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September 25, 1998

Massachusetts Asks Public Colleges to Require Students to Pass Exit Exams

By PATRICK HEALY

Public colleges in Massachusetts may soon require students to pass general-education examinations in order to graduate.

Members of the state's Board of Higher Education voted last week to create "entrance and exit exams" to hold colleges accountable for academic standards, following the poor performance of many graduates of Massachusetts teacher-education programs on certification exams

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Past Coverage

Massachusetts May Require Public-College Students to Pass Exit Exams to Graduate - September 17, 1998
Growing Use of High-School Exit Exams Could Have Consequences for Colleges, Report Suggests - August 19, 2004
High-School Exams May Affect Colleges - September 3, 2004
High-School Exit Exams Boom, but Students Still May Be Unready for College - September 6, 2007
High-School Exit Exams Linked to Higher Dropout Rates, Researchers Find - July 14, 2006

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