The California Supreme Court reinstated a requirement that high school student pass an exit exam before graduating. The ruling means tens of thousands of high school seniors may not be able to attend ...

High school exit exams do not significantly affect dropout rates, according to a study released last week by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. “Pushed Out or Pulled Up? Exit Exams and ...

A decade-long push by states to make high school students pass an exit exam before getting their diplomas has stalled as politically sensitive student-failure rates contribute to a growing public ...

This year's high school seniors in California will be the first in the state to take a final test in order to graduate. The exit exam is daunting for many students, and the requirement has run into ...

High school graduates walk at their commencement at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Louisiana is among the half dozen states that still require exit exams to graduate from high ...

Since 1979, a growing number of states have required high-school students to pass exit examinations before they can receive diplomas. For nearly as long, scholars and policy makers have debated ...

Graduation rates for low-achieving minority students and girls have fallen nearly 20 percentage points since California implemented a law requiring high school students to pass exit exams in order to ...

In 2006, California experienced a slight increase in its high school dropout rate, the first such increase in seven years, according to a study released on October 31 by the 55-year-old Human ...

High-school exit examinations are becoming increasingly popular in the United States, with a “major impact” on how students are taught, an advocacy group concluded in a report released this morning.

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