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| Table 219.60. | Number and percentage of people taking, completing, and passing high school equivalency tests, by test taken and state or jurisdiction: 2013 and 2015 |
| State or jurisdiction | General Educational Development (GED) test, 2013 | High School Equivalency Test (HiSET), 2015 | Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC), 2015 | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number of test takers1 | Completers2 | Passers3 | Total number of test takers1 | Completers2 | Passers3 | Total number of test takers1 | Completers2,4 | Passers3,4 | |||||||
| Number completing test | Completion rate | Number passing test | Pass rate | Number completing test | Completion rate | Number passing test | Pass rate | Number completing test | Completion rate | Number passing test | Pass rate | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |
| United States | 816,213 | 713,960 | 87.5 | 540,535 | 75.7 | 61,600 | 47,329 | 77.4 | 27,318 | 57.7 | 49,618 | 43,547 | 87.8 | 26,060 | 59.8 |
| Alabama | 17,189 | 16,621 | 96.7 | 10,560 | 63.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Alaska | 3,468 | 2,812 | 81.1 | 2,444 | 86.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arizona | 23,808 | 20,664 | 86.8 | 16,313 | 78.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | 8,245 | 8,063 | 97.8 | 6,923 | 85.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| California | 64,983 | 57,422 | 88.4 | 44,864 | 78.1 | 12,007 | 8,815 | 73.4 | 4,459 | 50.0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Colorado | 18,714 | 14,345 | 76.7 | 12,292 | 85.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | 6,779 | 5,795 | 85.5 | 3,592 | 62.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Delaware | 1,281 | 1,272 | 99.3 | 1,160 | 91.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | 2,306 | 1,716 | 74.4 | 1,099 | 64.0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Florida | 64,011 | 49,672 | 77.6 | 36,683 | 73.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Georgia | 32,705 | 28,732 | 87.9 | 22,178 | 77.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | 1,402 | 1,339 | 95.5 | 1,137 | 84.9 | 179 | 162 | 90.5 | 83 | 51.2 | — | — | — | — | |
| Idaho | 6,384 | 5,394 | 84.5 | 4,829 | 89.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Illinois | 35,998 | 32,590 | 90.5 | 22,675 | 69.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Indiana | 19,868 | 18,794 | 94.6 | 15,184 | 80.8 | — | — | — | — | — | 9,083 | 8,817 | 97.1 | 6,617 | 75.1 |
| Iowa | 5,485 | 4,330 | 78.9 | 4,260 | 98.4 | 3,084 | 1,890 | 61.3 | 1,537 | 81.3 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kansas | 4,034 | 3,843 | 95.3 | 3,586 | 93.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Kentucky | 13,916 | 13,460 | 96.7 | 11,490 | 85.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | 11,769 | 11,405 | 96.9 | 8,766 | 76.9 | 8,411 | 6,603 | 78.5 | 3,621 | 54.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maine | 3,336 | 2,446 | 73.3 | 2,116 | 86.5 | 1,903 | 1,119 | 58.8 | 770 | 68.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Maryland | 11,034 | 9,403 | 85.2 | 6,388 | 67.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | 14,717 | 13,201 | 89.7 | 9,269 | 70.2 | 7,101 | 5,058 | 71.2 | 2,719 | 53.8 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Michigan | 22,233 | 18,029 | 81.1 | 13,641 | 75.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Minnesota | 12,094 | 10,143 | 83.9 | 8,753 | 86.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | 14,087 | 12,982 | 92.2 | 8,479 | 65.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Missouri | 16,567 | 15,178 | 91.6 | 12,120 | 79.9 | 10,443 | 9,095 | 87.1 | 5,779 | 63.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Montana | 3,250 | 2,827 | 87.0 | 2,279 | 80.6 | 2,080 | 1,580 | 76.0 | 1,068 | 67.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | 3,885 | 3,012 | 77.5 | 2,432 | 80.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nevada | 6,946 | 6,677 | 96.1 | 4,979 | 74.6 | 3,003 | 2,594 | 86.4 | 1,420 | 54.7 | 215 | 191 | 88.8 | 105 | 55.0 |
| New Hampshire | 2,471 | 2,251 | 91.1 | 1,999 | 88.8 | 1,136 | 971 | 85.5 | 737 | 75.9 | — | — | — | — | — |
| New Jersey | 16,877 | 15,876 | 94.1 | 10,811 | 68.1 | 1,458 | 1,088 | 74.6 | 475 | 43.7 | 5,803 | 5,428 | 93.5 | 3,431 | 63.2 |
| New Mexico | 10,293 | 8,900 | 86.5 | 6,625 | 74.4 | 1,115 | 874 | 78.4 | 398 | 45.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| New York | 56,635 | 52,934 | 93.5 | 31,282 | 59.1 | — | — | — | — | — | 29,822 | 25,901 | 86.9 | 13,437 | 51.9 |
