Exit strategies: How low-performing high schools respond to high school exit examination requirements

Teachers College Record

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Holme, Jennifer J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876982628     PISSN: 01614681     EISSN: 14679620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (34)

1. Abelmann, C., Elmore, R., Even, J., Kenyon, S., & Marshall, J. (1999). When accountability knocks, will anyone answer?. Philadelphia, PA: Consortium for Policy Research in Education.
2. Achieve, Inc. (2005). Action agenda. Retrieved August 12, 2005, from http://www.achieve.org
3. Bogdan, R., & Biklen, S.K. (2006). Qualitative research for education: An introduction to theories and methods. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
4. California Department of Education. (2006, May 30). Schools chief Jack O'Connell visits Central Valley Schools to discuss options for students yet to pass exit exam [Press release]. Retrieved June 7, 2010, from http://www.cde.ca.gov
5. Center on Education Policy. (2003, August). State high school exit exams: Put to the test. Washington, DC: Author
6. Center on Education Policy. (2008, August). State high school exit exams: A move toward end-ofcourse exams. Washington, DC: Author.
7. Center on Education Policy. (2009, November). State high school exit exams: Trends in test programs, alternate pathways, and pass rates. Washington, DC: Author.
8. Center on Education Policy. (2010, December). State high school tests: exit exams and other assessments. Washington, DC: Author.
9. DeBray, E. (2005). A comprehensive high school and a shift in New York State policy: A study of early implementation. High School Journal, 89, 18-45.
10. Elmore, R. F. (2003). Accountability and capacity. In M. Carnoy, R. F. Elmore, & L. S. Siskin (Eds.), The new accountability: High schools and high stakes testing (pp. 195-209). New York, NY: RoutledgeFalmer.
11. Grodsky, E. S., Warren, J. R., & Kalogrides, D. (2009). State high school exit examinations and NAEP long-term trends in reading and mathematics, 1971-2004. Educational Policy, 23, 589-614.
12. Hamilton, L. (2003). Assessment as a policy tool. Review of Research in Education, 27, 25-68.
13. Holme, J. J. (2008). High stakes diplomas: Organizational responses of California's high schools to the state's exit examination requirement. Research in the Sociology of Education, 14, 157-188.
14. Holme, J. J., Richards, M., Jimerson, J., & Cohen R. (2010). Assessing the effects of high school exit exams. Review of Educational Research, 80, 476-526.
15. Linn, R. L., Madaus, G. F., & Pedulla, J. J. (1982). Minimum competency testing: Cautions on the state of the art. American Journal of Education, 91(1), 1-35.
16. Merriam, S. B. (1988). Case study research in education: A qualitative approach. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
17. Miles, M. B., & Huberman, M. (1994) Qualitative data analysis: An expanded sourcebook. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
18. O'Day, J. (2002). Complexity, accountability, and school improvement. Harvard Educational Review, 72, 293-327.
19. Ou, D. (2009). To leave or not to leave? A regression discontinuity analysis of the impact of failing the high school exit exam (CEP Discussion Paper No. 907). London, England: Center for Economic Performance.
20. Papay, J. P., Murnane, R. J., & Willett, J. B. (2010). The consequences of high school exit examinations for low-performing urban students: Evidence from Massachusetts. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 32, 5-23.
21. Pipho, C. (1978, May). Minimum competency testing in 1978: A look at state standards. Phi Delta Kappan, 59, 585-588.
22. Pipho, C. (1983, January 3). Student minimum competency testing. Denver, CO: Education Commission of the States.
23. Reardon, S. F., Arshan, N., Atteberry, A., & Kurlaender, M. (2010). Effects of failing a high school exit exam on course taking, achievement, persistence, and graduation. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 32, 498.
24. Resnick, D. P. (1980). Minimum competency testing historically considered. Review of Research in Education, 8, 3-29.
25. Roderick, M. (1994). Grade retention and school dropout: Investigating the association. American Educational Research Journal, 31, 729-759.
26. Serow, R. C., & Davies, J. J. (1982). Resources and outcomes of minimum competency testing as measures of equality of educational opportunity. American Educational Research Journal, 19, 529-539.
27. Sipple, J. W., Killeen, K., & Monk, D. M. (2004). Adoption and adaptation: School district responses to state imposed high school graduation requirements. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 26, 143-168.
28. Tyack, D. (1983). Seeking common ground: Public schools in a diverse society. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
29. Vasquez Heilig, J., & Darling-Hammond, L. (2008). Accountability Texas-style: The progress and learning of urban minority students in a high-stakes testing context. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 30, 75-110.
30. Vogler, K. E. (2006). Impact of a high school graduation examination on Tennessee science teachers' instructional practices. American Secondary Education, 35, 33-57.
31. Vogler, K. E. (2008). Comparing the impact of accountability examinations on Mississippi and Tennessee social studies teachers' instructional practices. Educational Assessment, 13, 1-32.
32. Winfield, L. F. (1990). School competency testing reforms and student achievement: Exploring a national perspective. Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 12, 157-173.
33. Yin, R. K. (1993). Applications of case study research. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
34. Yin, R. K. (1994). Case study research (2nd. ed.) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.