A few years ago in California, anyone who wanted to work as a substitute teacher could take the CBEST. This test was on multiple subjects and at the eigth grade level. I was suprised that several people I knew had to retake that test in college. Amazing!
I started out in CA. I took the CBEST and was also amazed at the number of people waiting for the test to start who kept saying that they had taken the test before and really hoped they’d pass this time. The CBEST was soooo easy.
I took many other tests in CA to get my teaching license, and they were all really easy. I heard time and time again about how hard they were.