| North Carolina | 30,957 | 25,163 | 81.3 | 20,780 | 82.6 | 744 | 403 | 54.2 | 206 | 51.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | 2,009 | 1,512 | 75.3 | 1,322 | 87.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ohio | 22,677 | 20,712 | 91.3 | 15,021 | 72.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oklahoma | 10,349 | 9,448 | 91.3 | 7,368 | 78.0 | 252 | 174 | 69.0 | 83 | 47.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oregon | 15,104 | 13,007 | 86.1 | 11,542 | 88.7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pennsylvania | 24,937 | 22,686 | 91.0 | 17,654 | 77.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | 3,147 | 2,799 | 88.9 | 2,363 | 84.4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | 13,135 | 11,761 | 89.5 | 8,713 | 74.1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | 2,027 | 1,215 | 59.9 | 1,100 | 90.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tennessee | 16,184 | 15,322 | 94.7 | 11,334 | 74.0 | 7,086 | 6,001 | 84.7 | 3,165 | 52.7 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Texas | 58,235 | 50,826 | 87.3 | 37,338 | 73.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Utah | 6,253 | 5,821 | 93.1 | 5,212 | 89.5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Vermont | 980 | 771 | 78.7 | 685 | 88.8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Virginia | 23,904 | 21,264 | 89.0 | 15,773 | 74.2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Washington | 22,734 | 18,474 | 81.3 | 15,865 | 85.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | 6,611 | 5,649 | 85.4 | 4,638 | 82.1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4,695 | 3,210 | 68.4 | 2,470 | 77.0 |
| Wisconsin | 18,248 | 13,811 | 75.7 | 11,137 | 80.6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | 1,952 | 1,591 | 81.5 | 1,482 | 93.1 | 1,135 | 1,187 | 79.5 | 808 | 68.1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| American Samoa | 32 | 29 | 90.6 | 7 | 24.1 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 5 | 55.6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Guam | 169 | 159 | 94.1 | 49 | 30.8 | 13 | 11 | 84.6 | 5 | 45.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Northern Marianas | 37 | 24 | 64.9 | 11 | 45.8 | 63 | 26 | 41.3 | 16 | 61.5 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerto Rico | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | 443 | 319 | 72.0 | 57 | 17.9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1 Test takers are people who took any portion of the specified equivalency test (i.e., one or more content-area subtests) in the given year. | |||||||||||||||
| 2 Test completers are those test takers who had tested in all five content areas of the specified equivalency test by the end of the given year and who took their final content-area subtest in the given year. People completing their final subtest in the given year may have begun testing in an earlier year. | |||||||||||||||
| 3 Test passers are those test completers who met the minimum passing standard for the specified equivalency test. In order to receive a high school equivalency credential in some jurisdictions, test takers must meet additional requirements beyond passing an equivalency test. | |||||||||||||||
| 4 In New Jersey, New York, and West Virginia, TASC test takers who had already taken a GED subtest in a given content area were not required to take the same content area of the TASC test. In New Jersey, TASC test takers who had taken a HiSET subtest also were not required to take the same content area of the TASC test. TASC completers and passers in this table include only people who took TASC subtests for all content areas; those who took a combination of subtests from TASC and GED (or HiSET in New Jersey) are not included in the calculation of TASC completion and passing rates. | |||||||||||||||
| NOTE: The states and other jurisdictions decide which equivalency test(s) to offer. Detail may not sum to totals because of rounding. | |||||||||||||||
| SOURCE: American Council on Education, General Educational Development Testing Service, the GED Annual Statistical Report, 2013, retrieved June 28, 2017, from http://www.gedtestingservice.com/educators/historical-testing-data; Educational Testing Service, 2015 Annual Statistical Report on the HiSET Exam, retrieved June 28, 2017, from https://hiset.ets.org/s/pdf/2015_annual_statistical_report.pdf; Data Recognition Corporation, TASC Test 2015 Annual Statistical Report, retrieved June 28, 2017, from http://www.ctbassessments.com/PostSecondary/GettheFacts/TASC_Test_2015_Annual_Statistical_Report.pdf. (This table was prepared June 2017.) |
