Transcript New State Academic Standards and Assessments

Chapter 4
Amendments
March 1, 2014
Presented By: Angelo Furiga
Chapter 4 is the section of the
State Board of Education Rules and
Regulations that deal with
Academic Standards and
Assessment
“Final Form” Rulemaking (fine tuning)
1. Elimination of the requirement that strategic
planning be conducted through a Stateprescribed time frame and State-prescribed
format to provide flexibility in how schools
approach strategic planning.
 Retains planning requirements for : educator
induction, educator professional development,
special education, gifted education, student
services, and early childhood education.
“Final Form” Rulemaking (fine tuning)
2. Establishes State-specific Pennsylvania Core
Standards as the Commonwealth’s academic
standards in Mathematics and English
Language Arts.
 Augments current standards with Pennsylvania
Core Standards for Reading and Writing for both
Science and Technology and History and Social
Studies.
“Final Form” Rulemaking (fine tuning)
3. Strengthen the existing graduation
requirements for the 2014 -2015 school year
through the 2016 -2017 school year.
 Course completion and Grades
 Demonstrate proficiency or above in the State
academic standards in English Language Arts,
Mathematics, Science and Technology and
Environment and Ecology, and in each of the state
academic standards for which there is not a state
assessment.
“Final Form” Rulemaking (fine tuning)
 Students will demonstrate proficiency on the
appropriate Keystone Exam, a local assessment or a
comparable AP or IB exam.
 Keystone Exams will not be incorporated into the
students final grade. (Removal of the 1/3rd rule).
 Beginning with the 2016 – 2017 school year, the
culminating “graduation” project will be removed as a
graduation requirement.
 Students who opt out of the state assessments for
religious reasons will be required to participate in a
project-based assessment to demonstrate proficiency
for graduation.
“Final Form” Rulemaking (fine tuning)
4. Beginning in the 2018 – 2019 school year a
determination of proficiency in Composition
and Language Arts will be required. In 2019 –
2020 Civics and Government will be added to
this list.
 These requirements are contingent on the
availability of Keystone Exams for Composition and
Civics and Government as well as the related
project based assessments and the validation of
locally aligned assessments.
“Final Form” Rulemaking (fine tuning)
5. Provides for five Keystone Exams to be
developed for voluntary use, subject to
funding.
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2016 – 2017 Geometry
2017 – 2018 U.S. History
2018 – 2019 Algebra II
2019 – 2020 Chemistry
2020 – 2021 World History
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6. Provides conditions for a student who does
not demonstrate proficiency on a Keystone
exam to enter into a project-based
assessment.
 Student must attempt the Keystone Exam twice.
 The student must complete supplemental
instruction to the satisfaction of the school district.
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7. Allows the chief school administrator to grant
waivers to the state graduation requirements
on a case by case basis for students who
cannot demonstrate proficiency or who face
extenuating circumstances.
 If the district is considering granting waivers to
more than 10% of a graduating class they must
engage in “self-reflection” to identify needed
improvements to the courses in question. These
improvements shall be presented to the Secretary
for approval in an action plan.
“Final Form” Rulemaking (fine tuning)
8. Provides an alternative pathway for
proficiency for career and technical students.
 In addition to the Keystone exam, validated local
assessment or project based assessment CTE
students may meet State graduation requirements
by demonstrating proficiency on an occupational
skills assessment.
“Final Form” Rulemaking (fine tuning)
9. Reorganizes the regulations related to the
State assessment system to make them more
easily understandable to the regulated
community.
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10.Provides clarity pertaining to the information
required to be included on student
transcripts.
 Performance levels, not reporting scale scores,
must be reported on student transcripts starting in
the 2016 – 2017 school year.
 The transcript must include the highest
performance level demonstrated.
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