High school exit exams do not significantly affect dropout rates, according to a study released last week by the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research. “Pushed Out or Pulled Up? Exit Exams and ...

Critics of high-stakes testing have argued that public high school exit exams cause many students, particularly minority-group members, to drop out in frustration without gaining a diploma that would ...

Graduation rates for low-achieving minority students and girls have fallen nearly 20 percentage points since California implemented a law requiring high school students to pass exit exams in order to ...

Last week, the Center for Education Policy, a subsidiary of George Washington University in Washington, D.C., released its latest study on high school exit exams. To put the findings bluntly, the ...