From 2006 to 2015, CAHSEE was a two-part test, linked to academic content standards in English/language arts and math, that students were required to pass in order to graduate. However in 2015 the ...

In 2006, California experienced a slight increase in its high school dropout rate, the first such increase in seven years, according to a study released on October 31 by the 55-year-old Human ...

The San Francisco Board of Education voted unanimously to give diplomas to 107 high school students who have not met all their graduation requirements — a move that goes against state law. The vote ...

The current overhaul of California’s student testing program is skipping, for now, the California High School Exit Exam, the one test that’s truly high stakes. If students don’t pass, they don’t ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Gov. Jerry Brown said he will sign a bill to rescue nearly 5,000 high school students who couldn't graduate this year because the state canceled a required exit exam. Erick ...

Monica Sarabia, a student at the Coachella Valley Adult School, was supposed to graduate in 2015, but couldn’t pass the math section of the California High School Exit Exam. She took the test a total ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Lawmakers in the California Assembly have voted to permanently eliminate the state's high school exit exam, which has been suspended since 2015. Democratic Assemblyman Ash ...

Grads file in at the Patterson High centennial graduation in May. The district estimates about 10 students did not join the group solely because they did not pass the high school exit exam. Nan Austin ...

This year’s 10th-graders have reason to celebrate because they no longer have to take the California High School Exit Exam, known as CAHSEE. Last October, Gov. Jerry Brown signed into law SB 172, ...

California appears to be on the brink of eliminating its high school exit exam. Last week, on a 56-17 vote, the state Assembly approved Assembly Bill 830, which eliminates the California High School ...