<p>There may be all kinds of repercussions at the high school if she doesn’t take the tests. The Newsweek rankings are based on how many students take the tests, and every high school in America knows it.</p>
<p>For example, at the high school my daughter attended, only students who chose not to take the AP test were required to take the final exam in AP courses. This was presumably intended as pressure to take the exam.</p>