A culminating project, also called a senior project, grad project, or exit project, is a requirement in many United States high schools that asks graduating seniors to demonstrate their academic knowledge in an experiential way, usually by choosing a topic of personal interest and completing it through research, direct experience, documentation, and a formal presentation. State education boards set the guidelines within which individual school districts may customize their own requirements. The intended purpose is to raise educational standards and prepare students for what comes after graduation, whether college, employment, military service, or starting a business, by developing skills such as leadership, communication, project management, and public speaking. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Core ClaimA culminating project is a project that challenges high school seniors to demonstrate their academic knowledge in an experiential way. 1 Classification
Education LevelUpper Secondary Education (ISCED 3) 1 FAQs
How is a culminating project different from a high school exit exam?
An exit exam is a written test of core skills; a culminating project is a student-chosen required project.
People reporting on the culminating project sometimes confuse it with the state high school exit exam. The state exit exam is a written exam that usually tests math, reading, writing and science skills. A culminating project is a required project, usually a learning experience based on a topic chosen by the student, and it is mandatory in order to graduate.
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a project that challenges high school seniors to demonstrate their academic knowledge in an experiential way
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A culminating project, also called a senior project, grad project, or exit project, is a requirement in many United States high schools that asks graduating seniors to demonstrate their academic knowledge in an experiential way, usually by choosing a topic of personal interest and completing it through research, direct experience, documentation, and a formal presentation.
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A culminating project (also known as a senior project, grad project or exit project), is a project that challenges high school seniors to demonstrate their academic knowledge in an experiential way (in most cases).
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