Imagine taking a test that has a big impact on a person's life and making an important decision about their future. In the state of Oklahoma, high school students must take and pass EOIs to graduate. An End-Of-Instruction (EOI) is an exam based on Oklahoma state standards, which define what students should learn each school year. It helps the state determine what teachers should focus on and shows the weakness of different specific subject areas. It also gives the state of Oklahoma a ranking compared to other states. Students must take all seven EOIs, but only need to pass four specific exams to graduate. While everyone is different, an EOI should not determine whether a student graduates. Graduation requirements are set to a high standard along with passing EOIs. "The Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) Act states that: Beginning with students entering the 2008-2009 ninth school year, each student must demonstrate mastery of state academic content standards in the following subject areas in order to graduate from a public high school with a standard diploma: Algebra I, English II and two of the five: Algebra II, Biology I, English II, Geometry and United States History" (White). Within these subjects, each question is assigned a different score depending on the level of difficulty. You receive a diploma when you graduate and obviously have all the credits including passing the EOIs. If you do not exceed the required number of EOIs or for a specific subject, you will not obtain a diploma. An example of a test is like taking a biology exam and having to answer 32 out of 60 questions to pass (Archer). There are certain goals in different subjects... center of paper... Cher, Kim. "Rural educators concerned about ACE tests; students must pass four of seven tests or no diploma." Tulsa World (OK) February 27, 2012: Newspaper Source Plus. Network. January 13, 2014. Brunk, Jason. “End of education testing should go ahead.” The Oklahoman March 7, 2012, Opinion section: 7A. Print.COPPERNOLL, CARRIE. “2,000 students may not receive diplomas.” The Oklahoman May 18, 2012, Metro & State sec.: 3A. Print.COSGROVE, JACLYN and CARRIE COPPERNOLL. "The test system fails." The Oklahoman May 1, 2013, front page section: 1A. Print.Tingle, Devante A. “Your Experience with the Eoi.” Personal interview. February 10, 2014. Page, Russell. "What a girl!" The Oklahoman April 9, 2011, Opinion section: 9A. Print.Bianco, Melissa. “ACE Graduation Requirements.” Welcome to the official website of Oklahoma. Oklahoma State Department of Education, April 12, 2013. Web. January 16. 2014.