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Direct linkMaag Merki, Katharina; Oerke, Britta – Educational Assessment, Evaluation and Accountability, 2017
This study extends previous research investigating the effects of state-wide exit exams by studying the change from a class-based to a state-wide exit exam system over 5 years, using multilevel analyses and examining mediating effects of teachers' practices on students' motivational orientations. In this multi-cohort study, we analyzed in…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, State Programs, Program Implementation, Multiple Regression Analysis
Download full textMcIntosh, Shelby – Center on Education Policy, 2011
Since 2002, the Center on Education Policy (CEP) has collected and reported data on state policies that require students to pass a state assessment in order to receive a high school diploma. The state policies associated with these assessments, also known as high school exit exams, have undergone a number of changes over the past ten years. For…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Alignment (Education), Career Development, Careers
McMurrer, Jennifer; Kober, Nancy – Center on Education Policy, 2011
This report by the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit organization, examines trends in the achievement of high school students on the state reading/English language arts (ELA) and mathematics tests used for accountability under the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). In most states, these tests are first administered in grade…
Descriptors: High School Students, Federal Legislation, Language Arts, American Indians
Johnson, David R.; Thurlow, Martha L.; Stout, Karen E. – National Center on Educational Outcomes, University of Minnesota, 2007
This paper examines the results of a national study on the current status of state graduation policies and diploma options for youth with disabilities. It examines state policies in relation to their intended benefits as well as possible unintended consequences, and compared the findings with a similar study conducted by Johnson and Thurlow in…
Descriptors: Graduation, Disabilities, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements
Thayer, Donna L. – 2003
The purpose of this study was to determine the extent to which the institution of content standards-driven curriculum in secondary English language arts and mathematics has led to student success on the California High School Exit Exam. The study tested the hypothesis that the increased focus on the alignment of English language arts and…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements
Peer reviewedRivera, Charlene; Vincent, Carolyn – Educational Assessment, 1997
Reports on a survey of state assessment directors (100% response rate) in 1994 documenting assessment policies and practices concerning English language learners (ELLs) within state assessment systems. In the 1993-94 school year, 17 states required students to pass one or more content-area tests to receive a diploma, testing ELLs in several ways.…
Descriptors: Educational Assessment, Educational Policy, English (Second Language), Exit Examinations
Bibler, Tracy; Gilman, David A. – 2003
This study compared tenth grade scores on the Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) assessment in the Lafayette School Corporation in mathematics and language arts. The sample was taken from a high school with a total enrollment of 1,990 students, 296 of whom were considered special needs students. Data were gathered for the…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Exit Examinations, Grade 10, Graduation Requirements
Garcia, Paul; Calhoun, David O. – 2002
The California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE), established in 1999, requires all high school students beginning with the class of 2004 to pass the CAHSEE to earn a high school diploma. A study was conducted in a large urban school district in central California of the first year of implementation of CAHSEE. The study gathered evidence about…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Correlation, Curriculum Problems, Exit Examinations
South Carolina State Dept. of Education, Columbia. Office of Research. – 1989
This document is the annual report on the South Carolina Basic Skills Assessment Program (BSAP) established by legislation in 1978. In 1988, the tests and the monitoring of the instructional components were completed on time. The tests include: (1) first grade readiness; (2) tests for grades 1, 2, 3, 6, and 8; and (3) the Exit Examination required…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
New Orleans Public Schools, Louisiana. Dept. of Educational Accountability. – 1994
This report examines absenteeism and its relationship to performance on the California Achievement Tests (CAT) and the Graduation Exit Examinations (GEE) administered in the New Orleans (Louisiana) public schools in the spring of 1993. It also focuses on the need to report test data in a manner that more accurately reflects a district's…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Achievement Tests, Attendance, Criterion Referenced Tests
Bostic, Jeff Q.; And Others – 1987
The public schools reform movement has led to a proliferation of minimum competency testing programs by states. At the 11th/12th grade level, the Texas Educational Assessment of Minimum Skills (TEAMS), mandated by Texas House Bill 72, is an exit exam, divided into two sections which measure minimum competencies in math and language skills.…
Descriptors: Analysis of Variance, Early Identification, Elementary Secondary Education, Exit Examinations
Ivory, Gary – 1993
This study examines the October 1991 exit-level Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAAS) mathematics results of 18,290 11th-grade Hispanic Americans, African Americans, and White non-Hispanic Americans from Texas urban districts. Substantial differences existed in the passing rates of the three ethnic groups. The passing rate for White…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Black Students, Comparative Testing, Elementary Secondary Education
