GED Informational Webinar - 2 - Reasoning Through RLA and GED Subject Strategies

Sep 14, 2026

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GED Informational Webinar #2 focuses on supporting adult learners preparing for the GED tests, with emphasis on Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) and strategy-aligned instruction. It covers how to help students scoring in the 140–144 range, clarify RLA expectations, and teach grammar in context. The session explains extended-response traits, automated scoring coverage, common top student challenges, and resource options. It also highlights mathematics, science, and social studies support approaches and general GED prep materials.

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GED Informational Webinar #2

Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA)

Mathematics

Science

Social Studies

General Resources for GED Prep

Welcome! We will begin shortly. This webinar will be recorded. Type a message in chat if you need tech support. Click on Show Captions to turn on the automatic closed captions. GED ® Informational Webinar \#2 Tuesday, February 18, 2025 Meet Today’s Presenters: Amanda Ruth Professional Learning Opportunities Consultant Bridging the Gap • Identify tools to help students that are scoring in the 140-144 range. Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources 2 Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) • Don’t get caught up with word matching. • Example • 75% of the tests are informational texts, 25% are literary texts. • Most effective way to teach grammar is in context. • Example Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources 3 Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA)– Extended Response • Scoring Possibilities are 0,1,2 on three different traits. • Trait 1 – Creation of Argument & Use of Evidence • Trait 2 – Development of Ideas and Organizational Structure • Trait 3 – Clarity and Command of Standard English Conventions • The Automated Scoring Engine is able to grade 95% of tests. The other 5% usually don’t have enough unique writing to be able to be graded and are then hand-graded. • A student could have one or two passages. One passage can contain both sides of the argument. Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources 4 Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA)– Extended Response Top Student Challenges • Response is not expected to be perfect. • Just addressing pros and cons, they need to do more than read and summarize. • The test is looking for an argumentative essay, NOT an opinion piece. • Not using their own words – not enough original text to be scored. Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources 5 Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA)– Extended Response Resources for Supporting Students • Alice Videos on website (8-part series) • Use AI to create passages in response to a reading and have students use a rubric to pick out characteristics that make it strong or weak. • Sentence Frames: is best supported because . • Glossary of Key Terms in RLA Assessment Guide • Extended Response Resource Guide for Adult Educators Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources 6 Mathematics • Guaranteed to have one or two ordering questions on the noncalculator section. Often with a mix of decimal, fractions (improper and mixed number) and integers. • Calculator Tutorial • Calculator Prohibited Indicators • Glossary of Terms in Assessment Guide Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources 8 Science • Assessment Guide • Glossary of terms • Item layout examples * • Handout with Commonly Used Scientific Tools • Consider school experience. • Use AI to help create experiment scenarios. • Use sentence frames to help with writing a hypothesis. • Slow Reveal Graphs Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources 9 Social Studies • High Priority Areas: • Civics and Economics • U.S. History • High Impact Skills: • Sequencing • Inferences with Quotations • Comparing Different Ideas • Glossary of Terms in Assessment Guide • Consider school experiences. Venn Diagram This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources 10 General Resources for GED ® Prep • GED® Educator Handbook • Study Guides • Blog • Close Reading for Science and Social Studies • High Impact Indicators & Performance Level Indicators • How-to-Guides for Supporting Students • Mathematics Formula Sheet – Know what’s there and, most importantly, what’s not. Pennsylvania Adult Education Resources 11

FAQs

What RLA approach helps avoid relying on word matching?

The webinar advises not getting caught up with word matching. It also recommends teaching grammar in context.

How does the GED RLA extended response scoring work?

Extended response scoring uses three traits: argument and evidence, development and organization, and clarity and standard English conventions. The automated scoring engine grades about 95% of tests, with the remaining 5% typically hand-graded due to insufficient unique writing.

What are common top challenges for students in the extended response task?

Students are not expected to be perfect, but they must go beyond listing pros and cons. The test expects an argumentative essay (not an opinion piece) and discourages responses that don’t use their own words enough to earn scores.

Sep 14, 2026

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