074 Oklahoma General Education Test (OGET
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Table of ContentsGETTING STARTED . 1Reviewing the Test Content . 1Taking the Practice Test . 1SELECTED-RESPONSE SECTION . 2Directions for Selected-Response Questions . 2Selected-Response Questions . 6Selected-Response Answer Sheet . 56CONSTRUCTED-RESPONSE WRITING SECTION . 58Directions for Writing Assignment . 58Writing Assignment . 59Writing Assignment Response Document . 60EVALUATING YOUR PERFORMANCE. 64Answer Key . 65Results Worksheet . 67Criteria for Scoring Your Response to the Writing Assignment. 70Sample Responses to the Writing Assignment . 72Acknowledgements . 78Readers should be advised that this practice test, including many of the excerpts used herein,is protected by federal copyright law.Copyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved.Evaluation Systems, Pearson, P.O. Box 226, Amherst, MA 01004Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators, CEOE, Oklahoma General Education Test, OGET, OklahomaProfessional Teaching Examination, OPTE, Oklahoma Subject Area Tests, and OSAT are trademarks of theOklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation and Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s).Pearson and its logo are trademarks, in the U.S. and/or other countries, of Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s).
GETTING STARTEDThe Oklahoma General Education Test (OGET ) is designed to assess the state core generaleducation knowledge and skills, including critical thinking, computation, and communication. Thetest includes approximately 100 selected-response questions and 1 constructed-response writingassignment. Reviewing the Test ContentThe content of the OGET is documented in the test framework, which consists of a set ofcompetencies.The test framework for the OGET is available on the CEOE Web site at www.ceoe.nesinc.com. Taking the Practice TestTo take the practice test, follow these steps:Read the directions for the selected-response questions, then read each selected-responsequestion carefully and choose the ONE best answer out of the four answer choices provided.Record your answer to each question on the Selected-Response Answer Sheet provided.Read the directions for the constructed-response writing assignment, then read theassignment carefully. Use scrap paper to make notes, write an outline, or otherwise prepareyour response. Write your response on the Writing Assignment Response Documentprovided.Follow the instructions in "Evaluating Your Performance" to score your test and evaluate andinterpret your results.You may wish to monitor how long it takes you to complete the practice test. When taking the actualOGET, you will have a four-hour test session.Oklahoma General Education TestCopyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 1
SELECTED-RESPONSE SECTION Directions for Selected-Response QuestionsDIRECTIONS FOR SECTION ONESection One contains selected-response questions. Read each question and record your answer on the answersheet in the space that corresponds to the question number.Turn the page and continue with Section One.Oklahoma General Education TestCopyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 2
Selected-Response SectionMATHEMATICS DEFINITIONS AND FORMULASDefinitions is equal to¹ is not equal to is greater than is less than³ is greater than or equal to is less than or equal toABm line segment ABp » 3.14AB§ line ABð angleAB length of ABmabright angleor a : b ratio of a to bAbbreviations for Units of MeasurementU.S. StandardSI gallonquartfluid ounceVolumeLmLcclitermillilitercubic rammilligramTemperature Fdegree FahrenheitTemperature CKdegree urmiles per hourConversions for Units of MeasurementU.S. StandardSI SystemLength12 inches 1 foot3 feet 1 yard5280 feet 1 mileLength10 millimeters 1 centimeter100 centimeters 1 meter1000 meters 1 kilometerVolume(liquid)8 ounces 1 cup2 cups 1 pint2 pints 1 quart4 quarts 1 gallonVolume1000 milliliters 1 liter1000 liters 1 kiloliterWeight16 ounces 1 pound2000 pounds 1 tonWeight1000 milligrams 1 gram1000 grams 1 kilogramTime60 seconds 1 minute60 minutes 1 hour24 hours 1 dayOklahoma General Education TestCopyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 3
Selected-Response SectionGeometric FiguresSquareCirclesrsArea s2Perimeter 4sArea pr 2Circumference 2prDiameter 2rRectanglewSphereArea BwPerimeter 2B 2wrTrianglehSurface area 4pr 24Volume 3 pr 3bCube1Area 2 bhRight trianglesacssbPythagorean formula: c2 a2 b2Surface area 6s2Volume s3Oklahoma General Education TestCopyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 4
