California Court blocks state high school exit exam

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<p>SacBee: "The topsy-turvy battle over the high school exit exam continued Wednesday when the California Supreme Court reinstated the test as a graduation requirement for the class of 2006....."</p>

<p>see your local Cal papers.</p>

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<p>I wonder how schools will treat those students who will have to settle for "completion" certificates instead of "graduation" certificates. Do the completion students walk in the procession but the certificate they receive will say completion rather than graduation? Do the completion students not get to walk?</p>

<p>Will the ceremony have to change its name to Graduation & Completion Ceremony?</p>

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<p>ellem:</p>

<p>the LA Times article indicates that kids can 'walk', and, hopefully, retest (and pass) over the summer -- but that assumes the Legislature comes up with $$ for July testing.</p>

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<p>THIS TEST IS SO FREAKING EASY, and I cannot say that enough. I took it even when it wasn't required, my friend whose a senior took it when he was a junior and he also thinks its easy(he's no fellow CC'er, in fact he wouldn't be going to his state university had i not filled out the basic information on his application, has a gpa lower than 3.0 and had sat's of less than 1200 out of 2400) He passed it! </p>

<p>I'm happy they made this a law just because so many kids get by, and those kids complain that they can't graduate, when in reality they end up being the students who don't do their work, are disrespectful, argue with teachers, won't listen, wakl out of class, skip class, and they expect people to feel sorry for them that they can't get a diploma??? Honestly the test is so easy, that if they can't pass it, they shouldn't get their diplomas.</p>

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<p>The one kid I know who is in danger of not passing the math portion is NOT the kind of student you describe...she gets Bs in her other classes, but has a math processing difficulty of some sort. If the test did nothing but punish the layabouts, I'd have no trouble with it.</p>

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<p>i was part of the year where they started the exit exams and i can truly say that if you can't past the exit exam you really have no business graduating.</p>

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<p>ellem:</p>

<p>my sympathies to your hard-working friend; perhaps she can obtain a waiver for more time? </p>

<p>The fact is that the math portion only requires EIGHTH grade math to pass. Even though algebra is included on the exam, a kid only needs 55% to pass; thus, s/he could miss EVERY algebra problem and still pass the test with 8th grade math knowledge.</p>

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<p>but even so, people who have issues with test taking because of their inability to process things as fast as others(usually was called special Ed), at least at my los angeles public high school(which isn't one of the best school systems in california as we know) gave extra extra time to students for all tests! </p>

<p>I find it very hard to believe that if a student can receive a B in their math classes, which i would assume at least has a final or some sort of testing done in the class to see if they've actually learned the material, wouldn't be able to pass the high school Exit exam.</p>

<p>I'm telling you from experience, at the very most the test gives you algebra 1, if not the very very very very(did i say very?) basic logical stuff of geometry. It's incredibly easy. I say this because I took the test. People who didn't pass it in my school where the ones who would complain about math, but would never seek help. They were the people who were still taking geometry in their senior year of high school because they failed algebra 1 or geometry who knows how many times, which was all related to them going out and ditching/skipping class. Who went to school just because it was the law. I'm pretty sure if many of them could, they would have opt-ed for their GED's but i'm also pretty sure they wouldn't be able to pass the GED exam.</p>

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<p>and i mean 55% to pass as was stated above, that's literally an F on any regular exam.</p>