The California High School Exit Examination (CAHSEE) is an administrative test that is required to be taken by all tenth grade students from the state of California. The CAHSEE is a test that improves student achievement in public high schools. It is mandatory for all students to pass the exam in order to prove their level in academic skills. This test is broken up into two parts which are English and Math. A motivation of the CAHSEE is that when the students pass the test, they can prove they can understand 10th grade English and 8th grade math while a consequence is that if students do not pass this test they cannot get a diploma for high school graduation.
As it was previously stated in my last paragraph, there are many motivations about the CAHSEE. For example in the texts "CAHSEE Program Overview", "A Message to Parents and Students" and "Without an exit exam, we fail" state that the primary motivation for creating and administrating the CAHSEE is to improve pupil achievement California high schools and to be sure that the students who graduate can demonstrate their academic level. In the article "CAHSEE Program Overview" the California Department of Education states that the test can help students demonstrate their grade level in the school subjects of English and Math, "improve pupil achievement in high school and to ensure that pupils who graduate from high school can demonstrate grade level competency in reading, writing and mathematics. "This is significant because it explains that if students pass this test they can prove how well they did during their high school year. Another example is in the article "CAHSEE Program Overview" the California Department of Education states that the students have an opportunity to pass this exam, "Students who do not pass on or both parts of the CAHSEE in grade ten may take the parts not passed up to two times per school year in grade elven and up to five times per school year in grade twelve.