05/22/2007

WorldWideLearn.com Launches High School Exit Exam Quiz
High school exit exams are currently at the center of debate over falling graduation rates. WorldWideLearn.com--the world's premier online directory of education--recently launched a new interactive quiz based on sample questions from high school exit exams across the nation in an interesting effort to see if site visitors would pass or fail the exams if they had to take them.

(PRWeb) - May 22, 2007--WorldWideLearn.com--the world's premier online directory of education--recently launched a new quiz based on sample questions from high school exit exams (http://www.worldwidelearn.com/high-school-quiz/math.html). High school exit exams are currently a hot social-political topic; more than 20 states now require high school students to pass an exit exam before graduating. Falling graduation rates in California are being attributed to the newly implemented exit exams.

"If you took the test today, would you pass--or flunk out?" WorldWideLearn.com challenges students and non-students alike to test their knowledge by taking the new "High School Graduation Quiz: Could You Pass the Exit Exam?" The two-part, interactive quiz (http://www.worldwidelearn.com/high-school-quiz/math.html) features ten sample questions focused on the subjects of math, language arts, writing and reading comprehension.

The general interest "High School Graduation Quiz" has been designed to see if WorldWideLearn.com visitors can pass a generic sample of a high school exit exam. High school exit exams are currently the topic of hot political debate, especially in California where graduation rates have fallen to their lowest point in 10 years, according to statistics released by the California Department of Education.

Education activists around the country are currently speaking out in support of and against high school exit exams. With this quiz, proponents on both sides of the argument can take the test for themselves to evaluate their position on requirements for a high school diploma.

The California Department of Education statistics, which were released on Friday, May 11, noted that graduation rates fell from 71 percent in 2005 to 67 percent in 2006. The statistics work out to an additional 21,000 students who did not receive a high school diploma in 2006, according to a May 12 article in the San Francisco Chronicle.

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