So, for people outside California, we've implemented a graduation requirement for high school students here. They started testing kids several years ago. California is one of several (24 I think?) states to require passing an exit exam to get a diploma.
This is the first year where passing the exit exam is mandatory. Turns out about 10% of high school seniors can't pass the exam. This seems like a good rate to me. If the exam is going to be worth anything then there should be a portion of students that can't pass it. Actually, it only tests students at a 9th grade level, so, it's probably too weak. There's lots of debate, I think it's stupid. If you can't pass the exam you can't graduate. You can stay in school longer and try again. You can get remedial education. If the exam was easy enough for everyone to be able to pass it then it would be useless.
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