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Resources for tutors who are helping their students pass their High School Equivalency Test (HiSET). 

We recommend HiSET over GED, as it offers paper based exams which are easier for Service Employees, and the HiSET Math test is also slightly easier than GED's.

HiSET Study Guide and information

HiSET Study Guide - Study materials for the High School Equivalency Test (HiSET)

Mass Dept of Education HSE Testing page - http://www.doe.mass.edu/hse/ - helpful information and easy to follow.  Includes promo codes for the state to pay for the test in the students' stead (FREE for student).

HiSET test center locations - https://ereg.ets.org/ereg/public/testcenter/search?_p=HSE# 

ETS (Educational Testing Services) guide to HiSET - https://hiset.ets.org

Online HiSET Practice Test - Timed online test with multiple-choice questions, answer explanations, and instant score

PDF Resources

ZIP 2016-2017 HiSET Practice Tests from HiSET.org - Practice tests for the student to become familiar with the process. 

ZIP 2013-2015 HiSET Practice Tests from HiSET.org - See Proctoring information below for a script that can be used to transform other multiple-choice tests into HiSET practice tests.

ZIP Additional HiSET Information from HiSET.org - The Study Companion is particularly useful as it offers excellent suggestions and strategies

ZIP HiSET Proctoring Information from HiSET.org - Information to help tutors recreate the HiSET test experience

Other Resources

Math resources from Khan Academy - recommended by the official hiset.org site

Victor Prep Vocabulary Podcasts - Learning vocabulary through audio, especially useful for people who don't have much time to sit down, also very useful while studying for the HiSET.  If using earbuds while working and still need to be aware of surroundings, best to listen with the right ear only.

For a fun break:

Schoolhouse Rock: Science Rock - Lyrics for 9 great songs about Science; videos Google search (Body Machine (Body Needs); Do the Circulation (Circulatory System); Electricity (Uses of Power and Electricity); Energy Blues (Energy Conservation); Greatest Show on Earth; Interplanet Janet (Solar System); Telegraph Line; Them Not-So-Dry Bones; A Victim of Gravity)

Schoolhouse Rock: Multiplication Rock - Lyrics for 11 great songs about Multiplication; videos Google search (Elementary, My Dear (Two); Three is a Magic Number; The Four-Legged Zoo; Ready or Not, Here I Come (Five); I Got Six; Lucky Seven Sampson; Figure Eight; Naughty Number Nine; My Hero, Zero; The Good Eleven; Little Twelvetoes)

Schoolhouse Rock: Money Rock - Lyrics for 8 great songs about Money; videos Google search (The Check's in the Mail; Dollars and Sense; Making $7.50 Once a Week; Tax Man Max; This For That; Tyrannosaurus Debt; Walkin' on Wallstreet; Where the Money Goes)

 Compressed ZIP Archive of 2017-2017 HiSET Practice Test PDFs from hiset.org