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Under a new law signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, California’s state wide high school exit exam, normally a requirement for students to receive their diplomas, will be suspended for three years. This is to give education officials time to prepare a new exam that incorporates the much contested Common Core standards.
Gov. Jerry Brown has suspended high school exit exams for three years as educators rework the test to align with Common Core standards. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)
The measure, SB 172 by Sen. Carol Liu (D-La Canada Flintridge), will also allow about 32,000 students who did not pass the exam dating back to 2004 to receive diplomas as long as they completed all other graduation requirements.
State education officials canceled the exit exam for high school seniors this year, prompting legislators to pass emergency legislation that enabled about 5,000 students to get their diplomas without the required test.
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