Do High School Exit Exams Increase Drop-Out Rates?

Critics say yes, but a new study by the Manhattan Institute’s prolific Jay Greene and Marcus Winters argues they don’t. Greene and Winters analyzed graduation rate data from 18 states that adopted exit exams in the 1980’s and 1990’s and found no evidence graduation rates were lower in years when exams were in place.

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