Students Clear Graduation Hurdle
In Washington state, voluntary retakes allow students to pass tests.
A second try was the charm for about 2,300 Washington State 11th graders who retook the state’s 10th grade assessment last summer, according to results released last week.
They passed test sections that otherwise would have barred them from graduating in spring 2008.
Even so, many students failed, especially those who scored lowest...
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