High school students improve on CAHSEE scores from previous year
Riverside County high school sophomores topped theirclassmates from the previous year on the math portion of the California HighSchool Exit Exam, but slipped slightly on the English section, according totest results released today.
According to 2012-13 CAHSEE results released by the CaliforniaDepartment of Education, 84 percent of 10th graders passed the math portion ofthe test, up from 83 percent from the previous year. But 82 percent passed theEnglish portion, down from last year’s 83 percent.
Statewide, 84 percent of 10th graders passed the math portion, while 83percent passed English — the same as the previous year’s 10th graders.
According to the CDE, 95.5 percent of students in the class of 2013across the state passed the overall exam, a slight uptick from the previousyear. This year’s pass rate was the highest it has been since the test was madea graduation requirement.
“Despite the very real challenges of deep budget cuts and the ongoingeffort to shift to new, more demanding academic standards, our schoolspersevered and students made progress,” according to Tom Torlakson, statesuperintendent of public instruction. “These results should give us confidenceas we start the new school year, and our efforts to make college- and career-readiness a goal for every student move into high gear.”
All students in California must take the exit exam during theirsophomore year. They have two more opportunities to pass it in the 11th gradeand up to five chances as seniors.
The class of 2006 was the first graduating class in California that wasrequired to meet the exit exam requirement.
