HiSET® Test Taker BULLETIN Effective September 2021
HiSET information from the Adult Education department at Wiregrass Georgia Technical College
Homepage for Adult Education from the Technical College System of Georgia
The HiSET Exam consists of five subtests that measure your knowledge in five core areas:
• Language Arts–Reading: contains 50 multiple-choice questions
• Language Arts–Writing: contains 60 multiple-choice and one essay question
• Mathematics: contains 55 multiple-choice questions
• Science: contains 60 multiple-choice questions
• Social Studies: contains 60 multiple-choice questions
Each of the five subtests in the HiSET exam is scored on a scale of 1–20. To pass the HiSET exam, you must do all three of the following:
Achieve a score of at least 8 on each of the five individual subtests
Score at least 2 out of 6 on the essay portion of the writing test
Have a total combined score on all five subtests of at least 45
Pass the entire battery in one language: English or Spanish.