Selected-Response SectionGeometric FiguresRectangular solidRight circular cylinderhwhSurface area 2Bw 2Bh 2whrVolume BwhSurface area 2prh 2pr 2Volume pr 2 hEnd of Definitions and FormulasOklahoma General Education TestCopyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 5
Selected-Response Section Selected-Response QuestionsRead the selection below, written in the style of a college writing handbook.Then answer the four questions that follow.Saving the Semicolon12Since its introduction in the fifteenthcentury, the semicolon has been one of themost misunderstood marks of punctuation.While some people argue that it is an essentialgrammatical tool, others claim that its use islargely self-indulgent. Part of the problem isthe mark's flexibility. It can be used in anumber of different ways, but it is seldomabsolutely necessary. Over the years, attemptsto confine the semicolon to one or two specificapplications have failed, and many writersavoid it out of fear they will use it incorrectly.This disinclination to use the semicolon hasbecome so widespread that punctuationenthusiasts are beginning to worry that thesemicolon is going to disappear for good.There is even a new organization callingitself The Committee for the Defense of theSemicolon. It is a good time to take a lookat what has led to the semicolon's decline.Semicolons were used most widelywhen they were viewed as a way of insertinga thoughtful pause in a sentence. Foreighteenth- and nineteenth-century writers,the key role of punctuation was to indicatehow written text should be read aloud. Thesemicolon provided the perfect compromisebetween the short pause suggested by acomma and the full stop of a period. Theresult was such an abundance of semicolons inthe works of some well-known writers thatEdgar Allen Poe wrote of being "mortified"by the semicolon's overuse. It turned out thatPoe's worries were unfounded. During thenineteenth century, the use of semicolonsdropped from 68.1 per thousand words to only17.7. This dramatic decline was in part linkedto the invention of the telegraph. WesternUnion charged a steep rate of 5 per word intelegrams, and because each punctuation markcounted as a word, semicolons were a luxurythat few could afford. Elsewhere, the shiftaway from the semicolon could be seeneverywhere from newspapers to literaryworks to textbooks.3In more recent years, the main enemyof the semicolon has been the trend towardlinguistic simplicity. Influential texts such asStrunk and White's Elements of Style champion a form of writing that communicatesmeaning as clearly and simply as possible.This does not leave much room for the nuanceof the semicolon, which allows a writer tosuggest a relationship between two statementswithout explaining exactly what that relationship is. A well-placed semicolon createstension between two thoughts and leaves it tothe reader to draw the appropriate conclusion.This requires a trust in the reader and adelicate approach to the text that is rarelyfound in contemporary writing. It does nothelp that Gertrude Stein, Kurt Vonnegut,Cormac McCarthy, and other influentialwriters of modern fiction not only avoidedthe semicolon, but denounced it publicly.4As hopeless as the semicolon's survivalmay seem, rumors of its death are premature.The New York Times recently reported onthe appearance of a semicolon in the mostunlikely of places: the inside of a subwaycar. Reminding riders to dispose of theirnewspapers responsibly, the public serviceplacard read, "Please put it in a trash can;that's good news for everyone." After a longfall from grace, a role in a major metropolitansubway system may be exactly the sort of jobthe semicolon needs to survive. Oklahoma General Education TestCopyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 6
Selected-Response Section1.2.The statement in paragraph 4 that "rumorsof [the semicolon's] death are premature"reflects the author's belief that:3.Which of the following assumptions mostinfluenced the author's main argument inthe selection?A.semicolons are an importantgrammatical tool.A.Semicolons are much easier to usethan is generally believed.B.many writers are changing theiropinion of the semicolon.B.Novice writers should avoid usingsemicolons.C.people will continue to find usesfor the semicolon.C.Using semicolons enables writers toestablish close bonds with readers.D.people are finally learning how touse semicolons correctly.D.Semicolons can be a very usefulform of punctuation.According to information presented inthe selection, which of the followingdevelopments was a major cause of thedecline of the semicolon?A.B.4.changing views of how semicolonsshould be usedthe modern emphasis onstraightforward forms of writtenexpressionC.changes in the reading habits of thegeneral publicD.the overuse of semicolons byeighteenth- and nineteenth-centurywritersOklahoma General Education TestCopyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved.The writer's main purpose in the selectionis to:A.describe the decline and continuingemployment of the semicolon.B.explain why the semicolon is sodifficult to use.C.analyze the advantages anddisadvantages of using semicolons.D.refute the arguments made bymodern critics of the semicolon. 7
