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The aim of the study was to determine the differences in test anxiety based on gender, frequency of utilizing counseling service, school type, family income level, parental educational level, the attending branch, the case of taking private tutorial and region of the students attending high school senior class. The sample of study consisted of a total of 884 senior class high school students, 423 (52.1%) of them were female and 421 (47.9%) of them were male. The average age of the participants was 17.31 (Sd: .53) with an age which ranges from 16 to 19 years. Test Anxiety Scale were applied to determine participants’ test anxiety. Demographic data of the participants were collected with personal information form developed by researchers. Mann-Whitney U ve Kruskal Wallis H analysis were applied. According to the results, test anxiety was differentiated with regard to gender, school type, region and family income level. Results of the study were discussed in the light of the relevant literature. Ozet Bu calismanin amaci, lise son sinifa devam etmekte olan ogrencilerinin sinav kaygisi duzeylerinin cinsiyete, rehberlik servisinden yararlanma sikligina, okul turune, aile gelir duzeyine, ebeveyn egitim duzeyine, ogrenim gorulen bolume, ozel ders alma durumuna ve yerlesim birimine dayali farkliliklarini belirlemektir. Arastirma grubu 423 (%52.1) kiz ve 421 (%47,9) erkek toplam 884 lise son sinif ogrencisinden olusmaktadir. Ogrencilerin yaslari 16 ile 19 arasinda degismekte olup yas ortalamasi 17.31’dir (Ss: .53). Ogrencilerin sinav kaygisi duzeylerini olcmek amaciyla Sinav Kaygisi Envanteri kullanilmistir. Ogrencilere ait demografik veriler, arastirmacilar tarafindan hazirlanan Kisisel Bilgi Formu ile toplanmistir. Mann-Whitney U ve Kruskal Wallis H testlerinden yararlanilmistir. Elde edilen bulgulara gore sinav kaygisi okul turu, cinsiyet, yerlesim birimi, aile gelir duzeyi degiskenlerine gore farklilasmaktadir. Bulgular literatur isiginda tartisilmistir.