The 2014 GED® Test
Additional Information
Self-Study
2002 Series Closeout Campaign and Transition to 2014 Test
2002 Series Closeout Campaign
GED Testing Service®, 2012
The first website contains numerous free, downloadable resources for adult education programs to use for a local GED® 2002 closeout campaign. Items include: communications outreach templates (email, letter, phone script), campaign message guide, outreach guide, local press release template, poster and flyer. Many materials are available in Spanish. The website contains a 30-minute webinar on the Closeout Campaign with instructions for getting materials, how to talk to test-takers and step-by-step guides. Register through the second website to get a free poster and ongoing updates.
This service is a resource center for GED Testing Service® marketing materials available for purchase and download. All materials have been approved and professionally developed by GED Testing Service®. Templates allow local programs to customize the materials with their own logo and contact information.
Test-Taker Information
GED Testing Service®, 2012
This interactive site allows test takers to find a nearby testing center and sign up to receive email alerts and text message reminders. The site also includes a countdown clock to January 2014.
Closing Out the 2002 Series GED® Test
KET Adult Learning, Spring 2012
This website contains multiple resources to get the word out to adult learners and make a smooth transition to the new test. It includes the KET products listed below plus five video public service announcements that programs can link to their own websites.
23 Ways to Prepare for the GED® Test Transition
(PDF)
KET Adult Learning, Spring 2012
This two-page guide, written by experienced GED® Test Administrators from six states, provides tips on effective transitions to the new test. Topics covered include: keeping yourself and your system sane, using the media to reach learners, contacting learners directly, employing social media, and accessibility.
For Teachers – Understanding the 2014 GED® Test
2002/2014 GED® Test Comparison
(PDF)
KET Adult Learning , 2013
These six charts compare features of the GED® 2002 and 2014 Tests: General Test Differences, Reading and Writing/Reasoning through Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, Mathematics, and Scoring.
This site describes the Common Core State Standards upon which the new GED® 2014 Test is based. Visitors can download the CCSS for English Language Arts and Mathematics. Adult educators can focus on the grades 9-12 and College and Career Readiness standards. Visitors can download a presentation on the CCSS and watch a webinar.
Common Core State Standards (videos)
Hunt Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy 2011
This site contains a series of brief videos that explain the development and implementation of the CCSS. Some of the videos demonstrate instructional strategies for implementing the CCSS with learners.
Assessment Guide for Educators
GED Testing Service®, 2012
The Guide covers the following material about the 2014 GED® Test: Chapter 1: introduction, item types across the four content areas, item layouts, the item samplers, and performance standards. Chapter 2: Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Model, assessment targets for the four content areas, reasoning through language arts test passage requirements, content comparison between the GED® tests of 2002 and 2014. Chapter 3: short answer items, extended response scoring rubrics, and reporting category descriptions for content areas.
Webb’s Depth of Knowledge
(PDF)
Wisconsin Center of Educational Research, 2005
This circle graph of the DOK displays verbs associated with each of the four DOK levels and describes 5-7 instructional activities associated with each level.
Webb’s Depth of Knowledge, webinar (archived)
GED Testing Service®, 2012
This 1-hour archived webinar describes the Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK). Topics covered include: understanding the concept of DOK, discriminating between difficulty and complexity, identifying tasks related to each DOK level, and how teachers can apply the DOK during instruction.
Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Guide: Career and Technical Education
Definitions
(PDF)
Massachusetts State, 2009
This resource explores how curricular elements can be categorized based on the cognitive demands described in the four levels of Webb’s DOK. For each level, the resource describes curricular elements that suit the DOK level, provides a list of possible products, provides a list of verbs associated with the teacher’s role and the students’ role, and provides a specific list of activities teachers can use during instruction at the DOK level.
This site gives teachers access to example test items for the 2014 GED® test. Teachers can explore and interact with an item sampler for each of the four 2014 tests while connected to the Internet, can download the samplers to view at any time without an Internet connection, and/or can print PDF files with screen shots of the item samplers. Visitors to the site can also view a slide presentation, and/or three brief webinars that describe in depth the purpose, functionality, and tools of the item samplers. Spanish language versions of the item samplers are due out in early 2013.
Wonderful World of Technology, webinar (archived)
GED Testing Service®, 2012
This 1-hour archived webinar provides an overview and demonstration of the basic computer skills required for success on the 2014 GED® test such as document writing and editing skills, directional tools, virtual calculator, mathematics formula sheet, and symbol selector. The webinar also identifies steps teachers can take to assist students in gaining the skills needed for computer-based testing.
Take the GED® Test on Computer
GED Testing Service®, 2012
Visitors to this web site understand the benefits of taking the GED® test on computer and can view a tutorial with instructions and practice screens on using a computer to take the GED® test. The tutorial skills apply to the 2002 test; instructions and examples of the GED® 2014 test interactive item types are not included.
Professional Development and the 2014 GED® Test
(PDF)
Goonen, B. and Pittman-Shetler, S., for the GED Testing Service®, July
2012
This PowerPoint presentation describes the new item types on the 2014 GED® test and specifies the key skills that instructors should teach for learners to respond successfully to those item types.
Corrections and the GED® Test (PDF)
This 2-page flyer describes the process used for inmates to take the GED® test on computer.
Self-Study Courses about the GED®
World Education and ProLiteracy
These are four self-paced, free, brief courses about the GED®: GED Research and Policy, Going Beyond the GED, Activity-based Instruction: Why and How, and Using Beyond the GED. These courses provide general background knowledge; they are not specific to the 2014 GED® Tests.
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