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Texas is getting rid of its exit exam ... sort of. This is from the Austin American-Statesman: "The Legislature has ordered educators to stop giving the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) in high school and replace it with 12 end-of-course exams. They'll be similar to final exams in a class, but they will come from the state instead of local teachers. ... End-of-course exams will differ from the TAKS in two significant ways. For one, students must average a passing score on the 12 tests to graduate instead of having to pass each major subject area. In other words, there's more room for a bad day, but only one or two. Second, students will take the tests right after the material is taught to them, avoiding the lags between learning and testing that can now last a couple of years or more." California just started counting its exit exam in 2005-2006. California students have to pass the exit exam to graduate. They have to pass two parts -- English and...
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