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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 2019
State or jurisdiction General Educational Development (GED) test, 2013 High School Equivalency Test (HiSET), 2019 Test Assessing Secondary Completion (TASC), 2019
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 85,030 50,879 59.8 40,375 79.4 52,476 36,125 68.8 22,265 61.6
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 17,464 9,812 56.2 7,440 75.8 --- --- --- --- ---

Colorado
18,714 14,345 76.7 12,292 85.7 307 161 52.4 137 85.1 --- --- --- --- ---
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 84.9 528 390 73.9 293 75.1   --- --- --- ---
Idaho 6,384 5,394 84.5 4,829 89.5 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Illinois 35,998 32,590 90.5 22,675 69.6 930 484 52.0 363 75.0 --- --- --- --- ---
Indiana 19,868 18,794 94.6 15,184 80.8 --- --- --- --- --- 8,836 8,295 93.9 6,602 79.6

Iowa
5,485 4,330 78.9 4,260 98.4 3,380 1,828 54.1 1,735 94.9 --- --- --- --- ---
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 7,737 5,007 64.7 3,754 75.0 --- --- --- --- ---
Maine 3,336 2,446 73.3 2,116 86.5 1,742 912 52.4 824 90.4 --- --- --- --- ---

Maryland
11,034 9,403 85.2 6,388 67.9 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Massachusetts 14,717 13,201 89.7 9,269 70.2 5,871 3,127 53.3 2,395 76.6 --- --- --- --- ---
Michigan 22,233 18,029 81.1 13,641 75.7 71 33 46.5 28 84.8 --- --- --- --- ---
Minnesota 12,094 10,143 83.9 8,753 86.3 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Mississippi 14,087 12,982 92.2 8,479 65.3 2,586 1,333 51.5 985 73.9 --- --- --- --- ---

Missouri
16,567 15,178 91.6 12,120 79.9 9,767 6,906 70.7 5,773 83.6 --- --- --- --- ---
Montana 3,250 2,827 87.0 2,279 80.6 2,368 1,565 66.1 1,295 82.7 --- --- --- --- ---
Nebraska 3,885 3,012 77.5 2,432 80.7 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Nevada 6,946 6,677 96.1 4,979 74.6 2,811 1,935 68.8 1,519 78.5 --- --- --- --- ---
New Hampshire 2,471 2,251 91.1 1,999 88.8 1,110 785 70.7 703 89.6 --- --- --- --- ---

New Jersey
16,877 15,876 94.1 10,811 68.1 2,239 1,276 57.0 995 78.0 5,459 4,213 77.2 2,898 68.8
New Mexico 10,293 8,900 86.5 6,625 74.4 2,373 1,565 66.0 1,179 75.3 --- --- --- --- ---
New York 56,635 52,934 93.5 31,282 59.1 --- --- --- --- --- 33,301 20,805 62.5 10,430 50.1
North Carolina 30,957 25,163 81.3 20,780 82.6 6,706 3,380 50.4 2,799 82.8 395 210 53.2 161 76.7
North Dakota 2,009 1,512 75.3 1,322 87.4 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---

Ohio
22,677 20,712 91.3 15,021 72.5 496 231 46.6 178 77.1 138 90 65.2 75 83.3
Oklahoma 10,349 9,448 91.3 7,368 78.0 3,676 2,331 63.4 1,875 80.4 --- --- --- --- ---
Oregon 15,104 13,007 86.1 11,542 88.7 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Pennsylvania 24,937 22,686 91.0 17,654 77.8 3,031 970 48.0 754 77.7 --- --- --- --- ---
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 7,521 4,751 63.2 3,693 77.7 --- --- --- --- ---
Texas 58,235 50,826 87.3 37,338 73.5 2,209 1,260 57.0 924 73.3 --- --- --- --- ---
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 --- --- --- --- --- 4,347 2,512 57.8 2,099 83.6
Wisconsin 18,248 13,811 75.7 11,137 80.6 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Wyoming 1,952 1,591 81.5 1,482 93.1 1,068 795 74.4 704 88.6 --- --- --- --- ---

American Samoa
32 29 90.6 7 24.1 11 7 63.6 5 71.4 --- --- --- --- ---
Federated States of
  Micronesia
64 42 65.6 0 0.0 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
Guam 169 159 94.1 49 30.8 7 6 85.7 4 66.7 --- --- --- --- ---
Marshall Islands 25 21 84.0 1 4.8 8 5 62.5 1 20.0 --- --- --- --- ---
Northern Marianas 37 24 64.9 11 45.8 50 13 26.0 12 92.3 --- --- --- --- ---
Palau 79 59 74.7 10 16.9 44 11 25.0 8 72.7 --- --- --- --- ---
Puerto Rico --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
US Virgin Islands 443 319 72.0 57 17.9 --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- --- ---
---Not available.
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 already had a GED score in a given content area were not required to take the same content area of the TASC test. New Jersey also allowed a combination of HiSET, TASC, and GED scores. TASC completers and passers in this table include only people who took TASC subtests for all content areas; those who took a combination of content area tests 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 or because test takers and completers could make multiple attempts at a test in different states.
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, 2019 Annual Statistical Report on the HiSET Exam, retrieved April 21, 2022, from https://hiset.ets.org/s/pdf/2019_annual_statistical_report.pdf; Data Recognition Corporation, TASC Test 2020 Statistical Report, retrieved April 21, 2022, from https://tasctest.com/pdfs/TASC_StatSummary_2020.pdf. (This table was prepared April 2022.)

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