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More sophomores passing exit exam
- 08-25-2011
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Blog by John Fensterwald/Educated Guess
Increasing numbers of African American and Latino students are passing parts of the high school exit exam early in high school, an indication that more students are arriving in high school with at least basic skills. Results released Wednesday show that a record 94.6 percent of the Class of 2011 passed the California High School Exit Exam or CAHSEE – a slight uptick of 0.2 percent from 2010 and 4.2 percentage points ahead of 2006, the first year that the test counted for graduates. For African Americans, the 90.9 percent pass rate, while 7.5 percentage points behind whites (98.6 percent), represents a notable narrowing of the achievement gap; in 2006, only 83.7 percent passed. Hispanic students made comparable gains: a 6.8 percentage point increase in five years, from 85.5 percent in 2006 to 92.3 percent in 2011. The 92.1 percent of low-income students in the Class of 2011 who passed was 6.4 percentage points above the 85.7 percent in 2006. Students first take CAHSEE in 10th grade. And it is there that minorities and low-income students have shown the most progress. (more...)
Also: Oakland Tribune, Los Angeles Daily News
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