Well I agree with this point, but for different reasons. There is no reason to have the exit exam. Students already have to pass all their classes, just as I did, before they can graduate. You take finals, you pass them all, you graduate, period. Exit exams are just another waste of money and the term is misleading. Many CA Juniors can, and do, pass the exit exams, however they are told they can't graduate until they finish their school year. Either it is an exit exam or it isn't. If you can pass it, then you should graduate because you have learned all the school has to offer.
The fact that so many lower grade students can pass it points out its worthlessness.
Dump the damn thing, in fact dumb the state/fed run school system and privatize it. Get the government out of it totally.
Correction to post 14, the line however they are told they can't graduate until they finish their school year, should read:
however they are told they can't graduate until they finish their senior year...