For a decade, supporters of the California High School Exit Exam have said the high-stakes test would boost student performance while opponents countered that it would worsen the dropout rate. Turns ...

While the state’s standardized testing program is being revamped during the transition to the new Common Core State Standards, the fate of the high school exit exam – the one test students must pass – ...

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 ...

San Francisco school officials and advocates for the disabled have recently made news fighting the state requirement that special education students take the high school exit exam. Upon closer ...

The latest results of the California High School Exit Exam echoed a similar refrain from past years, with the number of seniors passing the test holding steady year-over-year but showing gains in the ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) – California high school seniors have one less hurdle to leap before graduation near future, after Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill eliminating the California High School Exit ...

California should delay its exit-exam requirement for students with disabilities, recommends a draft research report that state legislators requested. “High School Exit Examination for Pupils With ...

California has decided that any student in the past 11 years who met all high school requirements except passing the exit exam can get a diploma anyway. You heard that right: A bill signed Wednesday ...