Testers who passed the CHSPE received a high school equivalency (HSE) diploma granted by the California State Board of Education.
[1] The University of California system accepts the Certificate of Proficiency awarded by the State Board of Education upon successful completion of CHSPE.
[1] Testers had to pay upwards of $230 by the regular registration deadline or more if late, and sit during one or more of the three (two in 2022) exam dates offered a year.
The CHSPE mathematics section had 50 multiple-choice questions broken into 4 content clusters: number sense and operations; patterns, relationships, and algebra; data, statistics, and probability; and geometry and measurement.
The reading subtest had 84 multiple-choice questions broken into seven content clusters: initial understanding; interpretation; critical analysis; strategies; synonyms; multiple meaning words; and context clues.
Upon passing the exam, testers receive a legal, high school equivalency certificate and official transcript containing a score report,[1] which can be used to enroll in college early.