Spring 2011 HSPE Results
Score reports for students in 10th through 12th grade will be mailed to school districts in early June. Results for end-of-course math exams will be available in early September.

August 2011 HSPE Testing
Results for the August HSPE were available November 2011.

High School Proficiency Exam (HSPE)

The HSPE measures the proficiency of students in high school and serves as the state's exit exam in reading and writing. Its name conveys the goal of the test: to measure a student’s proficiency of basic skills. In spring 2011, the state moved to end-of-course math exams and will no longer use a comprehensive math test. In spring 2012, students will take an end-of-course exam in biology.

Students in the classes of 2011 and 2012 must pass the reading and writing exams or a state-approved alternative in order to be eligible to graduate. Students in the classes of 2013 and 2014 must pass exams in reading, writing and one end-of-course math exam. Science is no longer required through the class of 2014. Beginning with the class of 2015, students must pass reading, writing, two end-of-course math exams and a biology end-of-course exam.

The HSPE reading exam takes one day, while the writing exam is two days. The HSPE testing dates for spring 2012 are: March 13-14 (Writing) and March 15 (Reading). The math and biology end-of-course exams are given in the last three weeks of the school year. Each district sets its own EOC testing dates.

The testing window for online testing in spring 2012 is April 25 - June 1.