Impact of Removing Exit Exams on Graduation Rates
Published online on March 13, 2026
Abstract
Educational Researcher, Volume 55, Issue 5, Page 335-338, June/July 2026.
Over the last 15 years, almost a third of states have removed requirements to pass exit exams to graduate high school. This brief leverages an original data set of state-level graduation requirements between 2008–2009 and 2019–2020 to identify the effects ...
Over the last 15 years, almost a third of states have removed requirements to pass exit exams to graduate high school. This brief leverages an original data set of state-level graduation requirements between 2008–2009 and 2019–2020 to identify the effects ...