Bar Exam Passage Rates Continue To Plummet Across The Nation
How many states have seen drops in their bar exam passage rates thus far?
Thus far, to our knowledge, 36 states have released their results from the July 2016 administration of the bar exam. In how many states did the overall passage rates for test-takers decline since the exam was given in July 2015?
Hint: In many of the states where bar passage rates declined, it was their worst performance in decades.
See the answer on the next page.
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