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Originally Posted by Mike22Official
Does every state officials association take a standard NFHS exam or is each state's exam different?
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I'm sure it's all different. I was told in PIAA (Pennsylvania) they take the NFHS exam to become certified. In New Jersey you need to go through a 2-year cadet program (some chapters might be 1) where all you work is freshman and JV games. You take weekly tests and take a "local exam" at the end of the year. If, at the end of the 2nd year you pass the local (80 or better) you get the right to take the state exam.
My local was approx. 8 pages of multiple choice, case questions, signals, etc. When I took my state test it was 3-hour, 16-page exam pretty much the same format as the local. Only the certified officials take the NFHS test each year before they're allowed to take the field.