This course is designed for adult learners, young adults, and non-traditional students preparing for the GED high school equivalency test, including students who need to rebuild foundational academic skills. It teaches the underlying curriculum for Reasoning Through Language Arts, Mathematical Reasoning, Science, and Social Studies with clear explanations, guided practice, and full review.
Students begin with a diagnostic process to identify strengths and gaps, then build a personal study plan with weekly goals and targeted review. From there, the course develops the exact skills needed to read complex passages, write evidence-based responses, solve algebra and quantitative problems, interpret scientific data, and analyze historical, civic, economic, and geographic sources.
The program is practical and concrete. It does not focus only on shortcuts or test tricks. Instead, it helps students understand the concepts behind GED questions and apply them under timed conditions.
- Language arts: reading informational and literary texts, identifying main ideas, making inferences, analyzing arguments, improving grammar and sentence structure, and writing a clear extended response using evidence from paired passages
- Math: number sense, fractions, decimals, percents, ratios, algebra, equations, functions, geometry, measurement, data analysis, statistics, probability, graphs, and real-world word problems
- Science: reading science passages, understanding experiments, interpreting tables and graphs, and applying life science, physical science, and earth science concepts
- Social studies: civics and government, United States history, economics, geography, source analysis, and interpretation of maps, charts, timelines, and visual documents
Throughout the course, students complete worked examples, guided practice, independent practice, short quizzes, cumulative review, timed drills, mixed subject practice, and full GED-style practice tests. They also use error analysis and a mistake log to track missed question types and turn weak areas into focused study goals.
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Read and analyze informational, literary, scientific, and social studies texts with better accuracy
- Write a clear, organized, evidence-based argument in response to a GED-style prompt
- Solve arithmetic, algebra, geometry, and data problems using efficient methods and correct calculator use
- Interpret scientific experiments, charts, tables, and models
- Understand core civics, history, economics, and geography concepts and apply them to source-based questions
- Manage test timing, use practice data effectively, and approach GED-style questions with greater confidence
This course is a strong fit for students studying independently, returning to school after a long break, or preparing alongside work and family responsibilities. It provides a structured path from baseline assessment to final remediation so learners can prepare efficiently and build lasting academic confidence.