State accused of inflating exit exam data - Los Angeles Times
UCLA professor says officials distorted pass rate on test required for high school graduation. Educators counter that analysis was flawed.
California education officials put forth artificially positive results on the number of students who passed the state's controversial high school exit exam last year, according to a recent UCLA study.
The analysis also concluded that about 50,000 fewer students statewide earned diplomas last year compared to previous years, raising the prospect that the exit exam requirement is pressuring students to drop out. The decline in graduation rates was most pronounced in poor, heavily minority areas, the study found. (Read full article on LATimes.com by clicking the link.)
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