Most Local Juniors Ready to Graduate High School

Statewide, 10th graders performed the same as their counterparts in 2013 in English, with 83 percent passing, but made strides in math, climbing one point to 85 percent for math, according to test results released today.

• At Las Virgenes Unified, 95 percent of 10th graders (now juniors) passed the English section, with the same percentage passing the math component.

According to the CDE, 95.5 percent of students in the class of 2014 across the state passed the overall exam, matching the record high passage rate set last year, according to the California Department of Education.

“Dedicated educators have worked hard in difficult times to prepare students for college and careers, but we must keep striving for even higher levels of achievement so all students have the skills, knowledge and tools they need to be successful,” State Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Torlakson said.

All students in California must take the exit exam during their sophomore year. They have two more opportunities to pass it in the 11th grade and up to five chances as seniors.

The class of 2006 was the first graduating class in California that was required to meet the exit exam requirement.

--City News Service

Patch Senior Editor Penny Arévalo contributed to this report.

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