scholarly journals The Impact of High School Exit Exams on ESL Learners in British Columbia

2012 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
Author(s):  
Dennis Murphy Odo
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
British Columbia ◽  
Exit Exams ◽  
High School Exit Exams ◽  
High School Exit ◽  
Esl Learners ◽  
The Impact

Trading the Television for a Textbook?: High School Exit Exams and Student Behavior

2014 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 1015-1036 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy M. Diette ◽  
Sara E. Helms
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Student Behavior ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
Exit Exams ◽  
Additional Time ◽  
Significant Drop ◽  
American Time Use Survey ◽  
High School Exit Exams ◽  
High School Exit

Abstract Approximately half of the states in the United States have some form of high school exit exam. One purpose of the exit exams is to create a clear bar which students must pass in order to graduate. Effective exit exams may encourage marginal students to spend additional time on schooling in order to pass the exam. This study exploits state-level variations in timing of implementation to understand how students have responded to the state exit exams. This study uses the American Time Use Survey (ATUS). The ATUS captures, in detail, how individuals spend their day. We find that exit exams are associated with an increase in the amount of time that students spend on educational activities by almost 20 minutes per day in the months in which exams are typically given. The increase comes mainly from an increase in time spent in school and not time spent outside of school on education-related activities. The additional time for education appears to be a trade-off with time spent watching television, which shows a significant drop in exam months for students facing exams.

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