Scotts Valley Students Come Out Ahead in State Exit Exam Results

Each year, the State of California mandates that public schools administer the California High School Exit Exam to tenth graders, which is meant to show statewide competency in math, reading and writing skills.

If a high school sophomore fails the test, they are given up to seven additional tries before graduation to pass. According to results released
Wednesday by the California Department of Education, 84 percent of sophomores passed the test in the 2011-2012 school year, and 95 of all students passed by the time they finished their senior year. The 95 percent mark shows a sixth straight year of improvement.

At Scotts Valley High School, 193 students took the math portion of the California High School Exit Exam and 186 passed, or 96 percent. And of the 194 who took the English Language Arts portion of the test, 189 passed, or 97 percent.

The numbers are way above the statewide average of an 84 percent pass rate for Mathematics and an 83 percent pass rate for English Language Arts.

In Santa Cruz County, a total of 2,884 students were tested in math, and 2,328 passed, or 81 percent; and 2,885 were tested in ELA and 2,364
passed, or 82 percent.

See the full test results, broken down below:

Math:

Students Tested

Special Educaton Pass Rate  

 English:

Special Educaton Pass Rate