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Posted: Friday, 14 December 2012 6:33AM

New Grad Standards May Be Going Too Far



OLYMPIA, Wash. -- Local high school students might be required to take five graduation tests by 2015, but our state School's Chief is saying that's too much testing.

Superintendent of Public Instruction Randy Dorn says he supports exit exams for high school graduates, but he feels that five is too many and too expensive.



In January, Dorn will propose to the legislature that we reduce the five required tests to three: one on biology, one on algebra, and one for reading and writing.

Students in the class of 2012 were required to pass two exit exams in order to graduate.

Exit exams are estimated to cost the state about $30 each.

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