note: graduated in 2018 at a public high school in California we didn't have any "graduation exams" as many other countries do - just needed to pass the requir

note: graduated in 2018 at a public high school in California we didn't have any "graduation exams" as many other countries do - just needed to pass the required courses to gain the high school diploma. Our state testing exams were mainly to address progress, as the Exit Exam was suspended in 2015. Even if we had these graduation exams, they also may vary depending on school, district, and state.