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NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INTEGRATED BASIC SKILLS PATHWAYSBELLEVUE, WASHINGTONAPRIL 30TH, 2014

New High School Equivalency Exams: Opportunities, Challenges, and Implications for Integrated Pathways

ETS-HiSET GED 2014 TASC

Owner Educational Testing Service, non-profit

Pearson/ACE, for-profit CTB/McGraw Hill, for-profit

Cost (this will vary from state to state depending on admin costs and subsidies)

$50 plus local and state admin costsTotal $50-$125

$80 plus local and state admin costsTotal $80-$160

$52 plus local and state admin costsTotal $52-$65, $92 in IN and NJ

Subjects Tested • Language Arts, Writing• Language Arts, Reading• Mathematics• Social Studies• Science

• Reasoning Through Language Arts

• Reasoning Through Mathematics

• Science• Social Studies

• Language Arts, Writing• Language Arts, Reading• Mathematics• Social Studies• Science

Alignment to Common Core

Phase I aligned to ELA and Math CCSS; Phase II complete alignment

Aligned to the CCSS Will phase in CCSS content over the next 3 years

Format Online and paper Online Online and paper

HSE Exams at-a-Glance

High School Equivalency Exams by State: HiSET

HiSET

Iowa New Jersey

Louisiana Tennessee

Missouri Maine

Massachusetts Wyoming

Montana

New Hampshire

Nevada

High School Equivalency Exams by State: TASC

TASC

Nevada

New Jersey

New York

Indiana

West Virginia

Wyoming

High School Equivalency Exams by State: GED 2014

GED 2014

Maryland Massachusetts North Carolina South Carolina

Hawaii Idaho North Dakota South Dakota

Illinois Kansas Ohio Tennessee

Kentucky Michigan Oklahoma Texas

Minnesota Mississippi Oregon Utah

Nebraska Nevada Pennsylvania Vermont

New Jersey New Mexico Rhode Island Virginia

Washington Wisconsin Wyoming

Evaluation

Synthesis

Analysis

Application

Comprehension

Knowledge

Conceptual Framework: Bloom’s Taxonomy (old)

Creating

Evaluating

Analyzing

Applying

Understanding

Remembering

Conceptual Framework: Bloom’s Taxonomy (new)

Conceptual Framework: Webb’s Depth of Knowledge

1. Recall and Reproduction

2. Skills and Concepts

3. Short-term Strategic Thinking

4. Extended Thinking

New Landscape, New Considerations

• TASC, GED or HiSET: all tests emphasize the need for deeper learning and

more rigorous assessment of college and career readiness.

• Multiple choices in HSE exams present challenges in implementation and

preparation for programs and instructors.

• Most promising models are designed with a career credential as an explicit

goal, linked to an integrated pathway.

Discussion Questions

What test(s) does your state use?

What challenges and opportunities does your state face around:

• Instruction (including new ways of teaching and new content to cover)

• Professional Development

• Policy (both state and institutional)

• Funding

• Student Outcomes

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