69% of Class of 2006 Pass Both Portions of State-Mandated Exit Exam in Los Angeles Schools
Los Angeles schools announced the results of the 2004-2005 school year, state-mandated California High School Exit Exam. Of the students slated to graduate in 2006, 69 percent (more than two thirds) of the class passed both the English language arts and the mathematics portions of the exam. Of the remaining 31 percent of the Class of 2006 students (12th graders):
-> Fifteen percent (approximately 5,500 students) must pass both the English language arts and the mathematics portions,
-> Ten percent (3,700) must pass the mathematics portion, and
-> Six percent (2,000) must pass the English language arts portion.
State law now requires all students to pass both portions of the exit exam in order to graduate from high school and receive a diploma. Students begin taking the exam in the spring of their 10th grade year. If they do not pass one or both portions of the exam, they have the opportunity to retest in both 11th and 12th grades. Los Angeles schools Class of 2006 was the first graduating class required to pass both portions of the exam in order to...
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