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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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