As I promised earlier this year:

For those who took the HT or HTL
or SLS exam in the last half of 2001 -

>From the Spring 2002 "ASCP BOR Newsletter"

July-Dec 2001 EXAMINATION SCORES:

Remember:
- lowest possible score = 100
- highest possible score = 999
- minimum score for passing = 400

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HISTOLOGIC TECHNICIAN (HT)

HT-MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)
mean score = 416
range of scores = 155 - 714
ttl # people taking HT exam = 373
ttl  # people passing HT exam  = 191 (51%)
ttl # 1st time NAACLS HT students = 97
ttl pass 1st time NAACLS HT students = 69 (71%)
(extrapolate = ttl # OJT and repeaters (in other words, non-NAACLS students)
= 276)
(extrapolate = ttl # pass OJT and repeaters = 113 (41%)

HT-P (Practical)
mean = 515
range = 100-999
ttl # taking = 329
ttl pass = 233 (71%)
ttl # 1st time NAACLS students = 97
ttl pass 1st time NAACLS students = 73 (75%)
(extrapolate = ttl # OJT and repeaters (no 1st time students) = 256 )
(extrapolate = ttl pass OJT and repeaters = 160 (63%))

HT COMPLETE (pass both MCQ and P)
ttl # taking = 366
ttl pass = 172 (47%)
ttl # 1st time NAACLS students = 102
ttl pass 1st time NAACLS students = 54 (53%)
(extrapolate = ttl # OJT and repeaters (no 1st time students) = 264)
(extrapolate = ttl pass OJT and repeaters = 118 (45%))

HT - first year certified = 1948
HT - number certified to date = 18,021

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HISTOTECHNOLOGIST (HTL)

HTL-MCQ (Multiple Choice Questions)
mean = 403
range = 215-604
ttl # taking = 64
ttl pass = 34 (53%)
ttl # 1st time NAACLS students = 3
ttl pass 1st time NAACLS students = 3 (100%)
(extrapolate = ttl # OJT and repeaters = 61)
(extrapolate = ttl pass OJT and repeaters = 31 (51%))

HTL-P (Practical)
mean = 525
range = 100-999
ttl # taking = 55
ttl pass = 37 (67%)
ttl # 1st time NAACLS students = 3
ttl pass 1st time NAACLS students = 3 (100%)
(extrapolate = ttl # OJT and repeaters (no 1st time students) = 52)
(extrapolate = ttl pass OJT and repeaters = 34 (65%))

HTL COMPLETE (pass both MCQ and P)
ttl # taking = 69
ttl pass = 35 (51%)
ttl # 1st time NAACLS students = 3
ttl pass 1st time NAACLS students = 3 (100%)
(extrapolate = ttl # OJT and repeaters (no 1st time students) = 66)
(extrapolate = ttl pass OJT and repeaters = 32 (48%))

HTL- first year certified = 1980
HTL - number certified to date = 1,966

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SPECIALIST IN LABORATORY SAFETY (SLS)

mean = 389
range = 235-586
ttl # taking = 18
ttl pass = 7 (39%)

SLS - first year certified = 2000
SLS - number certified to date = 118


That's it for numbers, today.

Peggy A. Wenk, HTL(ASCP)SLS
Schools of Histotechnology
William Beaumont Hospital
Royal Oak, MI 48073