The General Education Development test, or GED, is getting an overhaul next year. Starting in January, those seeking high school equivalency certificates will only be able to take GED tests on computers, and will not be able to use paper and pencils.
The current five sections of the test, which include one language arts reading section and one language arts writing section, will be reduced to four (reasoning through language arts, mathematical reasoning, science and social studies). Test questions will range from multiple choice, to short response to essays.
Here is a sample multiple choice question for the 2014 test:
SOCIAL STUDIES (multiple choice):
Excerpt: "There would be an end to everything, were the same man, or the same body, whether of the nobles or of the people, to exercise those three powers, that of enacting laws, that of executing the public resolutions, and of trying the causes of individuals."
Based on the excerpt, which important principle held by America's founders did Montesquieu help shape?
A. Wider participation in government is essential to democracy.
B. Government will fail unless