Curriculum Blueprint
2014 GED Test
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Curriculum Blueprint
from GED Academy
An Educator¡¯s Guide to Being GED? Test-Ready
2014 GED? Test Curriculum Blueprint from GED Academy.
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Table of Contents
Section 1: What Will Change on the 2014 GED? Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
The Big Picture. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Adjusting Your Curriculum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Aligned with Common Core State Standards (CCSS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Webb¡¯s Depth of Knowledge (DOK)
Instead of Bloom¡¯s Taxonomy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Computer-Based Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
A Moving Target for Passing the GED Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2014 GED Mathematical Reasoning Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
In a Nutshell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
New Content. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
More Clarity with Skill Articulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Mathematical Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Calculator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Math Item Types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2014 Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
In a Nutshell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
One Test, Not Two. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Concentration on Informational Text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Two Overarching Reading Standards. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Additional Reasoning Skills to Be Tested. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
The Essay, or Extended Response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Computer Scoring for Extended Response Items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Computer-Based Testing Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Language Content Domain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
RLA Item Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2014 Science Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
In a Nutshell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Science Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Science Content and Focusing Themes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Science Item Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
2014 Social Studies Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
In a Nutshell. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Social Studies Content . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Social Studies Practices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
New Skills . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Focusing Themes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Extended Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Social Studies Item Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Item Types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Scoring on the 2014 GED Test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Section 2: Curriculum & Lesson Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Depth of Knowledge (DOK) Lesson Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Lesson Plan Builder. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Sample Lesson Plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Lesson Plan Template . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Computer Essentials Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
GED Academy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Additional Resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Section 3: GED? Test Targets, Standards, and Alignments . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Mathematical Reasoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Reasoning Through Language Arts¡ªReading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Reasoning Through Language Arts¡ªWriting and Language. . . . . . . . . 96
Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Social Studies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
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