Transcript 24 Credit Graduation Requirements and Personalized Pathways LINDA DRAKE, RESEARCH DIRECTOR J U L I A S U L I M A N ,

24 Credit Graduation
Requirements and Personalized
Pathways
LINDA DRAKE, RESEARCH DIRECTOR
J U L I A S U L I M A N , S E N I O R R E S E A R C H A N A LY S T
JUNE 23, 2015
Background
 From Class of 1985 to Class of 2012, 19 credits
were required for graduation.
 Phase in of 24-credit graduation requirements
include:
Starting with Class of: Graduation Requirement Change
2013
One additional math credit, increase in total credits to 20.
2016
One additional English credit, and .5 credits of social
studies.
2019
One additional lab science credit, three Personalized
Pathway Requirements or one arts and two world
language credits, and increase in total credits to 24.
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Credit Requirements
Subject
Class of: 2012
2013-2015
2016-2018
2019 & beyond
English
3
3
4
4
Math
2
3
3
3
Science
2 (1 lab)
2
2 (1 lab)
3 (2 labs)
Social Studies
2.5
2.5
3
3
CTE
1
1
1
1
Health & Fitness
2
2
2
2
Arts
1
1
1
2 (1 can be PPR)
Electives
5.5
5.5
4
4
World Language or PPR
Total
2 (both can be PPR)
19
20
20
24
PPR—are related courses that lead to a specific post high school career or educational outcome chose
by the student based on their interests and High School and Beyond Plan.
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Extensions to Implementing Requirements
 22 districts submitted an extension to the
requirements for the Class of 2016.
 57 districts have submitted a postponement of the
requirements for the Class of 2019, as of early May.
 13 districts submitted for both.
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Challenges
1. Credit retrieval
2. Staffing
3. Facilities
4. Exploring changes to school schedule
5. Counseling, High School and Beyond Plan,
Personalized Pathway Requirements
6. Communications plan for parents and students
7. Career and Technical Education course
equivalencies
8. Unique district challenges
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Selected Quote from Districts
“Biggest challenges are time (making the learning
window for students larger), staff (replacing current
positions with new positions that allow us to meet all
the requirements for all students) and space (there is a
space issue now and new requirements will require
new and different kinds of space).”
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A Closer Look At:
 Credit accumulation and credit retrieval
 Waiver of credits for individual students
 Scheduling options
 Competency-based crediting, ‘two for one,’ and
course equivalency
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Credit Accumulation Patterns
Credit Accumulation of 10th Graders in 2014
20000
18000
16000
Number of Students
14000
12000
10000
8000
6000
4000
2000
0
Number of Credits
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Credit Accumulation Patterns
Year
Percent
Number
2013
43%
Total
Number
36,148
84,990
2014
42%
36,992
88,768
• Transcript study from 2008 found that 47.3% of seniors had failed at least
one credit during high school. Of these students:
• 40% did not make it up because the course was an elective or
student had already met subject graduation requirements.
• 32% retook the class and passed.
• 28% made up the credit through before- or after-school programs,
summer school or online courses.
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Selected Quotes from Districts
“There is a concern for lack of wiggle room for failing a
course because most high schools only offer 6 credits
a year.”
“Students won’t be able to graduate if they fail and
cannot recapture even one course. It will be difficult to
meet the goal of continuing to increase graduation
requirements.”
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Questions:
 Do you work in a school with a 6-period day—24
opportunities to earn a credit within the regular
school schedule?
 Do you work in a school where high school students
may earn more than 24 credits within the regular
school schedule?
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Credit Retrieval
Typical credit retrieval options:
 Summer school
 Before or after school programs
 Staying in high school longer than four years
 PASS for migrant students (Portable Assisted Study
Sequence)
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Individual Student Credit Waivers
 E2SSB 6552 authorized districts to waive up to two
credits for “individual students based on unusual
circumstances” (Sec. 202).
 E2SSB 6552 directed Washington School Directors
Association to create a model policy for unusual
circumstance (Sec. 203), which they have done.

http://www.wssda.org/Services/PolicyandLegal/FeaturedPolici
es.aspx
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Scheduling Options
 Districts with high schools that employ block
schedules, seven-period days, or trimesters have
more than 24 opportunities for students to earn
credit.
 Many of the temporary waivers to implement the 24credit requirements mention exploring a change in
schedule from a six-period day as a reason for
needing more time.
 A 2006 report identified a correlation with schedule
and student achievement.
Baker et. al. (2006). Schedule matters: The relationship between high school schedule and student academic achievement. Washington
School Research Center, Seattle, WA.
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Flexibility in Earning Credit
 Competency-Based Crediting
 In 2014, 8,763 students had a competency-based assessment
course code on their transcript.
 ‘Two for One’ and Equivalency Crediting
 Allows flexibility in student’s schedules, but students still need
to earn the total required credits.
 For CTE, there are rules and guidance on how to transcript
and track the graduation requirement credit and the CTE
course.
 Other than for CTE, there does not appear to be much
consistency in how ‘two for one’ crediting is implemented.
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Selected Quote from Districts
“There will be fewer credit deficient students once
implementation of 24 credits take place. The reason is
restructuring for the future which will likely include
block scheduling (32 options to earn 24 credits),
maximized access to courses that interest students
and are relative to their future goals including AP,
college-level, CTE.”
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Questions
 Does your district offer competency credit?
 For
world language?
 For passing a state assessment?
 For passing a higher-level course in a
sequence?
 Do you offer credit for the High School and
Beyond plan?
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Selected Quote from Districts
 “Comp-based credit options, aligned with High
School and Beyond Planning
 Need greater guidance on the role of the HSBP and
credit earning
 Need to support students in earning high school
credits earlier
 Need clarity around the limits and flexibility of the
Personalized Pathways to advise students correctly
during 8th grade/HSBP”
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Possible Impact
Percentage
67
51
51
51
50
50
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2-yr
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12-grade
71
47
2013
Why is the High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP)
Important?
 Get students thinking about goals and steps to
achieve those goals
 New graduation requirements and personalized
pathways rely on meaningful HSBP

HSBP will be used to establish personalized pathway and
corresponding requirements
HSBP will be used to make course-taking decisions (3rd
credit of math, 3rd credit of science, electives, personalized
pathway requirements, equivalent CTE courses)

http://www.sbe.wa.gov/documents/HSBP/QualityHSBP.pdf

Washington State Board of Education
Survey Results from Last Year
 93 responses:
 11% started the HSBP in 11th or 12th grade
 17% embed the HSBE in a core class, 13% require a
for-credit college and career planning class
 60% deliver the HSBP in an advisory
 29% use a locally-developed curriculum
 35% use the state-developed curriculum
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HB 2214
 Begin in 8th Grade with a skills and interest inventory
 Career goal and educational goal
 4-year course plan
 Identification of assessments
 Resume or job log
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Personalized Pathway Requirement
 Personalized Pathway Requirement are related
courses that lead to a specific post high school
career or educational outcome chosen by the
student based on the student’s interests and High
School and Beyond Plan, that may include Career
and Technical Education, and are intended to
provide a focus for the student’s learning.
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Resources
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