51.   In recent years, half the states have enacted laws requiring that high school students pass standardized exams to graduate.

52.   It has doubled math and English requirements for half its ninth-graders because they cannot graduate without passing state exams.

53.   It would be fairer to grant the diplomas provisionally and then allow the new graduates to pass the exam after a reasonable period of preparation.

54.   Lamousnery will be in elite company if he passes all the exams.

55.   Many are too old or incapacitated to pass citizenship exams.

56.   Meanwhile, the trustees erred when they issued a decree only days before graduation that would withhold diplomas from students who do not pass the exams.

57.   Mills said that if most students were passing the revised Regents exams, it was only because they were working harder.

58.   Ms. Hoyle passed the exam on her second try.

59.   Others earn an MBA, pass exams to become a chartered financial analyst, or CFA, or have expertise in a certain field.

60.   Rather than admit his failure, Romand claimed to family and friends that he had passed the exam and was moving on to his third year of training.