Introduction The Sedona Red Rock High School exhibition is a mandatory requirement for students who wish to graduate from the school. An exhibition is a demonstration, through the application of specific skills and knowledge to a complex task. The exhibition performance will demonstrate that the student possesses the habits of mind, heart, and work that the school values (Exhibitions, 2007). This paper analyses the Sedona Red Rock High School exhibition and why the Coalition of schools has to participate in this exhibition. History of the Exhibition This section provides details about the history of the exhibition and gives details of the coalition of essential schools. History of the Exhibitions at SSRHS Hrisch (2007) reports that all Graduates of SRRHS have to complete an exhibition as a way of demonstrating to themselves, their families, the community, and the faculty and staff that they possess a strong set of skills, knowledge, and understandings, which has prepared them for their next stage of life. The CES was started about 20 years back and the exhibition was started a few later. It receives large funding from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Sedona Red Rock High School (SHS) serves a distinctly diverse community of learners. Within a five-mile radius from the high school, there are five million dollar mansions, mobile home parks where two or more families share a trailer, and lots of other types of housing in between. The English Language Learner population is at least 20% and growing. Though some Sedona Red Rock students have lived in the town all their lives, most have come from other parts of the country and from outside the United States. In 1999, the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) was introduced as the standardized state graduation test, and in 2006, students were required to pass the AIMS Reading, Writing and Math tests in order to graduate. The students now have four high-stakes graduation exams, three at the state level and one exhibition, and more are on the way. Though SRRHS has preserved exhibitions as a graduation requirement, six years ago the management reduced the number of graduation exhibitions because of the imminent tests. The decision was made despite incredible debates among the faculty. The conclusion was that the faculty was worn thin mentoring exhibitions and that time at school would soon be consumed by the state tests. Hrisch (2007) further comments at the 2006 CES Fall Forum, representing the Forum for Democracy and Education, Stanford University education professor Linda Darling-Hammond spoke about the national testing craze. She commented that “tiny cracks” in the current testing system were motivating her desire to get involved with NCLB’s upcoming reauthorization. These cracks, in states like Nebraska, give her hope regarding changing the nature and the stakes of the states’ assessment systems. Darling-Hammond also shared information about the 2006 Florida gubernatorial election, which had educational testing as its central argument. She believed that what was needed was to capitalize on these cracks and bust them open. Darling-Hammond spoke frankly about the deep ironies that are resulting from NCLB. Sensible teachers are making nonsense decisions, such as putting a letter grade on diagnostic tests or excluding low-performing students from time with an artist in the classroom so they can practice reading. About the Exhibitions Exhibit