TASC Italian case studies
TASC Italian · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The TASC Italian is the Italian-language version of the Test Assessing Secondary Completion, a high school equivalency exam for adults and out-of-school youth who did not finish high school. Candidates who pass earn a state-issued high school equivalency credential, which can open doors to employment, military enlistment, job training, and college. The TASC Italian case studies are 5 cases and about 2,120 words.
1Deciding What the Passage Actually Claims
A student reads a short article about a town that installed 40 new streetlights along its two main roads. The article states that nighttime pedestrian injuries dropped from 18 in the year before installation to 11 in the year after, and that shop owners reported more evening customers.
410 words, about 2 min2Revising a Sentence Without Changing Its Meaning
A student drafts this sentence for an essay: "The committee reviewed the proposal carefully, they decided to postpone the vote until more data was available." Her teacher marks two problems: a comma splice and a subject-verb agreement issue with "data." The student wants to fix both while keeping the sentence's meaning and formal tone. She considers four revisions: (A) "The committee reviewed the proposal carefully, they decided to postpone the vote until more data were available." (B) "The committee reviewed the proposal carefully; they decided to postpone the vote until more data were available." (C) "Reviewing the proposal carefully, the vote was postponed until more data was available." (D) "The committee reviewed the proposal carefully and decided to postpone the vote until more data were available.".
424 words, about 2 min3Choosing a Payment Plan Under Constraints
A student needs to buy a used laptop for a coding course. The laptop costs 720 euros.
464 words, about 2 min4Interpreting an Experiment With a Confound
A student designs an experiment to test whether fertilizer increases bean plant growth. She plants 10 beans in pots by a sunny window and 10 beans in pots in a shaded corner.
387 words, about 2 min5Reading a Source Critically in Social Studies
A student is writing about a city's decision to build a new tram line. She finds three sources.
435 words, about 2 min