Leonie Haimson writes that the New York State Board of Regents (the state board of education) hired Achieve to review the evidence about the value of exit exams.
Achieve presented a report saying that 28 states require tests for high school graduation.
In 2003, 30 states had exit exams, but most of them dropped them. Today, only 12 states still have exit exams.
Haimson writes:
When challenged on Twitter about the disparity in their figures compared to other sources, Achieve responded that they “define them [exit exams] as assessments that matter for students – impacting course grades or graduation.” Yet to conflate states that require students to pass a test to graduate from high school with those that assign ordinary end of course exams is extremely misleading.
The trend, she says, is against high-stakes exit exams.
What about specific, one subject exams? One trend towards exit exams is states requiring students to, “pass the citizenship test” in order to graduate. Stupid idea. It’s an ALEC bill, but states are adopting it all over the place.
one of the most dangerous lines in today’s frightening world: IT IS AN ALEC BILL…