1. New Graduation Requirements November 10, 2014

2. Outline 1.Update on Graduation Requirements Work 2.Job Skills Assessment Recommendations 3. Substitute Exams for International Baccalaureate Recommendations 4.Future Work of the State Board

3. Ohio’s New Graduation Requirements

4. New Graduation Requirements Course Requirements Demonstration of Readiness Assessments Requirements High School Diploma

5. Ohio Course Requirements Ohio Course Requirement Minimum Units Required English Language Arts4 Units Mathematics4 Units Science3 Units Social Studies3 Units Health½ Unit Physical Education½ Unit Electives5 Units Note: This table is a high-level summary and does not cover all substitutions and required instruction. It also does not cover the Ohio Course Requirement Opt-Out which offers flexibility for students on Algebra II.

6. Assessment Requirements 1.English I 2.English II 3.Algebra I 4.Geometry 1.English I 2.English II 3.Algebra I 4.Geometry 5.Physical Science 6.American History 7.American Government 5.Physical Science 6.American History 7.American Government Substitute Exams: Students may take exams for these courses in lieu of state exams: Advanced Placement (AP) International Baccalaureate (IB) Dual Enrollment Students may take exams for these courses in lieu of state exams: Advanced Placement (AP) International Baccalaureate (IB) Dual Enrollment

7. Graduation Points

8. Demonstration of Readiness Overall Graduation Points Overall Graduation Points Student earns a minimum number of points from all exams Remediation Free Score Industry Credential & Workforce Score Student earns remediation-free score on a national college admission test (e.g., ACT/SAT) Student earns an approved industry-recognized credential and earns workforce readiness score on job skills assessment

9. Committee Outcomes Graduation Points System Industry Credentials Substitute Exams

10. Graduation Points System

11. Graduation Points The minimum number of overall graduation points required: 18 – English: 4 points – Math: 4 points – Science and Social Studies: 6 points

12. Options for Graduation

13. Industry Credentials Credentials for in-demand careers Process for submitting local credentials Industry-specific considerations List reviewed each summer List grandfathered for juniors each year

14. Job Skills and College Admissions Test Job skills test: Selection in December 2014 Highest verifiable score counts Job skills test: Selection in December 2014 Highest verifiable score counts College admissions test: Highest verifiable score counts Administered to juniors in fall of 2016 College admissions test: Highest verifiable score counts Administered to juniors in fall of 2016

15. Resolution on Job Skills Assessment

16. Demonstration of Readiness –Industry Credential & Workforce Score Student earns an approved industry- recognized credential and earns workforce readiness score on job skills assessment The State Board must select a nationally recognized job skills assessment (HB487)

17. Resolution on Job Skills Assessment Worked with DAS to finalize RFP RFP released, October 24 Proposals due to DAS, November 3 RFPs scored, November 4 DAS consensus meeting, November 5

18. Resolution on Job Skills Assessment ACT WorkKeys –Helps employers select, hire, train, develop, and retain a high-performance workforce –Only workforce skills assessments supported by a database with nearly 20,000 job profiles –Has been utilized in Ohio for more than two decades

19. Job Skills Assessment RFP Resolution ACT WorkKeys Assessment

20. Substitute Exams

21. Substitute Law Allows students to replace state end-of-course exam with: Advanced Placement exam International Baccalaureate exam Dual enrollment exam Physical science, American history and American government exams only

22. Substitute Exams Increases flexibility and student choice, reduces testing for students Required uses for substitute exams: Replace state content test for student score for graduation requirement Replace state content test in accountability system

23. Accountability Can only be partially integrated into accountability system Included in Indicators and Prepared For Success Not included in Performance Index or Value-Added Not included in Teacher Value-Added

24. Approved AP Substitute Exams State ExamRecommended AP Exam Substitute Physical Science Physics 1 – Algebra-based Physics 2 – Algebra-based American History American Government United States Government & Politics

25. IB Alignment Process Comparison of Ohio’s New Learning Standards to each of the International Baccalaureate courses in the related field Identification of the alignment of each standard in the New Learning Standards

26. Alignment Process State staff review of alignment External review by educators and content specialists

27. Substitute Exams Recommendations State ExamRecommended IB Exam Substitute Physical Science Physics Standard Level Physics Higher Level American History History – Route Two – including study of the history of the Americas American Government Selection Fall 2015

28. Substitute Exams for International Baccalaureate Resolution

29. Dual Enrollment Working with Ohio Board of Regents to: –Identify appropriate courses that are representative of courses provided at all state colleges and universities –Develop a process for awarding graduation points for the identified courses

30. Equivalent Scores The State Board must also designate equivalent scores on the substitute exams Test data required to set equivalent scores State and substitute exams Test data will not be available until late 2015 or early 2016

31. Stakeholder Outreach and Feedback

32. Stakeholder Outreach Series of email newsletters with regular updates (June through October): EdConnection, Committee Updates and Principal’s Toolkit –Superintendents –Principals –Curriculum coordinators –Guidance counselors –Teachers –Assessment coordinators –General public

33. Stakeholder Outreach EdConnection: 13,000-18,000 views Committee Updates: 20,000-44,000 views

34. Stakeholder Outreach Ohio School Counselors Association Special survey of 100+ school counselors Met with executive board on Sept. 19 Presented at Nov. 7 statewide conference

36. Future Work of State Board Designate equivalent scores on substitute exams Approval of additional courses/substitute exams for dual enrollment Middle grade testing waiver

37. Timeline and Next Steps Next Meeting: Dec. 8, 2014

38. Questions