For those interested in the pass rates of the HT and HTL and SLS ASCP exams
Jan. - June 2003, please read on. (For those not interested, please press
the DELETE key now.)

Scaled score of 400 is required to pass the exam. For HT and HTL, both the
written (MCQ = Multiple Choice Question) and the practical portions must be
passed.

NAACLS = National Accrediting Agency for Clinical Laboratory Sciences, which
is the accrediting agency for lab training programs.

Total Number non-NAACLS candidates = Total Number taking exam - Total Number
NAACLS students

HISTOTECHNICIAN

HT MCQ
Mean = 428
Range of Scores = 100-761
Total Number Taking Exam = 206
Total Pass = 111 (54%)
Total Number NAACLS students = 24
Total Pass NAACLS students = 18 (75%)
Total Number non-NAACLS candidates = 182
Total Pass non-NAACLS candidates = 93 (51%)

HT Practical
Mean = 446
Range of Scores = 201-889
Total Number Taking Exam = 217
Total Pass = 144 (66%)
Total Number NAACLS students = 24
Total Pass NAACLS students = 20 (83%)
Total Number non-NAACLS candidates = 193
Total Pass non-NAACLS candidates = 20 (64%)

HT COMBINED
Total Number Taking Exam = 349
Total Pass = 141 (40%)
Total Number NAACLS students = 23
Total Pass NAACLS students = 15 (65%)
Total Number non-NAACLS candidates = 326
Total Pass non-NAACLS candidates = 126 (39%)

HT exam first given in 1948. Certified to date = 18,556


HISTOTECHNOLOGIST

HTL MCQ
Mean = 451
Range of Scores = 100-646
Total Number Taking Exam = 43
Total Pass = 32 (74%)
Total Number NAACLS students = 0

HTL PRACTICAL
Mean = 487
Range of Scores = 244-700
Total Number Taking Exam = 54
Total Pass = 43 (80%)
Total Number NAACLS students = 0

HTL COMBINED
Total Number Taking Exam = 78
Total Pass = 39 (50%)
Total Number NAACLS students = 0

HTL exam first given in 1980. Certified to date = 2,070


SPECIALIST IN LABORATORY SAFETY
Mean = 422
Range of Scores = 363-511
Total Number Taking Exam = 7
Total Pass = 3 (43%)

SLS exam first given in 2000. Certified to date = 138

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


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