TY - JOUR AU - Dorn, Sherman PY - 2003/01/03 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - High-Stakes Testing and the History of Graduation JF - Education Policy Analysis Archives JA - EPAA VL - 11 IS - 0 SE - DO - 10.14507/epaa.v11n1.2003 UR - https://epaa.asu.edu/index.php/epaa/article/view/229 SP - 1 AB - An historical perspective on high-stakes testing suggests that tests required for high school graduation will have mixed results for the putative value of high school diplomas: (1) graduation requirements are likely to have indirect as well as direct effects on the likelihood of graduating; (2) the proliferation of different exit documents may dilute efforts to improve the education of all students; and (3) graduation requirements remain unlikely to disentangle the general cultural confusion in the U.S. about the purpose of secondary education and a high school diploma, especially confusion about whether the educational, exchange, or other value of a diploma is most important. ER -