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Many fall one step shy of their diploma
Graduation tests keep thousands from completing high school
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Carley Kilcrease walked across the stage at Flowery Branch High School’s 2014 graduation. But instead of a diploma, she was handed a certificate to say she had completed high school yet didn’t earn that final piece. “Carley watched all of her friends march off and go to college while she’s sitting there all summer long and couldn’t do anything,” said her mother, Benita Kilcrease.