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These credentials can open the doors to postsecondary education and employment opportunities. For instance, students who have this credential can receive federal financial aid to attend a postsecondary institution or to participate in training programs.1  \nThe test developers suggest a passing score, but states may set their own passing score. The GED and HiSET also include a higher score indicating college and career readiness.3  \nThis infographic shares findings from a REL Mid-Atlantic study that investigated characteristics of high school equivalency exams in New Jersey and the students who take them. States considering changing the tests they offer or the passing scores for these tests can use this information to understand how these exams compare.  \n[https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/midatlantic/app](https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/midatlantic/app)  \nRegional Educational Laboratory at Mathematica  \nHigh school equivalency exams in New Jersey  \nREL Mid-Atlantic examined the characteristics of test takers in New Jersey who had been enrolled in grade 8 in New Jersey public schools from 2008/09 to 2013/14 and took a high school equivalency exam from March 2014 to December 2018.  \nTest takers with comparable grade 8 standardized test scores were similarly likely to pass each of the three exams, suggesting that the exams are similar in their level of difficulty. The typical test taker in New Jersey was in the second quintile of the statewide grade 8 test score distribution (between the 20th and 40th percentiles), and 63 to 69 percent of these test takers passed the high school equivalency exam on their first attempt (figure 1) .  \nFigure 1. Test takers with comparable grade 8 standardized test scores were similarly likely to pass each of the three high school equivalency exams  \nPercentage of test takers who passed on first attempt  \n100%  88 89 88   \n75% ~~ 67 69 63 ~~  \n50% ~~ ~~  \n29 28 25  \n25% ~~ ~~  \n0% ~~ ~~  \nBottom Second Top three  \nquintile quintile quintiles  \nQuintile on grade 8 standardized test  \nGED HiSETTASC  \nPercentage of test takers who ever passed  \n100% ~~ ~~85~~ 88 92 95 ~~96~~ ~~  \n75  \n75% ~~ ~~  \n50%  43 53 58   \n25% ~~ ~~  \n0%    \nBottom Second Top three  \nquintile quintile quintiles  \nQuintile on grade 8 standardized test  \nHiSET is High School Equivalency Test. TASC is Test Assessing Secondary Completion.  \nNote: The grade 8 standardized test is the New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge. This figure includes high school equivalency (HSE) test takers enrolled in grade 8 in a New Jersey public school from 2008/09 to 2013/14, and who took an HSE exam from March 2014 to December 2018. Forty-one percent of HSE takers are in the bottom quintile, 30 percent are in the second quintile, and 30 percent are in the top three quintiles. HSE takers are considered to have passed each HSE exam if their score exceeded developers’ passing scores. Source: Grade 8 New Jersey Assessment of Skills and Knowledge scores come from the New Jersey Department of Education’s longitudinal K–12 information system (NJ SMART), and test performance comes from HSE testing vendors (collected by the New Jersey Department of Education) .  \nFor all three exams, test takers were least likely to pass the math subject test on the first attempt (figure 2) . For the HiSET and GED, few reached the threshold set by developers indicating college and career readiness.  \nFigure 2. Passing rates were lowest for the math subject test on all three high school equivalency exams  \nPercentage who passed on first attempt  \n100%  \n80%  \n60%  \n40%  \n20%  \n0%  \n\n| 86\u003Cbr>77 77 |  | 77 | 78 81 | 77 | 81 81 | 85 |\n| --- | ---","cbCaidp6ECwVGvPQ","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaidp6ECwVGvPQ","pdf",1962394,"English","# What are high school equivalency exams?\n# Study overview in New Jersey\n## Passing likelihood on first attempt\n## Subject-level passing differences\n# Key takeaways\n# Characteristics of high-school equivalency test takers\n# Features of high-school equivalency exams","[{\"question\":\"What are high school equivalency exams and who can take them?\",\"answer\":\"They are tests students who did not finish high school can take to demonstrate skills and knowledge and earn a high school equivalency credential. These credentials can support access to postsecondary education and employment opportunities.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the study compare GED, HiSET, and TASC in New Jersey?\",\"answer\":\"The study finds that test takers with comparable grade 8 standardized test scores were similarly likely to pass each of the three exams, suggesting similar difficulty levels.\"},{\"question\":\"Which subject test had the lowest passing rates on the first attempt?\",\"answer\":\"For all three exams, passing rates were lowest for the math subject test on the first attempt.\"}]","Characteristics of High School Equivalency Exams in New Jersey - Key Findings | PDF"]