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| HOBET Basics | The HOBET is a good diagnostic indicator of a potential student's ability for success in a health occupations training program. The HOBET evaluates reading aptitude, math skills, stress level, social interaction style, learning style, and test-taking skills.
The HOBET assesses seven areas that are fundamental for academic success and comprises the Individual Student Summary Reports along with a Composite Group Report.
It determines the person's skills in mathematics and science reading comprehension and also gives evaluation of counseling areas to draw a whole picture of the person.
The HOBET will not only discover weaknesses in processing skills, which are essential for success in college, but the test will enable all students to correct their weaknesses previous to entering school.
The HOBET gives Composite Scores for every student who takes the exam, in addition to Average Composite Scores and Passing Composite Scores. Average Scores that serve as contrast scores are the mean scores of an example of applicants to health care training programs from a variety of demographic and geographic groups across the nation.
Passing Scores are one typical deviation below the Average Scores, and also serve as contrast scores.
1. NET Composite Score: mean value of scores for the exam, including both Math and Reading Comprehension subtests.
2. Overall Composite Math: an evaluation of the student's aptitude to do essential operations for general mathematics through basic algebra.
3. Composite Reading: an evaluation of the student's critical reading capability of college level material. The HOBET also evaluates the following, and provides standard comparison scores:
- Social interaction: gives insight into the passive or aggressive, social interaction abilities of the student.
- Stress Level Profile: evaluates stress level in five areas (family life, social life, money/time commitments, academic stress, and workplace stress)
- Learning Styles: evaluates learning preferences
 - Test taking Skills: gives one of three expertise levels in test taking strategies
- Frustration Level: insufficient complexity in predictable test taking abilities for teacher-made and standardized tests
- Instructional Level: satisfactory mastery of test taking strategies; can also take advantage from definite instruction in test taking skills
- Independent Level: superiority in test taking skills
Although HOBET is not a placement exam, it is beneficial as it helps to discover a student’s strengths and weaknesses in mathematics and reading comprehension.
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