High school seniors must pass citizenship test to graduate

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10 years ago this would have been met with shock and awe. Nowadays nothing should come as a shock. I mean it seems totally fair doesn't it? I mean American citizens need to take a citizenship test to graduate high school. Because.....
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
10 years ago this would have been met with shock and awe. Nowadays nothing should come as a shock. I mean it seems totally fair doesn't it? I mean American citizens need to take a citizenship test to graduate high school. Because.....
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Haha good point. It also doesn't make sense that we move towards more standardized testing in a time when we're supposedly putting less emphasis on standardized testing. I can't quite figure out Governor Haslam or our legislature. They're all over the place with education.
 
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G0 BIG 0RANGE said:
Haha good point. It also doesn't make sense that we move towards more standardized testing in a time when we're supposedly putting less emphasis on standardized testing. I can't quite figure out Governor Haslam or our legislature. They're all over the place with education.
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I am beginning to think Haslam is the product of a common core education :)
 
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G0 BIG 0RANGE said:
Yeah, that first attempt won't be pretty, but I believe they can take it until they pass, and surely the questions change each time.
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My college American Government teacher gave us the citizenship test as an assessment on the first day. 72% of the class failed it.
 
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Christian Lowe said:
South Carolina has a similar exit exam structure. Except it's on the stuff that's actually essential to know. Like basic math and English.
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Fill me in on that. We are looking at our seniors completing a "senior project" (alongside the citizenship test).

They're allowed to use any topic from their senior classes to base their project on, then they'll present it to a panel of judges. I think this is cool and all, but I don't see how they'll get the very low performers to do something of that magnitude.

An exit exam option for those students may be an alternative that they could better handle...
 
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I'll see if I can get this started in Georgia!
 
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I don't see huge benefits from it. Probably won't be cheap. I doubt it prevents anyone from graduating. Try it out, and if it works keep it. If not, try something else.
 
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G0 BIG 0RANGE said:
Fill me in on that. We are looking at our seniors completing a "senior project" (alongside the citizenship test).

They're allowed to use any topic from their senior classes to base their project on, then they'll present it to a panel of judges. I think this is cool and all, but I don't see how they'll get the very low performers to do something of that magnitude.

An exit exam option for those students may be an alternative that they could better handle...
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Well apparently they abolished it this summer.
https://ed.sc.gov/agency/programs-services/43/
 
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mtt2d said:
I don't see huge benefits from it. Probably won't be cheap. I doubt it prevents anyone from graduating. Try it out, and if it works keep it. If not, try something else.
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I think it is law in Tennessee now, so it actually might prevent graduation. I've seen kids not graduate for missing 1 more day than they were allowed to miss. But you're right, it can't be cheap.
 
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BigOrangeTrain said:
10 years ago this would have been met with shock and awe. Nowadays nothing should come as a shock. I mean it seems totally fair doesn't it? I mean American citizens need to take a citizenship test to graduate high school. Because.....
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Why? My whole life I've heard people lament that the average American can't pass the citizenship test. I am shocked nobody had proposed this sooner.
 
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