This implies that the negative impacts of high
school exit exam policies on graduation rates found in other studies are more likely a result of reduced graduation rates of very low - achieving students than of discouragement of marginally low - achieving students.
Not exact matches
The report also addresses a second, widely used accountability
policy: high -
school exit exams that hold students responsible for meeting a set of content standards.
No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), the proliferation of high
school exit exams, the success of
school choice initiatives, and a dozen other smaller if more bitter battles, education has become one of the hottest
policy topics in Washington.
NCLB did not include such a requirement, and according to a September 2012 study of the Center on Education
Policy, only about half of states (26) on their own require that students pass state high -
school exit exams to earn a diploma.
High
school exit exams do not significantly affect dropout rates, according to a study released last week by the Manhattan Institute for
Policy Research.
Checked (all titles published by the Center on Education
Policy): From the Capital to the Classroom, Year 1 (January 2003) Year 2 (January 2004) Year 3 (March 2005) State High
School Exit Exams series: A Baseline Report (August 2002) Put to the Test (August 2003) A Maturing Reform (August 2004) States Try Harder, but Gaps -LSB-...]
English - language learners are lagging significantly behind other students in passing high
school exit exams, concludes a study by the Washington - based Center on Education
Policy.
When fourteen public
school teachers came together as part of Educators 4 Excellence - New York Teacher
Policy Team on how to improve the use of testing in
schools, they were taken aback by the depth of research showing the harmful effects of
exit exams, which twenty - six states have adopted in one form or another.
In 2015, when California suspended its use of the high
school exit exam, those
schools and districts saw an opportunity to lift up the performance assessments they were using and to push for
policies that would support that work.
State High
School Exit Exams: A Baseline Report (Center on Education
Policy).