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Louisiana HiSET® Requirements

About the Louisiana HiSET® Exam 

Earn the credential your future needs with the HiSET® High School Equivalency Test. 

If you want to find a better job or take the first step on a pathway to a career, then you need to earn a high school equivalency credential. It is required for college and more important than ever to employers. Taking the HiSET exam can help change your life and expand your opportunities like it’s done for other test takers.

See the Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges WorkReady-U program website for more information.

Louisiana Eligibility Requirements

To take the HiSET exam in Louisiana, you must meet the following eligibility requirements:

High School Equivalency Status: You must not be enrolled, nor required to be enrolled, in high school, and you must not have a high school diploma or high school equivalency diploma/credential.

Age:

  • You must be at least 16 years of age to take the HiSET exam.
  • You must be at least 19 years of age to take the exam without providing any additional documentation.
  • If you are 16–18 years of age, you must provide all of the following additional documentation to be eligible to test:
    • Enrollment in and/or authorization by an approved WorkReady U literacy program
    • Enrollment in a state-recognized LA “Options” program within the K–12 system with the required testing authorization.
    • HiSET Official Practice Test for Educators administered by WRU literacy program or state qualifying scores (Prepared or Well-Prepared) on the HiSET Official Practice Test (OPT) for Educators.

For questions regarding eligibility requirements, please call the Louisiana Community & Technical College System at 1-225-922-2800

Residency: You do not have to be a resident of Louisiana to take the HiSET exam.

Test Preparation or Instruction: The state of Louisiana requires test preparation or instruction and authorization to test for eligible students 16–18 years of age.

Practice Test:

  • If you are 19 years of age or older, the HiSET Official Practice Test (OPT) to qualify for the HiSET exam is recommended but not required.
  • If you are 16–18 years of age, the HiSET Official Practice Test (OPT) to qualify for the HiSET exam is required and must be administered by a WorkReady U literacy provider or state-approved designee.
    • You must achieve qualifying scores (Prepared or Well-Prepared) on the HiSET OPT for Educators.
    • For the list of state-approved WorkReady U literacy providers, please visit the WRU website.

Identification: All applicants must present state and/or government-issued identification on test day at the HiSET test center. Outdated or expired identification will not be accepted.

Acceptable forms of identification include:

  • driver’s licenses
  • valid passports
  • military IDs
  • other forms of government-issued identification that show name, address, date of birth, signature and photograph

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HiSET Louisiana Testing Options and Fees

Total fees per paper subtest

$21

First subtest booked: $31 (see details)

Total expected fees to complete the HiSET assuming no retake attempts and completion in a single calendar year:

$115

Subtest fee breakdown:

Test Fee: $15

Test Center Fee: $6

Remote Proctor Fee: $0

State Admin Fee: $10 one-time annual per calendar year. See note below

Test Location: Test Center

Total fees per computer subtest

$21

First subtest booked: $31 (see details)

Total expected fees to complete the HiSET assuming no retake attempts and completion in a single calendar year:

$115

Subtest fee breakdown:

Test Fee: $15

Test Center Fee: $6

Remote Proctor Fee: $0

State Admin Fee: $10 one-time annual per calendar year. See note below

Test Location: Test Center

Total fees per Test @ Home subtest

$32.50

First subtest booked: $42.50 (see details)

Total expected fees to complete the HiSET assuming no retake attempts and completion in a single calendar year:

$172.50

Subtest fee breakdown:

Test Fee: $15

Test Center Fee: $0

Remote Proctor Fee: $17.50

State Admin Fee: $10 one-time annual per calendar year. See note below.

Test Location: Offsite, remote proctored. System requirements and test environment guidelines must be met.

State Admin Fees: The State of Louisiana collects an annual one-time state fee of $10 at the time you book your first test in a calendar year. For example, if a test taker booked 3 of her 5 subtests between November and December of 2023, she would pay an annual state fee of $10 on her first booked test in November, but no state fee on any of the other subtests booked before the end of December. If she then booked her 4th and 5th subtests in January of 2024, she would be required to pay the $10 annual fee again for the new year at the time she booked her 4th test, but would not pay any additional state fees for the remainder of the calendar year.

The test center fee must be paid each time you take a subtest.

Retesting

What to know: HiSET test takers may take each subtest a maximum of three (3) times in a calendar year.

How it works: If you take your first official HiSET subtest in the month of January and then take two retakes at a test center in the months of February and March, you would not be permitted to take that subtest again until the next calendar year starting in January, and you would then need to pay the full test price.

What it costs: You may retake each subtest two times over the 12 months following your first attempt by paying only the test center fee (noted above for each in-person subtest) or the at-home online proctor fee ($17.50 for each at-home subtest).

Access your myHiSET account on PSIExams.com

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