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Sacramento Bee: Overall, data released Tuesday show more than four of every five
10th-graders passed each of the high school exit exams on their first
try last year, according to the California Department of Education.
Students must pass the exit exams to get a high school diploma. All
students take the exams in the 10th grade – and most pass. Those who
fail can take the tests multiple times during 11th and 12th grades.
For the class of 2010, about 24,615 students statewide still need to
pass the exit exams.
"Passing the exit exam is a high school graduation requirement because
students need these important basic skills to be successful in
college, the work force, and in life," said State Superintendent of
Public Instruction Jack O'Connell in a statement.
The percentage of California 10th-graders failing the high school
mathematics exit exam fell from 20 percent during the 2009 school year
to 19 percent during 2010. English failure rates also dropped, going
from 21 percent to 19 percent.
Locally, performance on the test was a mixed bag.
http://www.sacbee.com/2010/08/25/2980793/sacramento-schools-rank-high-and.html
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