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# Exit exam gets an ‘F’
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/exit-exam-gets-an-f-editor/
- Published: 2008-03-24T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:56:12.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Stephen Krashen Santa Monica*

The Governor plans to cut nearly $5 billion from education over the next 18 months because of the budget crisis. I suggest we accomplish some of this by dumping the High School Exit Exam.

There is no evidence that the exam does any good: Research shows that high school teachers’ grades are a better predictor of college success than standardized tests are.

California spends about $250 million each year just for remedial instruction for this exam, and millions more for administration and scoring. Keeping this exam and cutting programs known to be effective is like weighing the animal but not feeding it.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on March 24, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/032408.pdf?ref=smdp.com)