus on environmental and health topics (i.e. recycling, heredity and pollution) and science's relevance to everyday life. Students should expect to see tables, graphs, charts and diagrams, as well as complete sentences.
Language Arts: Reading
This 65-minute, 40-question test examines a student's ability to read and understand texts similar to those encountered in high school English classrooms. The test has five fiction and two nonfiction passages, each about 300–400 words long. The fiction passages include portions of a play, a poem, and three pieces of prose. The nonfiction passages may come from letters, biographies, newspaper and magazine articles, or such "practical" texts as manuals and forms. Each passage is followed by questions that assess reading comprehension skills.
Mathematics
This 90-minute, 50-question test has two equally weighted parts, the first of which allows candidates to use calculators, while the second forbids their use. Forty of the 50 are multiple-choice; the other 10 use an alternate format, requiring the test taker to record answers on either a numerical or coordinate-plane grid. The test focuses on four main mathematical disciplines:
- Number operations and number sense
- Measurement and geometry
- Data analysis, probability, and statistics
- Algebra, functions, and patterns
How can a Speech-Language Pathologist Help?
Speech-language pathologists are qualified to assist GED students in many aspects of test preparation. In addition to vocabulary development, writing, spelling and reading comprehension skills, speech-language pathologists can help students expand their knowledge of test taking strategies. If you do plan on taking the test, it is reccommended that all GED students enroll in a credentialed GED program while seeking additional assistance from a speech-language pathologist. So kick your test taking stress today and see how New York Neurogenic Speech-Language Pathology, can help you ace the test today!
