Check it out -- Sherman Dorn has found the State High School Exit Examination database-- looks very useful. From a quick look at the map of who has and doesn’t have them, it seems like midwestern and ...

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 ...

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 ...

With many states crafting assessments based on the common-core standards—and an increasing emphasis on college and career readiness—some are rethinking the kind of tests high school students must pass ...