This course is designed to enable the student to learn the comprehension, analysis, evaluation, and writing skills needed to pass the GED test in the areas of math, reading, science, and social studies. Topics to be covered include interpretation of informational passages, analysis of specific claims in scientific and historical reading, derive evidence and develop text based arguments, interpret scientific and historical information from tables, graphs, and diagrams, construct an analytic response using source texts, and complete a timed response.