Selected-Response SectionRead the selection below about the founder of a famous New York theater.Then answer the four questions that follow.Mama of La Mama1According to one estimate, 80 percent ofwhat is now considered the American theateroriginated at the La MaMa ExperimentalTheater Club. Since the venerable New Yorktheater swung open its doors on October 18,1961, La MaMa has presented over 2,000unique works of theater, dance, interdisciplinary performance, and cabaret. The list ofartists reads like a who's who of contemporarytheater. Ping Chong, Robert Wilson, BetteMidler, Harvey Fierstein, JoAnne Akalaitis,Peter Brook, Jerzy Grotowski, and the BlueMan Group are among the many performerswho made their debuts at La MaMa. Behindthis impressive list is a single woman who hasdirected performances, maintained the theater,and worked tirelessly to bring La MaMa'svision to the world.2Ellen Stewart, often called the "mama ofLa MaMa," did not set out to run a theatercompany. She moved to New York in 1950to attend fashion school and ended up gettinga job at Saks Fifth Avenue. At Saks, sheattracted attention for her unique style andquickly rose to the position of executivedesigner. It was not long, however, before shequit her job and moved to Morocco. Afterseveral years in Morocco, Stewart had a visionin which she heard the voice of an older manfrom New York who had taken her into hisfamily. Although that man, Papa Diamond,was now dead, his message was clear: "Goback to New York and get a pushcart, and I'llpush it with you, and you can go anywhereyou want."3Stewart decided to make her pushcart atheater. She headed back to New York thevery next day and rented a modest basementspace for 50 a month. While her first clubdid not last long, the spirit of La MaMa wasborn. From the earliest performances, everyshow began with "Mama" ringing a cowbelland shouting out, "This is La MaMa E.T.C.,dedicated to the playwright." Althoughaudiences tended to be small during thetheater's first years, this did not stop Stewart.From the beginning, a major element of LaMaMa's mission was to take the theater'sproductions to other countries. By 1968,the group had performed throughout muchof Europe and hosted troupes from Paris,Edinburgh, and South Korea. As the companymatured, its international relationships greweven stronger. During the course of a singleyear, it was not uncommon for Stewart todirect five plays in five different countries infive different languages.4Although much has changed duringLa MaMa's nearly 50-year existence, EllenStewart is still pushing the cart. Things are abit more difficult than they used to be, but shealso has a lot more help. Whenever she needsto come down from her apartment on thetheater's top floor, four men from one of theshows are sent to carry her. On any given day,she can be seen making costumes for a show,rearranging furniture, leading rehearsals, orgreeting some of the many friends she hasmade during a lifetime at La MaMa. Stewartis reticent about giving away too many detailsof her life, and requests to write a biographyare consistently rejected. It is her way ofsuggesting that whatever her contribution, theessence of La MaMa is something that goesmuch deeper than Mama herself. Oklahoma General Education TestCopyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 8
