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Clark, Damon; See, Edward – Economics of Education Review, 2011
Many of the policies that fall under the school accountability umbrella are designed to incentivize students. Prominent among these are high school exit exams, standardized tests that, in some states, students must pass to earn a high school diploma. Proponents of these tests argue that by incentivizing students, they induce them to work harder…
Descriptors: High School Students, Standardized Tests, Exit Examinations, Accountability
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Daun-Barnett, Nathan; St. John, Edward P. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
Mathematics education is a critical public policy issue in the U.S. and the pressures facing students and schools are compounded by increasing expectations for college attendance after high school. In this study, we examine whether policy efforts to constrain the high school curriculum in terms of course requirements and mandatory exit exams…
Descriptors: High Schools, Mathematics Education, Graduation Rate, Educational Objectives
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van Ackeren, Isabell; Block, Rainer; Klein, E. Dominique; Kuhn, Svenja M. – Education Policy Analysis Archives, 2012
In this article we present results from a study investigating the impact of three state exit exam systems on teaching and learning in college-preparatory schools. The study compares one state with a traditionally more centralized exam regime, one state that is more de-centralized and one state that has recently switched to more centralized…
Descriptors: Testing, Academic Achievement, Exit Examinations, Program Effectiveness
Dietz, Shelby – Center on Education Policy, 2010
Since 2002, the Center on Education Policy (CEP), an independent nonprofit organization, has been studying state high school exit examinations--tests students must pass to receive a high school diploma. This is CEP's ninth annual report on exit exams. The information in this report comes from several sources: CEP's survey of states that have…
Descriptors: High Schools, Graduation Rate, State Standards, Exit Examinations
Achieve, Inc., 2009
To ensure that all high school graduates are prepared for the opportunities and challenges that await them, states have increasingly been focused on aligning their end-of-high school expectations with the demands of the real world. In 2005, no state had aligned their expectations with real world demands; now 29 states have adopted college- and…
Descriptors: Mathematics Education, High School Graduates, Graduation Requirements, Program Effectiveness
Center on Education Policy, 2010
This paper provides information about South Carolina's High School Assessment Program. The purpose of the test is to: (1) Demonstrate students' achievement based on selected South Carolina academic standards; (2) Provide data to state policymakers on student attainment of state education goals to inform educational policy decisions; and (3) Meet a…
Descriptors: High Schools, Exit Examinations, Academic Standards, Program Effectiveness
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Forrest, Scott N. – CATESOL Journal, 2010
High schools spend incredible amounts of time and resources toward preparing students for high school exit exams. A predicament arises when some students continue failing the exam and are in danger of not receiving a high school diploma. This article describes 5 components of an exit exam remediation program through which to equip and empower…
Descriptors: High School Students, Exit Examinations, Academic Failure, Success
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Bishop, John H.; Mane, Ferran; Bishop, Michael – Educational Leadership, 2001
Compared with minimum competency tests, curriculum-based external exit exams provide better measures of students' achievement levels. Analysis of Third Mathematics and Science Study data shows that 13 year-olds from exit-exam countries are ahead of nonparticipating countries. Effects on college enrollment, job success, and test scores are…
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Accountability, Competency Based Education, Education Work Relationship
Grant, S. G., Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2006
Measuring History complements the cases presented in Wise Social Studies Practices (Yeager & Davis, 2005). Yeager and Davis highlight the rich and ambitious teaching that can occur in the broad context of state-level testing. In this book, the chapter authors and I bring the particular state history tests more to the fore and examine how…
Descriptors: Teacher Characteristics, High Stakes Tests, Program Effectiveness, Educational Change