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Peer reviewedSpritzler, John – Paths of Learning: Options for Families & Communities, 2000
Public school students, parents, and teachers are protesting "high stakes" standardized tests that bar many deserving students from promotion or graduation. A typical high stakes test is a state-mandated 10th-grade test that students must pass to graduate high school. They are called high stakes because a student's entire high school career rides…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Graduation Requirements, High Schools, High Stakes Tests
