|
State High School Exit Exams: Trends in Test Programs, Alternate Pathways, and Pass Rates
(Report - Full)
|
| Author(s): Ying Zhang |
|
Guest Editorial in the Tucson Citizen
(Report - Full)
|
| Author(s): Jack Jennings |
| On May 14, 2009, the Tucson Citizen published this guest editorial from CEP that addresses Arizona's high school exam policies for alternate paths for graduation and the state's testing policy for high school students who are learning English. The newspaper invited Jack Jennings and Ying Zhang to write this editorial because of research CEP conducted in five Arizona high schools. This research resulted in two reports, Conflicts Between State Policy and School Practice: Learning from Arizona's Experience with High School Exam Policies and Caught in the Middle: Arizona's English Language Learners and the High School Exit Exam, which are posted on the CEP Web site under the "High School Exit Examinations" tab. |
| Published: May 24, 2009
|
View:
Guest Editorial in the Tucson Citizen
|
|
Conflicts Between State Policy and School Practice: Learning from Arizona’s Experience with High School Exam Policies
(Report - Full)
|
| Author(s): Ying Zhang |
| This report looks at how local educators perceive and act on state policies designed to help at-risk students and English language learners achieve the levels of proficiency needed to pass state high school exit examinations and graduate. Our findings are based on data from school observations and interviews with more than 50 school administrators, teachers, and other school staff in Arizona. |
| Published: April 07, 2009
|
View:
Full Report
|
Press Release
|
|
State High School Exit Exams: Moving Toward End-of-Course Exams
(Report - Full)
|
| Author(s): Dalia Zabala, Dr. Angela Minnici, Jennifer McMurrer, Liza Briggs |
|
State High School Exit Exams: Students with Disabilities -- Policy Brief 3
(Report - Full)
|
| Author(s): Dalia Zabala |
| States with mandated high school exit exams consistently report low pass rates for students with disabilities. These low pass rates have led educators to implement various intervention and remediation programs. Yet these gaps persist until the end of 12th grade, even though students have had multiple opportunities to retake the exam. This brief highlights some of the most common alternative paths to graduation for students with disabilities in states that require students to achieve passing scores on exit exams to receive a high school diploma. |
| Published: March 25, 2008
|
View:
Full Report
|
|
State High School Exit Exams: Patterns in Gaps in Pass Rates -- Policy Brief 2
(Report - Full)
|
| Author(s): Dalia Zabala and Angela Minnici, Ph.D. |
| In this brief, the Center on Education Policy highlights two patterns in state high school exit exam pass rates. States with higher percentages of white students passing exit exams also tend to report higher percentage pass rates for students of color. Furthermore, states with higher overall pass rates tend to report smaller achievement gaps between subgroups. Why do these relationships exit? Alternate Download |
| Published: February 28, 2008
|
View:
Full Report
|
|
State High School Exit Exams: A Move Toward End-of-Course Exams -- Policy Brief 1
(Report - Full)
|
| Author(s): Dalia Zabala |
| States continue to move toward end-of-course exams. The use of end-of-course exams as a graduation requirement began with one state in 2002, four states in 2007, and an expected 12 states in 2015. This brief illustrates this shift and summarizes some of the upcoming changes. Alternate Download |
| Published: January 31, 2008
|
View:
Full Report
|
|
Caught in the Middle: Arizona's English Language Learners and the High School Exit Exam
(Report - Full)
|
| Author(s): Angela Minnici, Dalia Zabala, Alice P. Bartley |
| In this report, we present a portrait of how some Arizona educators, students, and families are faring with the state exit exam, known as Arizona’s Instrument to Measure Standards or AIMS. In particular, we examine how Arizona’s exit exam policy is influencing the education of English language learners (ELLs)—a group of students that is caught in the middle of challenges and controversy about exit exams and education in Arizona. This report also attempts to identify the effects of the exit exam on ELLs in Arizona and to understand why districts and high schools in Arizona continue to struggle to raise pass rates for ELLs. |
| Published: November 13, 2007
|
View:
Full Report
|
Press Release
|
|
State High School Exit Exams: Working to Raise Test Scores
(Report - Full)
|
| Author(s): Dalia Zabala, Dr. Angela Minnici, Jennifer McMurrer, Dr. Deanna Hill, Alice P. Bartley, and Jack Jennings |
| This report looks at the new developments in the implementation of state high school exit exams in the 26 states that currently implement or plan to implement these exams. The report focuses on the efforts made at the state and local level to raise initial pass rates for all students, help students who fail on their first attempt, and close the achievement gap.
Some information on Mississippi’s profile, page 111, has been updated (December 2007). |
| Published: September 06, 2007
|
View:
Full Report
|
Press Release
|
|
"It's Different Now": How Exit Exams Are Affecting Teaching and Learning in Jackson and Austin
(Report - Full)
|
| Author(s): Dalia Zabala, Angela Minnici |
| Since much of the previous research on exit exams, including CEP's own work, has looked at national patterns of implementation and passing rates, this study aimed to benefit policy and practice by focusing on the local level. In particular, we conducted case studies in Jackson and Austin that examined how classroom instruction and other initiatives are preparing students for exit exams, as well as how these exams are affecting students’ engagement in learning and their plans for postsecondary education. Alternate Download: Full Report | Press Release |
| Published: March 01, 2007
|
View:
Full Report
|
Press Release
|
|
