98% PASS HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAMS A.V. DISTRICT SURPASSES STATEWIDE RATE.Byline: KAREN MAESHIRO Staff Writer LANCASTER -- About 98 percent of Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley Union High School District's class of 2006 passed the state's controversial high school exit exam, required this year for the first time to earn a diploma DIPLOMA. An instrument of writing, executed by, a corporation or society, certifying that a certain person therein named is entitled to a certain distinction therein mentioned. 2. . The district's pass rate was better than the state's, which was 90.4 percent. ``I am pleased with the results. I felt the staffs put together good intervention A procedure used in a lawsuit by which the court allows a third person who was not originally a party to the suit to become a party, by joining with either the plaintiff or the defendant. programs and gave kids the information they needed to pass the exam,'' said Brent Brent, outer borough (1991 pop. 226,100) of Greater London, SE England. The area is a rail and industrial center. Its manufactures include automobile parts, clocks and watches, and electrical equipment. Woodard, director of curriculum. The district had estimated in May that less than 200 seniors had not passed both the math and English sections of the exit exam, but that figure did not include the test results from the last test given before graduation Graduation is the action of receiving or conferring an academic degree or the associated ceremony. The date of event is often called degree day. The event itself is also called commencement, convocation or invocation. in March. The results from the March test lowered the figure to 76 seniors not passing, out of a class of nearly 3,500. They completed all other requirements for graduation with the exception of passing the exit exam. ``A lot of them passed. A lot of them took it seriously and went to class and passed,'' Woodard said. Those students who have not passed the test have another chance to take it in late July. The district is offering a summer test preparation class at each of its school sites that began last Monday and runs every day until the test next month, Woodard said. ``They need to contact their site of attendance and get enrolled,'' Woodard said. If they don't pass the July test, students can enroll in adult school and try again in November. The district allowed students who did not pass the test to participate in graduation ceremonies. Whether those students get diplomas depends on court challenges to the state exam. The class of 2006 was the first to be required to pass the exit exam to earn a diploma. Nearly 42,000 students statewide have not passed the test. An Alameda Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. County Superior Court judge May 12 halted the exit exam as a graduation requirement, but the state appealed that decision to the California California (kăl'ĭfôr`nyə), most populous state in the United States, located in the Far West; bordered by Oregon (N), Nevada and, across the Colorado River, Arizona (E), Mexico (S), and the Pacific Ocean (W). Supreme Court, which 12 days later reinstated the exam. The state's high court ordered a state appeals court to hold a hearing on the issue. Authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: by state lawmakers in 1999, the exit exam was originally to take effect in 2004. It was delayed until this year because of questions over whether students were adequately prepared and knew about the test. High school students have six chances to pass the exam. They can it take once in their sophomore year, twice in their junior year and three times in their senior year. Because of legislation passed in January, special-education students received a one-time exemption this year from the requirement under certain circumstances CIRCUMSTANCES, evidence. The particulars which accompany a fact. 2. The facts proved are either possible or impossible, ordinary and probable, or extraordinary and improbable, recent or ancient; they may have happened near us, or afar off; they are public or . The exemption applies to students with disabilities who were identified to be on track for graduation in 2006, have an individual education plan, completed or are about to complete other graduation requirements, received tutoring, and have taken the exit exam at least twice after 10th grade, including once during their senior year. karen.maeshiro(at)dailynews.com (661) 267-5744 |
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