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Introduction .............................................................................................. 1  \nII. Purpose .................................................................................................... 1  \nIII. Background.............................................................................................. 1  \na. Senate Bill 172 Requirements ............................................................ 1  \nb. California High School Exit Examination in an Evolving State Assessment System ...........................................................................2  \nc. California’s Current Assessment System ...........................................5  \nd. California High School Exit Examination Strengths, Limitations, Unintended Consequences, and Current Context .............................. 7  \nIV. Senate Bill 172 Information-Gathering Process ...................................9  \nV. Special Study: Literature Review, Analysis, and National State Scan .......................................................................................... 12  \nVI. Advisory Panel Feedback ..................................................................... 14  \na. Advisory Panel Feedback to the State Superintendent of Public Instruction............................................................................... 14  \nb. Themes of Advisory Panel Discussions ............................................ 14  \nVII. Pathways to Graduation: Regional Meetings ..................................... 16  \nVIII. Survey Results....................................................................................... 16  \nIX. State Superintendent of Public Instruction’s Recommendation ...... 17  \nAppendices  \nA. Education Code Sections Related to Senate Bill 172 ........................ 18  \nB. 2015–16 California Assessment System ...........................................21  \nC. Estimated Testing Time .....................................................................23  \nD. University of California, Davis: High School Exit Exams: A Review of the Literature, Current State Reforms, and Analysis of California Assessment Data ...............................................................................24  \nE. Pathways to Graduation: Advisory Panel Description ........................68  \nF. Pathways to Graduation: Advisory Panel Preliminary Feedback .......71  \nG. Pathways to Graduation: Advisory Panel Detailed Feedback and Comments .......................................................................................... 78  \nH. Pathways to Graduation: Regional Meetings Stakeholder Feedback 84  \nI. Pathways to Graduation: Online Survey Description and Feedback .89  \nCalifornia Department of Education  \nRecommendation on the High School Exit Examination and Pathways to Graduation  \nAcknowledgments  \nThis report is the result of an effort to collect input from stakeholders, researchers, and co","cbCaihjxNIV7MkpR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaihjxNIV7MkpR","pdf",3292660,107,"English","# Executive Summary\n# Introduction\n# Purpose\n# Background\n## Senate Bill 172 Requirements\n## California High School Exit Examination in an Evolving State Assessment System\n## California’s Current Assessment System\n## Strengths, Limitations, and Unintended Consequences\n# Information-Gathering Process\n# Special Study\n# Advisory Panel Feedback\n# Pathways to Graduation: Regional Meetings\n# Survey Results\n# State Superintendent’s Recommendation\n# Appendices","[{\"question\":\"What decision does the report recommend regarding the High School Exit Examination?\",\"answer\":\"The report focuses on recommending whether to continue the High School Exit Examination and how it should relate to graduation requirements.\"},{\"question\":\"What alternative pathways to graduation are addressed?\",\"answer\":\"The report develops and evaluates alternative pathways intended to satisfy high school graduation requirements when relying on the exam is not sufficient.\"},{\"question\":\"How did the advisory panel gather input for the recommendation?\",\"answer\":\"The California Department of Education assembled an advisory panel that met in February 2016 and May 2016 to gather feedback from specified stakeholders and inform the recommendation.\"}]","Recommendation on the High School Exit Examination and Pathways to Graduation | PDF",1791000866,270]