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 ...
Correction: This story and graphic on high school exit exam passing rates had the wrong numbers for Oakland Unified School District due to erroneous numbers provided by the district. The correct ...
High school freshman Brenden Shuler breezed through the state-standardized algebra test last year, but doesn’t really see the point of the exam. “If you have a good enough grade in that class, that ...