Successfully completing the final (grade 10) ISTEP Graduation Qualifying Exam (GQE) was not necessary to graduate from an Indiana public high school. This test covered English/Language Arts and Mathematics. If a student did not pass this test, he or she was placed in remediation classes the following semester for the subject(s) that he or she failed and remained in those classes until the semester after passing both sections. Students could retake the exam during their junior and senior year of high school.
