An Inservice Project

Strategies for Success In Florida's GED Programs
Pre Test
  1. The following four basic types of arrangements are used in classroom design. Which is usually found in most GED programs?
    2. traditional
    grouped
    dialog style
    general purpose classroom

     
  2. Which of the following would usually be found in a "Smart Classroom?"
      3. complete set of reference books for each student
      a mini-Media Center and Card Catalog
      ceiling mounted video/data projectors
      low student-teacher ratio for individualized instruction
       
  3. Choose one advantage from the following of developing linkages with other organizations:
      4. increased use of the program, student retention and public awareness
      reduced per student program cost
      access to members for the school's advisory committee
      increased placement of students in high wage jobs
       
  4. The Program Administrators' Manual of the Ohio Department of Education cites the following advantages to collaboration except:
      5. elimination of duplicate services
      consistency of information, sharing common program data elements
      different organizational cultures, policies, regulations
      more effective and efficient services delivery
       
  5. The GED 2002 Series Tests will include all the following major changes except:
      6. Skills will cross content areas.
      The expository requirement will be eliminated.
      Critical thinking and problem solving will be a major component.
      Language Arts will cover both writing and reading.
       
  6. Choose the accurate statement from the following:
    7. The Official GED Practice Tests will be available on January 1, 2001.
    Calculators will be allowed throughout the GED 2002 Series Tests.
    Anyone not completing all portions of the GED 1988 Series Tests by Dec. 31, 2001
           will be required to start over with the new test.
    The DOE will advise all those with incomplete test scores about re-testing.

     
  7. In Merrifield's article, all the following are key issues in adult education except:
      8. Who needs performance accountability?
      Do programs have the capacity to be accountable?
      What does good performance mean?
      Are the tools commonly used for measuring and documenting performance
             adequate and useful?
       
  8. In Billington's article, which of the following describes key factors found in learning programs that stimulated adult development?
      9. environment that fosters regimentation and standardization
      passive involvement by students such as lectures
      limited feedback so self esteem is not damaged
      self-directed learning where students take responsibility for their learning
       
  9. Choose the correct statement regarding changes in the GED 2002 Series Tests from The Florida GED Teachers' Handbook.
      10. The Interpreting Literature and the Arts Test has been changed to Language Arts,
             Reading
      There will be less emphasis on data analysis and statistics in math.
      Students will be allowed to bring their own calculator.
      Special accommodations will be more difficult to get approved.
       
  10. Content for the new GED Mathematics Test will include which of the following?
      11. number operations, measurement/geometry, data analysis/statistics
      computer computation, measurement/geometry, algebra functions
      algebraic functions, number operations, calculator functions
      measurement/geometry, data analysis/input, numeric imaging

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This program was developed by the State of Florida Adult Secondary/GED/VPI Committee of the Practitioners' Task Force through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Community Colleges and Workforce Education.