While about 100,000 high school juniors in New Jersey sit for a graduation exam this week, state legislators and education advocates hope to remove the requirement to take it. The state Assembly ...

WASHINGTON - Many high school graduation tests don't measure whether students are ready for college or work, and some states haven't even made clear what the purpose of their tests are, a study finds.

Two states require that students take independently-administered civics tests to graduate high school. Eight have comprehensive exit exams. And a vast majority require students to earn credits in ...

PHOENIX — Arizona high schoolers should continue to be required to pass the AIMS tests to get a diploma, a special task force recommended Wednesday. But committee members say they also should be ...

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Although there clearly are many issues to consider and a lot of people in the education community still not convinced, the state Education Department did compromise on some big items related to the ...