TASC Exam

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Exam Description: Additional Information  

The Test Assessing Secondary Completion™ is a secure, reliable, and valid assessment used to assess the achievement of examinees on core content areas taught and assessed as part of typical national high school curricula. The TASC™ test measures high school equivalency and college and career readiness in five subject areas: Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies.

The exam is broken down as follows:

SubjectInformational & Literary Language Literature
Allocated Testing Times75 Minutes (Section 1 English)
80 Minutes (Section 1 Español)
Domain CoverageInformational Texts (70%)
Literary Texts (30%)
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use (10-15% Overall)

Sub-domains under both Informational and Literary Texts include:
Key Ideas (30%)
Craft (30%)
Integration of Knowledge (30%)
Vocabulary Acquisition and Use (10%)
Number of Questions and Format 48 (Computer-Based) or 49 (Paper-Based) Multiple-Choice Items
1 Constructed-Response Item
1 Technology-Enhanced Item (Computer-Based)
Up to 8 Passages
Content TypesLiterary Text
Informational Text
Content StructureComprehension
Analysis
Application
Synthesis


This practice exam does not cover the writing section of the real exam.