Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. High school graduates walk at their commencement at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans. Louisiana is among the ...

GREENVILLE, S.C. — South Carolina Rep. Phil Owens says a story he heard from one of his constituents convinced him it was time to do away with the state's requirement that students pass an exit exam ...

Alma Navarro was sweating it. With acceptance letters in hand from four California State University campuses, the 17-year-old senior at Oakland’s Castlemont High School still had not passed the exit ...

A study using more than 25 years of data suggests that state exit exams—especially the more challenging ones—are leading to lower high school graduation rates. The high-stakes tests are also spurring ...

In an article dated Nov. 14, 2013, it was declared that the Alabama High School Exit Exam would no longer be a requirement to obtain your high school diploma. The article states the exit exam was a ...