So what were these tests normed against. One of the comments is it is only one year. There is no norm that tells us what passing is on the tests or what they were based upon. Some might remember before the HSGQE was used, it was given about 4 or 5 times and there were many different statistics that were looked at before it was "officially used" that broke down every question and whether or not it had any cultural or racial issues. The current test was quickly put together after cancelling the contract with the prior tester. There wasn't time to take a look at the questions, but hey, let's panic and demand changes based on some half-baked "facts".