A USA Today report found that struggling high schoolers in Florida are taking the Classic Learning Test, a K–12 academic progress exam and alternative to the SAT and ACT that has been embraced by conservatives, to graduate.

Held up as a new route to college admissions, the Classic Learning Test has instead become a remedial high-school graduation test in Florida.

A USA Today report found that struggling high schoolers in Florida are taking the Classic Learning Test, a K–12 academic progress exam and alternative to the SAT and ACT that has…