1. New High School Exit Standards April 2005 By Andy Palmer and Chris Sardler Click HERE to return to the DocumentationHERE

2. ComponentsABCs Growt h Performance Composite Adequate Yearly Progress End of Course Tests Algebra I x x x Algebra II x x Biology x x x Chemistry x x English I x x x Geometry x x Physical Sci. x x Physics x x US History x x Civics & Econ. x x Writing Tests Grade 10 x x High School Comprehensive Tests (Occupational Course of Study only and those exempt from Alg I) Reading x Math x North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio Reading x x Math x x North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory Reading x x Math x x Drop Out Rate Grades 9-12 x Graduation Rate Grade 12 x Computer Skills Grade 8 x Competency Passing Rate Grade 10 x College University Prep/College Tech Prep Grade 12 x

3. New Standards are Needed Increasing pace of change – It took 35 years for telephones to be used in 25% of American homes, 26 years for personal computers, 7 years for the Internet and 3 years for personal digital assistants. Top home languages include 12 different languages and involve over 100,000 students. More extensive scientific and technological advances will occur in the next few years than have happened in the last two centuries Technology will eliminate any task that is routine, concrete and sequential. Travel agents, accountants, inventory clerks, buyers, and even lawyers may find themselves increasingly supplanted by technology.

4. Reference Data from “Why We Need to Change” is taken from Technology 2008: Preparing Students for Our Changing World. Willard Daggett, International Center for Leadership in Education. http://www.daggett.com/Daggettpp.htm

5. High School Standards Need to Address: Students need to learn how to learn and how to embrace change Students need to have a deep understanding of content and the world around them Students need to have academic rigor applied in open-ended ways that are relevant to their century or culture Students need to have opportunities for visionary thinking

6. ComponentsABCs Growth Performance Composite Adequate Yearly Progress NEW Exit Standards End of Course Tests Algebra I x x x x Algebra II x x Biology x x x x Chemistry x x English I x x x x Geometry x x Physical Sci. x x Physics x x US History x x x Civics & Econ. x x x Writing Tests Grade 10 x x x High School Comprehensive Tests (Occupational Course of Study only and those exempt from Alg I) Reading x Math x North Carolina Alternate Assessment Portfolio Reading x x x Math x x x North Carolina Alternate Assessment Academic Inventory Reading x x x Math x x x Drop Out Rate Grades 9-12 x Graduation Rate Grade 12 x Attendance Rate Grades 3-8 x Computer Skills Grade 8 x x Competency Passing Rate Grade 10 x College University Prep/College Tech Prep Grade 12 x

7. Proposals for Implementing the New High School Exit Standards Framework

8. Proposal 1 Students should be required to pass all five EOC assessements (Algebra I, Biology, English I, Civics and Economics, and U.S. History) and to successfully complete the senior project

9. Proposal 2 Students should be required to pass at least four out of five EOC assessments (Algebra I, Biology, English I, Civics and Economics and U.S. History) and to successfully complete the senior project.

10. Retesting Proposal 1 Consistent with the current retesting opportunities for end-of- grade assessments at grades 3,5,and 8, students should be given a maximum of two retest opportunities. The second retest opportunity must be preceded by focused intervention/remediation.

11. Retesting Proposal 2 Consistent with the current retesting opportunities for the competency and computer skills assessments, students should be given at least one retest opportunity per year. Each retest opportunity must be preceded by focused intervention/remediation.

12. Senior Project Performance-based senior project that could include service learning or a work-based learning experience One component of the new high school exit standards Developed, monitored and scored at the local level using rubrics developed or endorsed by the NCDPI Standards will be effective with the current 7 th graders who begin 9 th grade in 2006-07. This is the graduating class of 2010

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