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Direct linkGewertz, Catherine – Education Week, 2007
Texas, which has helped shape key tenets of the standards and accountability movement, is on the brink of revamping the way it assesses high school students for graduation. Instead of testing knowledge that students accumulate over several years, the state would test what students learn in each course. A bill passed by the Texas Senate last month…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, High School Students, Student Evaluation, Testing Programs
Download full textCenter on Education Policy, 2010
This paper provides information about New Mexico High School Competency Examination (NMHSCE), a minimum competency test. Its purpose is to meet a state mandate. It will be replaced by the Grade 11 Standards Based Assessment/High School Graduation Assessment (SBA/HSGA) in spring 2011 as the state's high school exit exam. The NMHSCE was administered…
Descriptors: High Schools, Minimum Competency Testing, Exit Examinations, Minimum Competencies
Peer reviewedBishop, John H. – Education Next, 2004
Nations other than the U.S. elicit better performance from their students through the use of high-stakes graduation exams. Along these same lines, Michigan now links college scholarships to high school test results. Michigan has rejected the use of minimum-competency exams, largely because it wanted the state's high-school test to reflect more…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Test Results, College Attendance, Scholarships
