Alabama High School Graduation Exam
The Alabama High School Graduation Exam is meant for high school students in Alabama seeking a high school diploma. The AHSGE test was instituted in 2001 to test the preparedness and qualification of high school students to face further education and the outside society with a high school diploma. The AHSGE test is now mandatory before students can be awarded a high school diploma in Alabama. Students in the 10th grade are eligible to take the exam up to the 12th grade. Within this time, students have six opportunities to try to pass the exam. The exam is designed so that an 11th grader could pass it. 
AHSGE is made up of five test sections comprising math, science, social studies, language and reading. The questions are all set in multiple-choice format. The reading and comprehension section has 84 questions and requires a cutoff score of 563. This section test the student’s ability to read and interpret short written passages on different subjects. The language test section requires a minimum score of 560 to pass and has 100 questions. The section is designed to test punctuation, grammar, vocabulary and sentence construction. The math section has 100 questions and requires a minimum score of 477 to pass. The math questions are based mainly on algebra with a few pre-geometry questions. Test on science is also 100 questions but require a minimum pass score of 491. The questions are mainly on biology with a bit of physical science questions. Social studies come in 100 questions and require 509 marks to make the minimum level pass. The questions are set from American history up to the Second World War.
The entire test spans five days with each day dedicated to one test subject section. AHSGE is an untimed test and as such, students are allowed as much time needed to complete test even after the allotted three hours for a test session has elapsed.
Study Tips and Strategies
Reading Comprehension. Here are some tips for answering the Reading Comprehension section.
Mathematics. Taking complex problems and breaking them down into smaller pieces is a valuable skill. Here are some practice questions.
Multiple Choice. Some sections of this test are multiple choice. Click here for info and tips on increasing your score on multiple choice questions.
AHSGE Practice Test Questions
Practice Reading Comprehension Questions - (includes Main Idea and Making Inferences)
Practice Math Questions (General)
Basic Math (Very Basic - Long & Short Division, Multiplication, Decimals, Fractions, Percent etc.)
Basic Math II (Percentage, Fractions Decimals exponents, simple algebra, parentheses removal etc.)
Basic Algebra (Word Problems using basic algebra)
Exponents (Adding, subtracting and multiplying exponents and exponent fractions)
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