State graduation or exit examinations in the United States are standardized tests in American public schools in order for students to receive a high school diploma, according to that state's secondary education curriculum. Massachusetts in 2024 repealed the legal requirement for students to pass the MCAS to graduate high schoolhttps://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_Question_2,_Repeal_Competency_Assessment_Requirement_for_High_School_Graduation_Initiative_(2024).

State Administrating agency Test name Also called... Source Alabama Alabama State Department of Education Alabama High School Graduation Exam AHSGEAlabama State Department of Education Alaska Alaska Department of Education and Early Development High School Graduation Qualifying Examination HSGQE SBA Arizona Arizona Department of Education Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards AIMS Arkansas Arkansas Department of Education Augmented Benchmark Examination California California Department of Education California High School Exit Exam CAHSEE Florida Florida Department of Education Florida Assessment of Student Thinking FAST Indiana Indiana Department of Education Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress-Plus I-STEP+ Louisiana Louisiana Department of Education Graduate Exit Examination GEE Maryland Maryland Department of Education High School Assessment Maryland Comprehensive Assessment Program HSA MCAP Minnesota Minnesota Department of Education Minnesota Comprehensive Assessments—Series II MCA-II Missouri Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Missouri Assessment Program MAP Nevada Nevada Department of Education Nevada Proficiency Examination Program NPEP Nevada Department of Education New Jersey New Jersey Department of Education High School Proficiency Assessment HSPA New Mexico New Mexico Public Education Department New Mexico Standards-based assessment NMSBA (nd) NMSBA webpage. Retrieved 5/29/07 New York New York State Department of Education Regents Examinations Regents North Carolina North Carolina Department of Public Instruction End of Course Tests (Grades 9-12) EOCs Ohio Ohio State Board of Education Ohio Graduation Test OGT (nd) OAT webpage. Retrieved 5/29/07PennsylvaniaPennsylvania Department of Education Keystone ExamSouth Carolina South Carolina Department of Education High School Assessment Program (Grades 9-12) HSAP Tennessee Tennessee Department of Education Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program TCAP Texas Texas Education Agency State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness STAAR Virginia Virginia Department of Education Standards of Learning SOL

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