GED "Scoreboost" materials target exactly the skills one needs to pass the General Educational Development (GED) tests. This book focuses on the thinking skills needed to pass GED tests in Reading, Social Studies, and Science. The test taker will need to succeed with GED questions that involve comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Illustrations show how to apply each of the 12 strategies in this book. The test taker can apply them to three GED practice activities and the GED Practice Test at the end of the book. The strategies are (1) understand main ideas and supporting details; (2) restate and summarize ideas; (3) identify implications and make inferences; (4) apply ideas to new situations; (5) follow the sequence of events; (6) identify causes and effects; (7) differentiate facts from opinions; (8) draw conclusions; (9) compare and contrast; (10) synthesize information; (11) evaluate the adequacy or appropriateness of information; and (12) determine the role of values and beliefs. (SLD)