4,500 WOULD-BE GRADUATES HAVEN'T PASSED EXIT EXAMS

LESLIE BRODY.  "4,500 WOULD-BE GRADUATES HAVEN'T PASSED EXIT EXAMS. " The Record  4  Jun 2010,US & Midwestern Newspapers, ProQuest. Web.  6 Oct. 2010.
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There is an estimated 4,500 New Jersey high school seniors that have not yet passed the required state exams needed for graduation this month, which is about half the number of  students who weren't sure last month if they would get diplomas.The new standardized test has been widely criticized because it was not actually tested before implementation and most students who took it ended up flunking it .It replaced another testing method that was thrown out because almost everyone who took it passed. However, students have an alternative way to get their diplomas. They can prove they recieved sufficient scores on other standardized tests, such as a 400 in math on the SAT.