Research Shows End-of-Course Assessments Have Positive Impact

• Students who are held accountable through End-of-Course testing benefit in numerous ways, according to educational researchers.*
• More motivated to study hard to do well on the exams
• Place one-half of a grade level ahead in math and science and two-thirds of a grade level ahead in reading
• Gain from teachers devoting more time to “cognitively demanding skills and topics”
• More likely to discuss schoolwork with their parents and have positive relationships with other students and with teachers
• More likely to show improved test scores
• More likely to attend college
• Earn higher incomes after high school graduation

* Bishop, J. H.;Mane, Ferran; and Bishop,Michael (2001, September). How external exit exams spur achievement. Educational Leadership, pp 58-63.