Testing

Dropouts

Critics have long worried that requiring students to pass a test to graduate from high school could increase the dropout rate. Now, a report from researchers at Boston College suggests that's true.

The study by Marguerite Clarke, Walter Haney, and George Madaus of the National Board on Educational Testing and Public Policy, an independent board set up to monitor assessment in America, draws on evidence from several sources, including state-level data and a national longitudinal...