When you register for the THEA Test, you will be asked to answer the following background questions. Providing accurate and complete background information about yourself is important. The information that you provide will be kept confidential.

If you register on the Internet, you will answer the following questions interactively as you register. If you register by U.S. mail, enter your responses to the following questions on the registration form. Each question number corresponds to the section of the registration form in which you will record your response.

Background Questions and Responses

8. High School Diploma, GED, or Other High School Completion Equivalent Indicate whether you have graduated or will graduate from high school (HS) or have received or will receive a General Equivalency Diploma (GED). If you have received or will receive some other form of high school completion equivalent, select “Other.” If you have not received or will not receive any form of high school diploma or equivalent, select “None.”

9. Type of High School from Which You Graduated or Will Graduate Indicate which type of high school you graduated or will graduate from. If you selected “GED,” “Other,” or “None” in section 8, leave this section blank.

10. Semester and Year of High School Graduation, GED, or Other High School Completion Equivalent Indicate the semester of the year you graduated from high school or received a GED or other form of high school completion equivalent. Then, enter the year you graduated from high school or received a GED or other form of high school completion equivalent. If you have not yet graduated from high school or received an equivalent diploma, use the semester and year you will graduate from high school or receive a GED or other form of high school completion equivalent. If you selected “None” in section 8, leave this section blank.

11. Reason for Testing Under which ONE of the following requirements are you taking the THEA Test? 1. Requirements for entering freshman or first-year students 2. Requirements for entry into an educator preparation program 3. Requirements for a career school or career college 4. Other requirements

[Top of Page]