New Graduation RequirementsNovember 10, 2014

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

Ohio’s New Graduation Requirements

New Graduation Requirements

Course Requirements

Demonstration of Readiness

Assessments Requirements

High School Diploma

Ohio Course RequirementsOhio Course Requirement

Minimum Units Required

English Language Arts 4 Units

Mathematics 4 Units

Science 3 Units

Social Studies 3 Units

Health ½ Unit

Physical Education ½ Unit

Electives 5 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.

Assessment Requirements

1. English I2. English II3. Algebra I4. Geometry

5. Physical Science6. American History7. American

Government

Substitute Exams:

Students may take exams for these courses in lieu of state exams:

• Advanced Placement (AP)• International Baccalaureate (IB)• Dual Enrollment

Graduation Points

Performance Level

Graduation Points

Advanced 5Accelerated 4

Proficient 3Basic 2

Limited 1

Demonstration of ReadinessOverall

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

Committee Outcomes

Graduation Points System

Industry Credentials

Substitute Exams

Graduation Points System

Graduation Points

The minimum number of overall graduation points required: 18

– English: 4 points

– Math: 4 points

– Science and Social Studies: 6 points

Options for Graduation

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

Job Skills and College Admissions Test

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

Resolution onJob Skills Assessment

Resolution on Job Skills Assessment

• 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)

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

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

Job Skills Assessment RFP Resolution

ACT WorkKeys Assessment

Substitute Exams

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

Substitute ExamsIncreases 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

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

Approved AP Substitute Exams

State Exam Recommended AP Exam Substitute

Physical Science Physics 1 – Algebra-basedPhysics 2 – Algebra-based

American History American History

American Government United States Government & Politics

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

Alignment Process

State staff review of alignment

External review by educators and content specialists

Substitute Exams Recommendations

State Exam Recommended IB Exam Substitute

Physical Science Physics Standard LevelPhysics Higher Level

American History History – Route Two – including study of the history of the Americas

American Government Selection Fall 2015

Substitute Exams for International Baccalaureate

Resolution

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

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

Stakeholder Outreach and Feedback

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

Stakeholder Outreach

EdConnection: 13,000-18,000 views

Committee Updates: 20,000-44,000 views

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

Future Work of State Board

Designate equivalent scores

on substitute exams

Approval of additional courses/substitute exams for dual enrollment

Middle grade testing waiver

Timeline and Next Steps

Next Meeting: Dec. 8, 2014

Questions