Growth in Exit Exams Stalls, Report Finds

Washington

Growth in the number of states requiring students to pass an exit exam to earn a high school diploma has stalled, concludes a report released today by the Washington-based Center on Education Policy.

No state legislature in 2006 adopted a new requirement that students pass an exit exam, according to the nonprofit think tank, which released its fifth annual report on the topic at a press conference here Aug. 16.

Jack Jennings, the president and chief executive officer of the center, said, “It is likely that the stalled growth in the use of exit exams is in part due to the fact that other states are waiting to see how legal and political battles play out before...