Table 2.9. Types of promotion and graduation practices based on statewide exit and end-of-course exams, by state: 2005

State	Promotion contingent on performance on statewide exams (2005–06)		Graduation contingent on performance on statewide exit or end-of-course exams (2009)		State has appeals process or alternative route to diplomas for students who fail exit or end-of-course exams (2009)	Exit or end-of-course exams are based on state 10th grade standards or higher (2009)	State requires remediation for students failing promotion, exit, or end-of-course exams (2005–06)	State finances remediation for students failing promotion, exit, or end-of-course exams (2009)
Table 2.9. Types of promotion and graduation practices based on statewide exit and end-of-course exams, by state: 2005–06 and 2009

United States ¹	8		24		21	20	19	17

Alabama	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Alaska	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	No
Arizona	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Arkansas	No		No	²	No	No	No	No
California	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Colorado	No		No		No	No	No	No
Connecticut	No		No		No	No	No	No
Delaware	Yes		No		No	No	Yes	No
District of Columbia	No		No		No	No	No	No
Florida	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes

Georgia	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Hawaii	No		No		No	No	No	No
Idaho	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Illinois	No		No		No	No	No	No
Indiana	No		Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes

Iowa	No		No		No	No	No	No
Kansas	No		No		No	No	No	No
Kentucky	No		No		No	No	No	No
Louisiana	Yes		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Maine	No		No		No	No	No	No

Maryland	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Massachusetts	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Michigan	No		No		No	No	No	No
Minnesota	No		Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes
Mississippi	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	No

Missouri	Yes	³	No		No	No	Yes	No
Montana	No		No		No	No	No	No
Nebraska	No		No		No	No	No	No
Nevada	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
New Hampshire	No		No		No	No	No	No

New Jersey	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
New Mexico	No		Yes		Yes	No	No	Yes
New York	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	No
North Carolina	Yes		Yes		Yes	No	Yes	Yes
North Dakota	No		No		No	No	No	No

Ohio	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
Oklahoma	No		No	⁴	No	No	No	No
Oregon	No		No		No	No	No	No
Pennsylvania	No		No		No	No	No	No
Rhode Island	No		No		No	No	No	No

South Carolina	No		Yes		No	Yes	Yes	No
South Dakota	No		No		No	No	No	No
Tennessee	No		Yes		No	Yes	Yes	No
Texas	Yes		Yes		No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Utah	No		No		No	No	No	No

Vermont	No		No		No	No	No	No
Virginia	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Washington	No		Yes		Yes	Yes	No	Yes
West Virginia	No		No		No	No	No	No
Wisconsin	Yes		No		No	No	No	No
Wyoming	No		No		No	No	No	No
¹ National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for the column. ² Arkansas plans to make graduation contingent on performance on exit exams beginning with the class of 2010. ³ Missouri permits each school district to establish its own method for assessing students. ⁴ Oklahoma plans to make graduation contingent on performance on exit exams beginning with the class of 2012. SOURCE: Quality Counts at 10: A Decade of Standards Based Education, Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, Education Week, 2006 and Diplomas Count 2009: Broader Horizons, Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, Education Week, 2009.Data Source

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