The NET evaluates seven areas that are essential for academic success including basic math skills, science reading comprehension, and learning styles. Over 600,000 students have taken the NET in the last 4 years. National norming is evaluated each year to provide the most current statistics by degree program, for group and individual results. One doctoral dissertation and two master theses written about the NET and its ability to track students throughout a nursing program. 24% of all RN and LPN nursing programs utilize the NET for either pre-admission testing or as a counseling tool.