Denying diplomas to students who fail the high school exit exam almost certainly will have to be delayed at least a year, three members of the state Board of Education said Thursday. And, it appears, ...
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 ...
States will need to revisit or even abandon high school exit exams in the very near future or risk one of two potentially disastrous outcomes: either preventing a large percentage of students from ...
Elizabeth Sanchez sits at a desk at the San Mateo Adult School, her head bowed over an English-language arts workbook. She is studying to take the GED test and knows exactly what to work on, based on ...
JEFFERSON HIGH SCHOOL senior Jonah’s life probably could be described in just a few words these days: panic, anxiety and dread. The 17-year-old blames his worries on the California exit exam — the ...