High school exit exams have become a common fixture in American high school life. By 2006, 22 states had exit exams - and because larger states are more likely to have exams, approximately two-thirds ...

Since 1979, a growing number of states have required high-school students to pass exit examinations before they can receive diplomas. For nearly as long, scholars and policy makers have debated ...

In ordering Connecticut to overhaul its education system, a state judge suggested an exit exam requirement for students to graduate from high school. It's a strategy some states first implemented in ...