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30 Assessment Guide for Educators: Social Studies Chapter 3: Performance Level Descriptors GED® College Ready Level Test-takers who score at this level typically have a strong proficiency in demonstrating skills in the following categories: analyzing and creating text features in a social studies context, applying social studies concepts to the analysis and construction of arguments, and reasoning quantitatively and interpreting data in social studies contexts. Test-takers are generally able to demonstrate strong knowledge of and ability with the skills identified in the Below Passing and the Pass/High School Equivalency levels, including: Analyzing and Creating T ext Features in a Social Studies Context • Determine how authors reveal their points of view or purposes in historical documents at a strong level • Compare treatments of the same social studies topic in various primary and secondary sources, noting discrepancies between and among the sources at a strong level Applying Social Studies Concepts to the Analysis and Construction of Arguments • Identify the chronological structure of a historical narrative and sequence steps in a process at a strong level • At a strong level, analyze cause-and-effect relationships and multiple causation, including the importance of natural and societal processes, the individual, and the influence of ideas • At a strong level, compare differing sets of ideas related to political, historical, economic, geographic, or societal contexts; evaluate the assumptions and implications inherent in differing positions at a strong level • Analyze how a historical context shapes an author’s point of view at a strong level Reasoning Quantitatively and Interpreting Data in Social Studies Contexts • Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text at a strong level