High school exit exams, which are required by nearly half the states, measure skills that students are usually taught in middle school or the first year of high school. That finding, according to a ...

MARIN HIGH SCHOOLS continue to exceed state averages when it comes to students passing state exit exams, an annual test of basic reading, writing and math skills that pupils are expected to master ...

New York state officials allowed thousands of students to graduate from high school last month even though the seniors had failed a requisite mathematics exam, because the test may not have been fair.