2. College Readiness – Percent of Students Not Needing Remediation 41.0% 68.3%

3. Percent of Students Needing Remediation at the College Level 201220132014 Colorado41.4%40%37% Falcon59%43.3%31.7% Sand Creek51.6%57.3%45.7% Vista Ridge48.7%38.7%

4. Grade Distribution Pre and Post SBG

5. (Percentages) GRADE2011/2012 PRE SBG 2012/13 POST SBG 2013/14 POST SBG A333130 B2728 C222324 D121012 F466

6. Minimum Colorado College and Career Ready Determinations Established by the Colorado State Board of Education The state’s minimum College and Career Ready Determinations for English, math, science and social studies are set to match proficiency levels on the state assessment, higher education’s cut scores for placement in credit bearing classes, industry certificates, and the military’s cut scores for academic consideration for preferred career training. They are designed to be of approximate comparable rigor and will be refined, improved, and added to over time.

7. Minimum Colorado College and Career Ready Determinations Established by the Colorado State Board of Education Students must demonstrate competency in each content area using any one of the items in the competency demonstration menu for that content area. Students wishing to attend four‐year postsecondary institutions will also need to meet the entrance requirements for their institutions of interest.

8. Competency DemonstrationEnglishMathScienceSocial Studies CMASTBD PARCC4+ ACT1819TBD SAT430460 IB3 or + AP3 or + Verified District CapstoneTBD Concurrent Enrollment CourseC or + ASVAB50 Select, Earned Industry Cert.Awarded (may qualify as interdisciplinary) Additional State Board Approved Demonstration of Competency Additions will be made as competency demonstrations become more standardized Minimum Colorado College and Career Ready Determinations Established by the Colorado State Board of Education

9. Hanover Research Institute conducted a study on the relationship of standards-based grading and college admissions. Schools included in the study were Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT, Cal Tech, Columbia, Duke, Brown, University of Chicago, Northwestern and other top ranked colleges and universities. “Generally, admissions offices treat all grades as welcome indicators of high school performance while implicitly acknowledging that every school has a unique perspective, student body and system. None of the college admissions offices contacted expressed a concern or negative view of a transcript based on standards-based grading.” Leading Colleges are NOT Concerned About Standards-based Grading

10. Frequently Expressed Concerns ClaimsResponse/Actuality SBG hurts my student’s chance of getting into colleges There has been no decline in college acceptance or scholarships at FHS since SBG Colleges do not know about SBG or understand it Colleges are very aware of SBG as many states/districts/schools are using SBG SBG only benefits the low students High students are challenged to apply learning with SBG SBG does not prepare my student for college Remediation rates for college have decreased 27.3% with SBG SBG is less consistent and more subjective than the old system Both systems are administered by people so there are always some inconsistencies. We are minimizing those with SBG

11. Some of the States/Districts/Schools Using SBG Wisconsin Montrose Washington Adams 12 Adams 50 Aurora Utah New Hampshire Iowa Ohio California Alaska Florida Missouri D20 some schools/depts. Douglas County Massachusetts New York Falcon High School