Table 2.9. Types of promotion and graduation practices based on statewide exit and end-of-course exams, by state: 2013

Compiles and disseminates data on state education practice activities

State	State has high school exit exam		State has appeals process or alternative route to diplomas for students who fail exit or end-of-course exams	Exit or end-of-course exams are based on state 10th grade standards or higher	State finances remediation for students failing promotion, exit, or end-of-course exams
United States¹	24		23	23	16

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

Colorado	No		No	No	No
Connecticut	No	²	No	No	No
Delaware	No		No	No	No
District of Columbia	No		No	No	No
Florida	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes

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

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

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

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

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

Ohio	Yes		Yes	Yes	No
Oklahoma	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Oregon	No		No	No	No
Pennsylvania	No		No	No	No
Rhode Island	No	³	No	No	No

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

Vermont	No		No	No	No
Virginia	Yes		Yes	Yes	Yes
Washington	Yes		Yes	Yes	No
West Virginia	No		No	No	No
Wisconsin	No		No	No	No
Wyoming	No		No	No	No
¹ National total reflects the number of "Yes" responses for the column. ² Connecticut plans to adopt exit exams beginning with the class of 2020. ³ Rhode Island plans to adopt exit exams beginning with the class of 2014. SOURCE: Diplomas Count 2013: Second Chances, Turning Dropouts into Graduates, Editorial Projects in Education Research Center, Education Week, 2013. Data Source

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