The Virginian-Pilot

ODU discontinues its writing exit exam

In 1977, long before most of today’s college students were born, Old Dominion University President Alfred Rollins declared in an address to the faculty that too many ODU graduates were unable to write ...
The Journal

End High School Exit Exams in Light of Common Core, Researchers Argue

States will need to revisit or even abandon high school exit exams in the very near future or risk one of two potentially disastrous outcomes: either preventing a large percentage of students from ...
SFGate

Exit exam too hard -- reprieve likely / State may delay denial of diplomas to students who fail

Denying diplomas to students who fail the high school exit exam almost certainly will have to be delayed at least a year, three members of the state Board of Education said Thursday. And, it appears, ...
East Bay Times

High school students turn to GED after exit test failure

Elizabeth Sanchez sits at a desk at the San Mateo Adult School, her head bowed over an English-language arts workbook. She is studying to take the GED test and knows exactly what to work on, based on ...