New GED 2014 Test Practice Test Post

VALF is following some of the discussions on the Connected Educator LINCS site. Here is a recent post with a link to a new GED 2014  Practice Test

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A free 2014 GED practice test from GEDTS
Yesterday, the GED Testing Service released a free 2014 practice test on their website.  Have you take it? What did you think?
A few things to note before diving in for the first time:

• About quarter-length, so half the length of the GED Ready (OPT).
• It's web-based, so probably not something programs can print and use as an skill assessment.
• Gives an alignment of the problems to the 2014 GED Assessment Targets.
• It's not predictive of passing 
• GED Ready will be released in late-November.

A couple observations:

• Working through this practice test was not the strenuous (humbling) exercise that I experienced going through the Item Sampler this past spring.  That test was not representative of the level of rigor that testers will encounter in 2014, but this one seems to be the result of a norming process. Do you feel like 60% of graduating high school seniors could pass this free practice test? 
• The test seemed to lean slightly toward word-problems and text-based content (and maybe standard multiple choice questions in general) more so than  graphic literacy or overly-complex diagram formats (though the new formats are certainly present).   

Overall, it seems fairly traditional and straight-forward to me.Of course, there's only so much we can infer from a quarter-length test, so please take my conclusions with a grain of salt.  I'm curious to hear from others.
Here's the link to the test again:  http://www.gedtestingservice.com/educators/freepracticetest?utm_source=iContact&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Non%20TT&utm_content=2014+Countdown
(I posted this as a comment in reply to an older question about this, but it could probably use its own thread)
Jason Guard
Essential Education
jason@essentialed.com