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Student coursetaking. HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAMSin 2004, 20 states had exit exams.Of these states, 7 had minimum-competencyexams, 10 had standards-basedexams, and 3 had end-of-course exams.States with mandatory exit exams, by subjects tested: 2004 English/ language Social Computer arts Math Science studies skillsAlabama [check] [check] [check] [check]Alaska [check] [check]Florida [check] [check]Georgia [check] [check] [check] [check]Indiana [check] [check]Louisiana [check] [check] [check] [check]Maryland [check] [check]Massachusetts [check] [check]Minnesota [check] [check]Mississippi [check] [check] [check] [check]Nevada [check] [check]New Jersey [check] [check]New Mexico [check] [check] [check] [check]New York [check] [check] [check] [check]North Carolina [check] [check] [check]Ohio [check] [check] [check] [check]South Carolina [check] [check]Tennessee [check] [check] [check]Texas [check] [check] [check] [check]Virginia [check] [check] [check] [check]MATH & SCIENCEIn 1982, 26% of high school graduates hadcompleted advanced mathematics coursework.By 2000, the number increased to 45%.Percentage distribution of high school graduates byhighest level of science courses completed: 1982-2000 Chemistry II Primary or Physics II No physical General Chemistry I or advance science science biology or physics I biology1982 2% 12% 35% 15% 15%1987 1% 7% 42% 21% 10%1990 1% 4% 37% 26% 11%1992 .3% 3% 36% 27% 14%1994 1% 2% 34% 30% 13%1998 1% 3% 29% 30% 15%2000 1% 3% 28% 31% 18%ENGLISH & FOREIGN LANGUAGEIn 1982, 13% of high school graduates hadcompleted some advanced English coursework.By 2000, the number had risen to 34%.Percentage distribution of high schoolgraduates by highest level offoreign language coursescompleted: 1982-2000 Low academic Advance None level Placement1982 46% 40% 1%1987 33% 48% 2%1990 27% 51% 3%1992 23% 52% 3%1994 22% 52% 3%1998 19% 51% 4%2000 17% 53% 5%ADVANCED COURSESIn 2000, 74% of high school students attendedschools that offered at least one advancedcourse in mathematics, English, scienceand foreign language.Percentage of students in schools that offeredat least four advanced courses eachin mathematics, Englishscience and foreign language, by locationand region: 2000LOCATIONCentral city 32%Urban fringe/large town 25%Rural/small town 5%REGIONNortheast 31%Southeast 27%Central 10%West 23%Percentage of students in schools thatottered at least four advanced courseseach in mathematics, English, scienceand foreign language, by 12th-gradeenrollment12TH-GRADE ENROLLMENTLess than 15 1%150-299 17%300-449 29%450 or more 43%Source: The Condition of Education: 2005,National Center for EducationStatistics, nces.edu.gov