Ohio GED Examination Overview

The General Educational Development (GED) Exams are a series of exams designed to determine whether a student has the academic skills of a standard high school graduate. The GED Exams are always administered in person at one of the testing centers in Ohio (see list of OH GED testing facilities at bottom of page).   People who have not acquired a high school diploma are candidates for the Ohio GED exams. 

The GED Examination scores are benchmarked against the many graduating high school seniors.   At present, the passing score on the GED exams are equal to what the top 60 % of high school graduating seniors would earn.  The GED credential is issued by Ohio for students living in Ohio.  The GED credential is usually considered to be equal to a OH high school diploma.

Ohio GED Administrator

Sharon M. Bowman
GED Administrator
Ohio State Department of Education - GED
25 South Front Street
First Floor, Mailstop 106
Columbus, OH 43215-4183
(877) 644-6338
(614) 387-0935

Ohio GED Test Overview

The GED Tests consist of 1 written essay and 5 topic area examinations.  The subject area examinations contain a total of 240 multiple option questions.  OH students are given a total of 425 minutes to complete the entire test. More detailed recommendations on the examinations are given out below.

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Ohio GED Exam Areas

GED Test Area: Language Arts, Writing, Part I    
Time: 75 minutes
Number of Questions:  50
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Assesses a student’s ability to revise and edit workplace and informational documents.  Covers areas such as: usage, organization, mechanics, and sentence structure.

GED Test Area Language Arts, Writing, Part II   
Time: 45 minutes
Number of Questions:  1 essay
Measures the student’s ability to write an essay that informs, clarifies or explains.  Topics don't require specialized data as they're general in nature.

GED Test Area: Social Studies   
Time: 70 minutes
Number of Questions:  50
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Measures a student’s knowledge of  economics, major history, civics concepts, and geography.  Topics include: U.S. History, Geography, Civics and Government, Economics, and World History.

GED Test Area: Science   
Time: 80 minutes
Number of Questions:  50
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Evaluates a student’s skill in understanding the major ideas in physical sciences. Topics include: Earth and Space Science, Life Science and Physical Science.

GED Test Area: Language Arts, Reading   
Time: 65 minutes
Number of Questions:  40
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Measures a student’s reading comprehension. Students are given a number of passages and use their referring and reasoning skills to: locate important details, establish predominant ideas, discover sequences of events and make comparisons. Evaluates a student’s ability to understand, apply, analyze and synthesize information.

GED Test Area: Mathematics   
Time: 90 minutes
Number of Questions:  50
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Covers basic mathematical skills that are expected for a high school graduate.  Students are be evaluated on: algebra, functions and patterns; number operation and number sense; geometry and measurement; and data analysis, statistics, and probability.

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