GED Test Subject Specifications

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GED Test Subject Specifications

Overview

There are Four Content Areas:

Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) (150 minutes)
- Section 1 (35 minutes*)
- Section 2 (45 minutes)
- Student Break (10 minutes)
- Section 3 (60 minutes*)
Mathematical Reasoning (115 minutes)
- Part 1 - (first 5 test questions) calculator not allowed
- Part 2 - (remaining 41 test questions) calculator allowed
Science (90 minutes)
Social Studies (90 minutes)
- Section 1 (65 minutes)
- Section 2 (25 minutes)

*The time allotted for sections 1 and 3 may vary, but the total test time will always be 150 minutes

There are Seven Different Item Types:

Extended response
Drag-and-drop
Drop-down
Fill-in-the-blank
Hot spot
Multiple choice
Short answer