GED RLA case studies
GED RLA · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The GED Reasoning Through Language Arts (RLA) test is one of the four subject exams that make up the GED test, which GED Testing Service describes as the path to a high school equivalency diploma accepted by nearly all colleges and employers. It is designed for adults who left high school without a diploma and want a credential for college, training, or work, and you do not have to take all four subjects at once - you can space them out and go at your own pace. The GED RLA case studies are 5 cases and about 3,609 words.
1Fines, Circulation, and a Board Member's Doubt
Over the next six months, circulation of children's books rose 19 percent and the number of items never returned fell by 4 percent. Director Ana Ruiz says the change was never about money.
703 words, about 4 min2The Four-Day Warehouse Memo
Devon Park manages a 60-employee parts warehouse and wants to move everyone to four 10-hour days. Park's memo to the vice president rests on a six-week trial in the returns department: eight employees, four days a week, ten hours a day.
757 words, about 4 min3Priya's Cover Letter: Three Marked Sentences
Priya is drafting a paragraph of a cover letter for a night-shift dispatcher job. I have spent three years at a call center where each of the fourteen dispatchers, including myself, handles more than a hundred calls a day.
684 words, about 3 min4Three Boxes and a Coffee Can of Screws
Marisol had come with three boxes and a plan: label, stack, haul, done by noon. At ten she was still holding a coffee can of mismatched screws.
719 words, about 4 min5The Ashbury Scooter Pilot Numbers
Ashbury ran a 90-day e-scooter pilot with 250 scooters. The reported results: 41,000 trips; average trip length 1.3 miles; 62 percent of surveyed riders said they would otherwise have driven or taken a car; 3 injuries reported, 1 serious; 118 scooters impounded or pulled from the river; helmet use observed at 12 percent.
746 words, about 4 min