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Doyle, Audrey; Lysaght, Zita; O'Leary, Michael – Irish Educational Studies, 2021
This paper provides a perspective on the manner in which Irish post-primary teachers interpreted and implemented a set of guidelines created by the Department of Education and Skills (DES) in Ireland when faced with the cancellation of the traditional high stakes Leaving Certificate (LC) examination due to COVID-19. Subject teachers were asked to…
Descriptors: High Stakes Tests, Educational Policy, Program Implementation, COVID-19
Zientek, Linda Reichwein; Albert, Julie; Manage, Ananda; Li, Xiaohong; Sechelski, Amber – Journal of Developmental Education, 2018
Statewide policies can impact enrollment patterns of students. At one Texas University, 11th-grade Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills scores were predictive of success in students' first college-level mathematics course, but many students--those most at risk of failure--seem to have avoided taking a mathematics course in their first year at…
Descriptors: Program Implementation, State Policy, Educational Policy, Universities
Riley, Christie – ProQuest LLC, 2016
End-of instruction (EOI) examinations are used in several states for high school students as a determining factor for graduation and the receipt of a high school diploma. Given that the EOI examinations have become a gateway to a high school diploma, it is important to understand how demographic distributions are related to examination…
Descriptors: High School Students, Graduation Rate, Exit Examinations, Graduation Requirements
Acquah, Daniel K. – Curriculum Journal, 2013
The General Certificate of Education (GCE) A* grade was first awarded to students in 2010. It was introduced to assist higher education institutions in differentiating between the highest performing students and to promote and reward greater stretch and challenge. This paper, based on a synthesis of key policy documents, an analysis of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Exit Examinations, Educational Policy, Educational History
Warren, John Robert; Kulick, Rachael B. – Social Forces, 2007
We present five frameworks for explaining which U.S. states adopted high school exit examination policies at particular points in time. The frameworks correspond to issues of academic achievement, education spending, economic conditions, racial/ethnic heterogeneity and policy diffusion. Using event history techniques we find that states with…
Descriptors: Exit Examinations, State Surveys, High Schools, Economic Factors