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31 Assessment Guide for Educators: Social Studies Chapter 3: Performance Level Descriptors • Represent data on two variables (dependent and independent) on a graph; analyze and communicate how the variables are related at a strong level • Distinguish between correlation and causation at a strong level In order to progress to the GED® College Ready + Credit level, test-takers need to continue to strengthen the skills listed in the Below Passing and the Pass/High School Equivalency levels, including: – Determine the central ideas or information of a primary or secondary source document, corroborating or challenging conclusions with evidence – Compare treatments of the same social studies topic in various primary and secondary sources, noting discrepancies between and among the sources – Analyze cause-and-effect relationships and multiple causation, including the importance of natural and societal processes, the individual, and the influence of ideas – Compare differing sets of ideas related to political, historical, economic, geographic, or societal contexts; evaluate the assumptions and implications inherent in differing positions – Analyze how a historical context shapes an author’s point of view – Integrate quantitative or technical analysis (e.g., charts, research data) with qualitative analysis in print or digital text – Translate quantitative information expressed in words in a text into visual form (e.g., table or chart); translate information expressed visually or mathematically into words