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A m ador C ounty U nified S chool D istrict A m ador C ounty O ffice of E ducation C ollege-and-C areer R eadiness C om m ittee Recommended Revisions to High School Graduation Requirements Presented to the Board of Trustees Sean Snider, Assistant Superintendent, Educational Services Matt Gough, Teacher, Instructional Coach April 10, 2019 1 1

A g e n d a • Review of College-and-Career Readiness Committee’s process in determining recommendations • Current graduation requirements • Recommended graduation requirements • Next steps • Discussion/Questions 2

W h y ? There have been significant changes to the CA History-Social • Science and Science Frameworks and Standards College and Career Readiness is a major focus for CA • schools. It is one of the indicators for high schools on the CA Dashboard o CAASPP scores play an integral part in determ ining students’ college-and-  career readiness College entry requirem ents are changing • 3

T h e P ro c e s s • The College-and-Career Readiness Committee began meeting in Spring 2018 • The Committee was composed of: o Lead Teachers and Subject-Specific Teachers o Counselors o Site Principals and Vice Principals o A few parents and students o District adm inistration 4

T h e P ro c e s s • In Spring 2018, the CCR Committee learned about Framework shifts in key subject areas (i.e., ELA, math, science, history-social science, etc.) • ACUSD teachers provided the committee with professional development regarding framework/content shifts in their specific areas • The committee looked at California’s high school graduation requirements and compared them to ACUSD’s requirements • The committee reviewed course requirements for UC/CSU admission and compared our district’s graduation requirements to other MLL and CA schools 5

T h e P ro c e s s • In Fall 2018 and Spring 2019, the CCR Committee: o Determ ined revisions to graduation requirem ents for:  History-Social Science  Math  Science o Created a tim eline of im plem entation for these revisions 6

H is to ry -S ocial S cience: F ram ew ork S hifts • In 2016, History-Social Science received a new Framework • In that Framework, 4 key strands are identified to be embedded in each history-social science class: o History o Governm ent/Civics o Geography o Econom ics 7

H is to ry -S ocial S cience: F ram ew ork S hifts • The new Framework also identifies history-social science electives, including: o World and Regional Geography o Modern California (20th and 21st Centuries) o Physical Geography o Survey of World Religions o Wom en in United States History o Ethnic Studies 8

H is to ry -S ocial S cience: C urrent G raduation R equirem ent • One semester (5 credits) of World Geography • The CCR Committee recommends the graduation requirement be re-worded to: o One sem ester (5 credits) of History-Social Science Elective • The Com m ittee recom m ends that this change be initiated for the 2019/20 school year 9

H is to ry -S ocial S cience: R ecom m ended G raduation R equirem ent • This change would be a name change only o It does not add or subtract the num ber of credits needed to graduate o Students would still take the sem ester-long elective course during their 9th-grade year 10

H is to ry -S ocial S cience: R ecom m ended G raduation R equirem ent • The change would allow sites to choose the History-Social Science elective that best suits their teachers and students o For 2019/20  Am ador would continue to offer Geography to freshm en  Argonaut would offer Geography and Modern CA History 11

H is to ry -S ocial S cience: R ecom m ended G raduation R equirem ent • The change also allows Ed.Options to have more flexibility with transfer students o Currently, if a student transfers to Ed. Options and has not yet m et the World Geography requirem ent, then that student needs to take that specific course o If the requirem ent was changed to “History-Social Science Elective,” that student would have flexibility in taking m ultiple courses to satisfy that requirem ent 12

M a th : B e lie fs • One belief that informed the CCR Committee’s decisions was: o Our high schools should foster a culture of high expectations and college-and-career readiness • With that belief in m ind, the CCR Com m ittee reviewed current data and graduation requirem ents for m ath 13

M a th : C u rre n t R e a lity • Our current math requirement for high school graduation is: o 2 years of m ath (students m ust pass Algebra 1) • Many students take the 2-year m inim um and stop enrolling in m ath courses o Approxim ately 20-25% of juniors do not take a m ath class 14

M a th : C u rre n t R e a lity • Students take the CAASPP exam during their junior year in high school • When students are not enrolled in math courses during their junior year, they score much lower on the math CAASPP exam than juniors who are enrolled in math courses 15

M a th : C A A S P P D a ta Amador High School - CAASPP Result s (2018) 16

M a th : C A A S P P D a ta Argonaut High School - CAASPP Result s (2018) 17

M a th : C A A S P P D a ta • CAASPP scores in 2019 are expected to follow the same pattern o For the 2018/19 school year, 53 out of 197 juniors are not enrolled in m ath at Am ador o 25 out of 92 juniors are not enrolled in m ath at Argonaut 18

M a th : C A A S P P D a ta • These lower CAASPP scores in math have an impact on our high schools’ college-and-career readiness percentages o ELA and Math CAASPP Scores and College-and-Career Readiness are all indicators on high schools’ CA dashboard o For the Class of 2018  40.8% were considered “Prepared” at Am ador  41.9% were considered “Prepared” at Argonaut 19

~ ~ · ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ o ~ ~ ~ ~ ~Coursework ~ ~· ~· ~· APPROACHING PREPARED NOT PREPARED PREPARED Smarter Balanced Summative Smarter Balanced Summat i ve Assessments : Sco re of Leve l 3 " Standard Met " or Did not meet o ~ Assessments : Score of Level 2 higher on bo th E ng l ish lan guage arts /li teracy (ELA ) and mathema ti cs any of the 0 " Standard Near ly Mer on bo th measures or did Advanced Placement (AP) Exams : Score of 3 or higher on two AP exams ELA and mathematics not graduate . International Baccalaureate (IB ) Exams : Score of 4 or higher on two IB exams Completion of Dual Enrollmen t: One semester or two quarters of Completion of Dual Enrollment: T wo semes t ers or thr ee qu arters of co ll ege ,. college coursework with a grade cou r sework with a gr ade of c- or bette r in academ ic/ G TE subjects whe re college of C- or bette r in academic/G TE cred it is awarded subjec ts where college credit is awarded University of California (UC) and California State University (CSU) grade of c- or better a-g requirements : Comp l ete a-g course requ i rements with a UC and CSU a-g requirements : plus one of the Add it ional Cr i teria from the box below ,. Comp l ete a-g course requirements wi th a grade of C- "' Career Technical Education (CTE) Pathway : Pathway completion with a grade of C- or better or better in the caps tone course pl us one of the Add itional C ri teria from the box be l ow CTE Pathway : Pathway Additional Criteria "' completion with a grade of C- or Smarte r Bala n ced Su mmat i ve Assessment Scores : better in the capstone course • L eve l 3 or higher on ELA and at l east a L ev el 2 "Stan dard Near ly Me r in mathematics , or • L eve l 3 or higher on mathe m atics and at l east a Level 2 in ELA Criteria Key "' One s emeste r/ two qu arters of Dua l En ro llment wi th a grade of C- or better in ac adem ic/ GTE subje c ts . Assessme nt Score of 3 on one AP exam or sco re of 4 on one IB Exam (for a-g requi rement • on l y) Comp l etion of CTE Pa t hway ( for a-g r equ i rement on ly) 20