Testing is held the first, third and fifth Tuesdays and Wednesdays and one Saturday each month. Please have your paperwork completed before calling to schedule a testing date. You must fill out your paperwork no later than noon on Thursday in order to schedule for the next testing date.

The tests are administered in Set A and Set B sequences; these are specified below. You must take all the tests in the set at one session. Two testing sessions are needed to complete the entire battery of tests.

Location:

Room D217
Second floor, Workforce Development Center

Times:

You should arrive at least 30 minutes before testing. The morning testing sessions begin promptly at 8:15 a.m. and 11 a.m. The afternoon sessions start promptly at 4:15 p.m. Each testing session is scheduled for approximately four and one-half hours.

What does the GED Test consist of?

With the exception of Part II of the Writing Skills Test, which requires an essay, all questions on the GED Test are multiple choice . The questions range in difficulty from easy to hard and cover a wide range of subjects. The subjects covered in the test are listed below.

What scores do I need now to pass the GED test?

After Jan. 1, 2002 a student must achieve a minimum standard score of 410 points on all five tests and a minimum total standard score of 2,250 on the entire battery (average score of 450 on all tests).

In addition to the five GED Tests, Illinois residents are required to satisfactorily pass the Illinois State Constitution examination (Public Law 195). This test is pass/fail. No points are assigned.

GED test content:

SET A:

Language Arts—Writing (Part 1)
Number of questions: 50 Time limit: 75 minutes
Test content:
30% Sentence Structure, 30% Usage, 25% Mechanics, 15% Organization

Language Arts—Writing (Part 2)
Time limit: 45 minutes
Test content: Write a essay on a given topic.

Mathematics—(Part 1)
Number of questions: 25 Time limit: 45 minutes
Note: A Casio fx260 scientific calculator will be allowed and provided

Mathematics—(Part 2)
Number of questions: 25
Time limit: 45 minutes
Test content: 20–30% number, number sense & operations, 20–30% measurement & geometry, 0–30% data, statistics and probability, 20–30% algebra, functions and patterns.

Illinois State Constitution Test
Number of questions: 60
Test content:
American Patriotism
Declaration of Independence
Constitution of the United States
Constitution of the State of Illinois
Proper display of the American Flag

SET B:

Social Studies
Number of questions: 50
Time limit: 70 minutes
Test content: 25% U.S. history, 25% civics & government, 20% economics, 15% geography, 15% world history

Science
Number of questions: 50
Time limit: 80 minutes
Test content: 45% life science, 35% physical science, 20% earth and space science

Language Arts—Reading
Number of questions: 40
Time limit: 65 minutes
Test content: 75% Literary Text, 25% Nonfiction Prose

How to sign up for the GED test:

1. Complete an application for testing and the demographics booklet at the Office of the Regional Superintendent of Education in your county before scheduling to test. Payment of the $50 testing fee (as of July 1, 2009) is required at the time of application. An application form and a separate demographics booklet must be completed at the Regional Superintendent's office.You must fill out your paperwork no later than noon on Thursday in order to schedule for the next testing date.
   
   Kay Pangle, Ph.D, is the regional superintendent for both Kankakee and Iroquois counties. If you live in Kankakee County, the phone number to call with questions is 815-937-2950. The address for the Kankakee County office is 189 E. Court St., Suite 600 (corner of Court Street and Schuyler Avenue). In Iroquois County, the office is at the courthouse in Watseka, 550 S. 10th St., Watseka, IL 60970. Iroquois County residents should phone 815-432-6976.
   
   AS OF JUNE 1, 2008:
   
   An individual is eligible to take the GED Test given they meet the guidelines listed below:

• They are 17 years of age or older;
• They are not a high school graduate or a GED graduate; and
• They have maintained residence in the State of llinois for thirty days.

• Note: If an individual is of school age and has been enrolled in a public, private, or a home school setting in the last 12 months, they must present a withdrawal letter from the last school enrolled before taking the GED test.

  Schedule to test at KCC. Phone 815-802-8530. Testing is usually on the first, third and fifth Tuesdays and Wednesdays and designated Saturdays each month. Check the dates on the GED Testing Schedule above. Testing is by appointment only. Please keep your appointment as a courtesy to other potential examinees, since space is limited. If you cannot keep your appointment, please phone by the Friday before your scheduled test date.

Bring required items. For your first test session, you must bring:

• The white copy of your application.
• Identification (a government-issued photo ID, e.g. a driver's license).
• Note: Bring your photo ID each time you test if you test on more than one date.
• Report to Room D217 (located on the second floor of KCC's Workforce Development Center).

Dress in layers for variations in temperature in the testing room. Bring only basic necessities in to the testing room. Do not bring electronic devices, food, drink or large bags. We will provide you with a pencil, a pen, scratch paper, a calculator and tissues as needed. Arrive 30 minutes before the testing session to allow time to complete admission requirements. Refer to the GED Testing Schedule. Those who arrive late are not admitted.

Retests:

An applicant who fails to make the required scores on the GED Tests may be retested on the entire battery or the individual test that was failed. GED Testing Service regulations prohibit taking any of the GED Tests more than three times during any calendar year (Jan. 1 to Dec. 31). GED tests taken more than three times during a year may be invalidated and the applicant may be subject to an additional waiting period before being allowed to take the GED Tests again.

A retest may be scheduled for the time during which that test is normally administered. For example: a re-test for social studies must be scheduled for a session when Set B is to be administered. As of July 1, 2009, Retest fees are $15 for the writing test and $10 for each of the others. Retest fees are paid at the college on the day of testing. There is no charge to retake the constitution test.

Resources for GED test-takers:

**NEW FREE GED Set A (Math and Writing) Prep Workshop

WALK-INS WELCOME Attendance at two sessions (or more) is highly recommended.

Located at the Kankakee Education and Employment Center, 202 N. Schuyler, Kankakee—Across from the Paramount Theatre. The entrance is at the south end of the building on Oak Street.

For more information about free workshops, contact Carol Whittington at 815-802-8969.

Constitution Study Guide

http://abe.swic.edu/constitution/   1-800-322-3905

The study guide and the eb site are written for GED test-takers in Illinois, who will be required to take a Constitution Examination.

Skills review and other help:

The Learning Lab—Room L329 at KCC offers free computerized English/writing, reading and math skills reviews. Eight computer stations are available. Each has an instruction binder for use with the programs. Programs are:

Reading Road Trip—Reading
Gear—English and writing skills
Basic college mathematics—Basic math through algebra and geometry skills
MATHXPERT—College algebra and calculus

You do not have to be a current student to use these services. Learning Lab hours are 9 a.m.–7 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 9 a.m.–1 p.m. Fridays. For more information, phone 815- 802-8474.

Online preparation help:

• Plural noun forms 
• Prepositions
• Pronouns
• Run-ons
• Semicolons
• Apostrophes
• Apostrophe possessives
• Capitals
• Colons

COMPASS—Sample questions for writing, reading and math. Downloads also available.

www.act.org/compass/index.html

• (Writing) www.act.org/compass/sample/writing.html
• (Reading) www.act.org/compass/sample/reading.html
• (Mathematics) www.act.org/compass/sample/math.html

Basic arithmetic through pre-algebra—http://prod.kcc.edu/testprep

Basic college mathematics—http://college.hmco.com/mathematics/aufmann/basic_college/7e/students/
ace.html

Writing, reading and math (ASSET)—www.act.org/asset/tests/index.html
Click on ASSET Student Guide