Selected-Response Section5.The content of the first paragraph of theselection most clearly reflects the author'sbelief that:7.A.Ellen Stewart's club helped makeNew York the theater capital of theworld.A.Stewart's experience as a fashiondesigner strongly influenced herapproach to theater.B.Ellen Stewart is one of the bestliked figures in the theatercommunity.B.Stewart devoted particular attentionto interdisciplinary performances.C.C.Ellen Stewart's club has stronglyinfluenced the development ofmodern theater.Stewart obtained the ideas for hermost influential productions fromforeign theater groups.D.D.Ellen Stewart is the most importantwoman in the contemporary theaterworld.The success of Stewart's club owedmuch to her strong leadership.8.6.Information presented in the selection bestsupports which of the followingconclusions?According to information presented in theselection, which of the following eventsoccurred first?A.Stewart's pushcart vision promptedher to return to New York.B.Stewart's first theater club openedits doors to the public.C.Stewart became part of PapaDiamond's family.D.Stewart quit her job at Saks andmoved to Morocco.Oklahoma General Education TestCopyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved.As it is used in the fourth paragraph ofthe selection, the effect of the statement,"Ellen Stewart is still pushing the cart,"is to:A.prompt reflections about Stewart'sartistic vision.B.evoke admiration for Stewart'sresolve.C.raise questions about the future ofStewart's club.D.focus attention on Stewart'sachievements. 9
Selected-Response SectionRead the selection below, written in the style of a popular science magazine.Then answer the four questions that follow.Bird Migration and Earth's Magnetic Field1Each year the Arctic tern flies from theArctic to Antarctica and then back again,ending at the precise place from which itdeparted. The tern's journey is not unusualamong birds. Many species migrate thousandsof miles each year to return to seasonalbreeding grounds with unerring accuracy.How do they do this? For years scientiststhought that birds, like early humans,navigated during the day by the sun and atnight by the stars. Yet this theory could notexplain how birds find their way on cloudydays and nights, when neither sun nor stars arevisible. Recent research points to a differentexplanation: birds navigate using Earth'smagnetic field.2Earth functions as a gigantic magnet,with its positive and negative ends at theNorth and South poles respectively. The linesof magnetism created from these two pointsencircle the globe from north to south. Birds,it turns out, are exquisitely aware of thisdirectional field. In classic studies, scientistsput northward migrating birds in a dark roomthat had no windows but was still subject toEarth's magnetic field. Even though the birdshad no visual information about the sky,they still tried to fly in a northerly direction.Researchers then placed the birds in anartificial magnetic field created by passing anelectric current around their cages. With noinformation about either the sky or Earth'smagnetic field, the birds attempted to fly inthe direction indicated by the new magneticfield created by the electrical current.3Despite these experiments, some scientistsremained skeptical about the effect of Earth'sextremely weak magnetic field on birdmigration. Yet numerous experiments haverevealed several mechanisms that enable birdsto sense very low levels of magnetism. Somebirds, such as homing pigeons, contain smallamounts of magnetically sensitive iron oxidein their beaks and nasal passages, which serveas tiny compasses that they use to orientthemselves to the poles. When researchersfroze homing pigeons' nasal passages, thepigeons were unable to navigate. Otherspecies apparently sense magnetism througha complicated process involving electricallyactive biological molecules. Studies havedemonstrated that birds with this ability cansense magnetic fields of far weaker intensitythan do birds that rely on iron oxide.4As Earth's magnetic field undergoes minorshifts to the east and west, and north andsouth, an additional question arises: How dobirds correct for such shifts when migrating?Another experiment suggested an explanation.When researchers took wild songbirds andsubjected them to an artificial magnetic fieldduring their yearly migration north, the birdsflew in the wrong direction the first night andthe following day. But on the second night,they headed in the correct direction. Furthertests showed that the songbirds "reset" theirinternal magnetic compasses each evening bycomparing them to the setting sun, which isalways in the west.5Thus it is that, however much birds differfrom species to species, nearly all the evidenceindicates that Earth's magnetic field plays amajor role in guiding them. We may somedaydiscover that we humans also have the abilityto sense the magnetic fields that surround us. Oklahoma General Education TestCopyright 2018 Pearson Education, Inc. or its affiliate(s). All rights reserved. 10
Selected-Response Section9.Which of the following statements bestexpresses the main idea of paragraph 4?A.10.11.Birds periodically adjust their flightpaths to overcome human obstacles.B.Birds have
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