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California permanently eliminates high school exit exam requirement
SFGate.com ^ | 10/11/17 | Melody Gutierrez

Posted on 10/11/2017 11:00:45 AM PDT by NormsRevenge

SACRAMENTO — California has permanently scrapped its high school exit exam under legislation signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Tuesday.

The California High School Exit Examination was a requirement to receive a diploma in the state, but the legislature voted in 2015 to drop it for the high school classes of 2015 to 2018. Diplomas were retroactively awarded to anyone who met all other graduation requirements after the test became a mandatory must-pass exam in 2004.

That resulted in an estimated 40,000 former high school students receiving their diplomas. The bill signed by Brown, AB830 by Ash Kalra, D-San Jose, permanently eliminates the test.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; Politics/Elections; US: California
KEYWORDS: califeducation; california; eliminates; exam; exit; highschool; permanently
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To: Lurkina.n.Learnin

Why not just make them interchangeable ???

Toilet paper with diploma patterns ...


21 posted on 10/11/2017 11:40:51 AM PDT by Tennessee Nana
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To: NormsRevenge

22 posted on 10/11/2017 11:41:26 AM PDT by CtBigPat (Free Republic - The grown-ups table of the internet.)
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To: NormsRevenge

If test after test, exam after exam, consistently shows the same result: Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, Cambodian, all on top; ordinary whitebread Whitey second, Hispanic third, Blacks last, then it’s time to pay attention to what the tests are showing!

Eliminating the tests is admitting to what I just said, and trying to hide it.


23 posted on 10/11/2017 11:46:08 AM PDT by I want the USA back (*slam is a violent political movement that hides behind the illusion of religion.)
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To: NormsRevenge

These tests probably conflict with common core.


24 posted on 10/11/2017 11:47:51 AM PDT by umgud
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To: NormsRevenge

Lots of stoopids getting edumacated in cali.


25 posted on 10/11/2017 11:48:22 AM PDT by Joe Boucher (President Trump makes obammy look like the punk he is.)
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To: longfellow

Teachers union needs the dues to keep democrats in office.


26 posted on 10/11/2017 11:54:04 AM PDT by Rusty0604
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To: Autonomous User; sheana

Much too severe, AU.


27 posted on 10/11/2017 11:56:53 AM PDT by Lazamataz (The "news" networks and papers are bitter, dangerous enemies of the American people.)
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To: NormsRevenge

This was done because one of the “qualifications” to be a “dreamer” was to have a high school diploma. That’s why it was retroactive as well. Not enough of the illegals could be bothered to pass the exam so it was eliminated.


28 posted on 10/11/2017 11:58:15 AM PDT by NCnodeLOGICBOMB (Noise is a byproduct of inefficiency.)
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To: NormsRevenge

CA is pulling out all the stops to make themselves the home of criminals and the land of the stupid.


29 posted on 10/11/2017 11:58:58 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners. And to the NSA trolls, FU)
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To: NormsRevenge

Not even MacDonald’s would be hiring them.


30 posted on 10/11/2017 12:01:20 PM PDT by SkyDancer ( ~ Just Consider Me A Random Fact Generator ~)
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To: NormsRevenge

And that makes high school diplomas from California totally worthless as an accomplishment. That’s liberals for you.


31 posted on 10/11/2017 12:02:30 PM PDT by falcon99
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To: NormsRevenge

Celebrate FAILURE !


32 posted on 10/11/2017 12:04:50 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: NormsRevenge

That was easier than removing all the pronouns from the questions.


33 posted on 10/11/2017 12:04:54 PM PDT by DannyTN
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To: NormsRevenge

The athletes are rejoicing.


34 posted on 10/11/2017 12:06:01 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: NormsRevenge

And the dumbing down of the country continues.


35 posted on 10/11/2017 12:14:10 PM PDT by Bayan
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To: sheana

“Graduating should be about your grades not whether or not you pass some stupid test.”

From the article, the test was ditched because is consisted of “rote learning” principles rather than common core “critical thinking”. This is what I’m currently going through with my 5th grader. His progress is measured by traditional english and math tests, while the classwork is a 60/40 combination of common core/traditional. Drives me nuts.

We switched schools this year to a higher rated one and I was shocked when he was given an actual math book. He has been learning from a salad of internet worksheets since 1st grade.

I’d agree that a single test shouldn’t determine pass or fail. An aggregate score of the tests over the school year should at least weigh heavily.


36 posted on 10/11/2017 12:21:41 PM PDT by moehoward
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To: NormsRevenge

bkmk


37 posted on 10/11/2017 12:50:14 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: Verginius Rufus

according to that well-known American philosopher Barbie.
= = =

Say, has Barbie declared her, oops, himself, to be a Ken doll yet?

I’ll have to get out a grinder, and some glue, for the necessary surgery.


38 posted on 10/11/2017 12:50:35 PM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: beergarden
Spelling was absolutely atrocious: MOST of them could not even differentiate between ‘LOSE’ and ‘LOOSE’ in a sentence.

You do realize that you are describing a good percentage of the posters here?
And should you dare criticize you'll get a hissy-fit "spelling police" in-denial trantrum.

39 posted on 10/11/2017 12:59:17 PM PDT by publius911 (Seriously??)
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To: NormsRevenge

This state was once as powerful as many Western countries and is now regressing so fast, it is reverting back to a territory and turning into a third world colony. No enemy on the face of the Earth could destroy America but the American Liberal.


40 posted on 10/11/2017 1:03:57 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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