Many states across the county are changing their high school graduation requirements. Students in Mississippi, for example, no longer are required to pass all their final tests in order to receive a ...

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 ...

A study using more than 25 years of data suggests that state exit exams—especially the more challenging ones—are leading to lower high school graduation rates. The high-stakes tests are also spurring ...