The Children's Rights Alliance is calling for pupils to have the choice of sitting the Leaving Cert or accepting predictive grades.
Officials are now considering scrapping the exams, which are due to take place on July 29th.
A meeting's taking place today between stakeholders and the Department of Education, but no decision is expected this week.
Tanya Ward, chief executive of the Children's Rights Alliance, says clarity is needed.
"I think the uncertainty is very unfortunate, because we know from young people themselves that they're finding the stress not knowing if the Leaving Cert is going to progress is causing a huge burden on them.
"I think they need to give young people an option to either sit the Leaving Cert or to proceed through predictive grading.
'Some young people are likely to benefit from doing the exam, and some young people are likely to benefit from the predictive system."
