Exit Standards

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• Exit Standards
• that Empower Equip More
• ESTEEM

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Presentation Facilitator

• Sarah McManus
• Section Chief
• Testing Policy and Operation
• Iris Garner
• Education Consultant
• Testing Policy and Operation

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Panelists

• Jennifer Beck
• jwbeck_at_burke.k12.nc.us
• Instructional Coach
• East Burke High School
• David Edwards
• david.edwards_at_ncvps.org
• Chief Marketing Officer
• Virtual Public Schools

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Panelists

• Cynthia Magee
• cmagee_at_southwestrac.com
• Southwest Regional
• Regional Accountability Coordinator
• David McGee
• dmcgee_at_burke.k12.nc.us
• Director of Student
• Burke County School

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Panelists

• Iris Garner
• igarner_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Research Consultant
• NC Department of Public Schools
• Sarah McManus
• smcmanus_at_dpi.state.nc.us
• Chief , Testing Policy and Operations
• NC Department of Public Schools

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Policy Overview
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State Board of Education Policy
HSP-N-000

• Students entering the ninth grade for the first
  time in the 2006-2007 school year, in
• career preparation,
• college technical preparation, and
• college/university preparation course of
  study
• Shall meet the following standards for
  proficiency

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State Board of Education Policy

• Score at Achievement Level III (with 1
  standard error of measurement) or above
• on 5
• End-of-Course Tests
• English I
• Algebra I
• U.S. History
• Biology
• Civics and Economics

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State Board of Education Policy

• Students should also complete the
  following standards
• Successfully complete a graduation project
• Pass the North Carolina Online Test of Computer
  Skills or its alternate assessment

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When can you retest?

• If a student does not pass the EOC test
  but passes the course
• http//www.ncpublicschools.org/Accountability/
• parents/highschool

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Retesting Opportunities

• Maximum of two retest opportunities
• Second retest opportunity must be preceded by
  focused intervention/remediation
• Student must be given a retest no later that
  three weeks from the receipt of test results
• Parent/guardian may request that their child be
  excused from the retest. Parent/guardian and
  child must accept participation in focused
  intervention.

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Remediation/Intervention

• Intervention involves extended instructional
  opportunities designed to improve students
  performance
• Alternative models
• Special homework
• Smaller classes
• Tutorial sessions
• Extended day
• Saturday school

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After the Second Retest

• Update documentation (e.g., portfolio of the
  students performance in the EOC course)
• Documentation (e.g., a portfolio) is reviewed by
  a review committee to determine if the exit
  standard for that course has been met

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Review Committee
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Who should be on the review committee?

• Teachers
• Principals
• Central office staff members
• (EC) teacher (if applicable)
• (LEP) teacher (if applicable)

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Initial Steps for Review Process

• Notify parents of the date, time, and location of
  the review committee meeting
• Parent/guardian of any student being presented
  for a review has the right to be a non-voting
  participant and has the right to speak on behalf
  of their child
• If parents are non-English speaking, efforts must
  be made to provide the information in the
  language they speak

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Documentation for Review

• Teachers provide documentation of the students
  performance for the review process.
• Documentation may include
• student work samples
• test data
• information supplied by parents
• information that is included in the
  Individualized Education Program (IEP) for
  students with disabilities
• other information that verifies that a student is
  
• proficient

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Documentation for Review

• Documentation of the entire review process should
  be kept on file at the students home school.

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Review Process HSP-N-000 (4-6)

• The review committee reviews documentation and
  makes one of the following recommendations
• Student retakes the course
• Student is provided additional remediation
• Based on the documentation, the student has
  met the requirements for the exit standard
  associated with the course
• http//www.dpi.state.nc.us/docs/accountability/
• policyoperations/hses0505.pdf

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Principals Role in the Review Process
HSP-N-000 (6)

• The principal reviews the recommendation from the
  committee and makes the final decision regarding
  the student meeting the exit standard for the
  course.

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Transfer Students

• When a student transfers into a North Carolina
  public high school from out-of-state or from a
  private school, principals review the students
  transcript and may award credit for work completed

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Resources
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Resources

• Tracking the High School Exit Standards Process
  (SIMS) and NCWISE Documents
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Exit Standards Brochure
• Review Committee Folder
• Exit Standards Web page

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Resources

• NCWISE Training Guides documentshttp//www.ncwise.
  org/default.htm
• -NC WISE Technical Library -NCWISE Guides
• NCWISE Presentation http//www.ncwise.org/eSIScate
  gories.html
• - Testing Section

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Panel Discussion
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Thank You

• We appreciate your attendance and continued
  support with the North Carolina Testing Program.