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[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Maryland Alternatives to Exit Exams
Maryland BOE votes to keep exit exams but expands alternatives. In continuing coverage from yesterday's briefing the Associated Press (11/1, Nuckols) reports, "A divided Maryland State Board of Education voted yesterday to continue requiring high-school students to pass exit exams in order to graduate starting in 2009." But "students who fail one or more of the four tests -- in algebra, biology, English and government -- will have the option to complete projects that demonstrate proficiency in the subjects. The board also eliminated restrictions on the combined-score option, under which students can earn a diploma if the sum of their score on the four tests is equal to the total of four passing scores." Four members opposed these changes and "threw their support instead behind a motion to delay the requirement that students pass the tests in order to graduate" until 2010. The meeting was described as "contentious." George Sheridan
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