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High School Exit Exams Don’t Improve Achievement

Posted by Sarah Ziegler on May 13th, 2008 in Articles of Interest

In a blow to proponents of state high school exit exams, the Chronicle of Higher Education today reported on a study demonstrating that students in states with mandatory high school exit exams do not score higher on national tests of reading and mathematics than students who do not have to pass an exit exam. This study builds upon previous research that requiring an exit exam did not translate into higher salaries for students, nor did it translate into an increased likelihood of completing a college degree. In light of this research, critics of exit exams are calling for the tests to be either substantially revised, or dropped altogether.

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