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Update on NYS Diploma Requirements and Pathway to

Graduation Proposal

Carol BushProfessional Development Specialist

Center for School Improvement & Professional DevelopmentOrleans/Niagara BOCES

Diploma Requirements in NYS are Two Fold

22 Diploma Credits5-9 Assessments

Completing a unit of study and mastering the learning outcomes for the course

Obtaining a passing score on a Regents Examination, Regents Competency Test (RCT)*, or Department Approved Alternative

These requirements are separate and distinct and do not happen simultaneously. Students may earn diploma credit for

successfully completing a course but fail to meet the corresponding Regents assessment requirement.

ORStudents can fail a course and receive no academic credit but

fulfill an assessment requirement if they pass a Regents examination in that course.*The RCT is only available to students who entered grade 9 prior to

Sept 2011

Existing Diploma Requirements

22 Credits 4 ELA 3 Mathematics 3 Science 4 Social Studies ½ Health 1 Arts 1 Language Other Than

English (LOTE) 2 Physical Education 3 ½ Electiveshttp://www.p12.nysed.govearningcredit/

5 Assessments ELA 1 Math 1 Science Global History and

Geography US History and Government

Note: There are DepartmentApproved Alternatives to someof the Regents Exams found at: http://www.p12.nysed.govassessment/hsgen/archive /list.pdf

How will Pathways affect existing diploma requirements?

Credit Requirements: No change – 22 Credits

Assessment Requirements: Students who are otherwise eligible to graduate

June 2015 and thereafter will have the following assessment options if the pathway proposal is

implemented. All Students must pass the following four (4) required Regents Exams: 1Math, 1Science, 1SocialStudies, ELA; and

Students must choose one (1) of the following additional examinations:

–  Additional Social Studies Regents Exam; or –  Additional Science Regents Exam; or –  Additional Math Regents Exam; or –  Approved CTE, LOTE or Arts Pathway Assessment; or –  Department Approved Alternative Assessment found at the following link http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/hsgen/archive/list.pdf (This assessment must measure content other than that measured by one of the four required Regents Exams)

Regents Pathway Diploma Concept4 Regents Exams + 1 Pathway Exam

STEM 2nd math (any of the three Regents) or 2nd science (any of the four Regents) or any math or science exam from the list of DepartmentApproved Alternative Assessments

Humanities 2nd social studies (Regents) or any English or social studies assessment from the list of Department Approved Alternative Assessments

Career and Tech (CTE) SED approved Technical Assessment following SED approved CTEProgram

LOTE – in progress… (locally developed Checkpoint B exams not approved pathway assessment)

Art – in progress…

What are the Pathway Assessments in CTE?

Currently, the following 13 assessments have been recommended for

approval as CTE pathway assessmenthttp://www.regents.nysed.gov/meetings/2014September2014Pathways.pdf

The ProStart National Certificate of Achievement Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) Student Certification A+ Certification (CompTIA) Network+ Certification (CompTIA) National Institute of Metal Working (NIMS) Skills Certification PrintED Student Electronics Technician (SET) Carpentry Level-1 Certification Assessment of Skills and Knowledge for Business (A*S*K) Advertising and Design (NOCTI) Accounting – Basic (NOCTI) Agricultural Mechanics (NOCTI) Hospitality Management – Food and Beverage (NOCTI)

STEM and Humanities Pathways

What are the approved pathway assessments in STEM? Any additional science or mathematics Regents Exam Any science or mathematics examination on the Department

Approved Alternative Examination list found at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/hsgen/archive/list.pdf

What are the approved pathway assessments in Humanities?

Any additional social studies Regents Exam Any English or social studies assessment from the list of

Department Approved Alternatives Examinations found at http://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/hsgen/archive/list.pdf

LOTE and the Arts Pathways

What are the approved pathway assessments in the Arts and

Biliteracy (LOTE)? Pathway assessments in the Arts and LOTE have not yet been

approved by the Department. As soon as assessments have been identified they will be released. Locally developed Checkpoint B examinations in LOTE are not approved pathway assessments.

Social Studies Changes that Impact the Diploma Requirements

When is the first administration of the new Global History and

Geography II (1750 to present) Regents Examination? The first administration will be in June 2018. Designed to be administered at the end of grade 10 and cover only

the content from year 2 (1750-present) of this course. Students entering grade 9 in September 2016 will be subject to this

exam.

How will the Social Studies credit requirements change as a result of

the proposed changes to part 100? Currently the graduation requirements call for 4 credits in Social

Studies. 1 credit must be US History, 1⁄2 must be Economics and 1⁄2 must be Participation in Government.

Under the proposed change to part 100, the remaining 2 credits in Social Studies will have to be in Global History and Geography.

Good to Note

Applies to June 2015 Graduates

No need to “Declare” a Pathway

Blue Ribbon Panel reviewing additional exams

1,000 approved CTE programs in NYS, only 150 of those are currently using one of the 13 CTE Pathway assessments

LOTE & Art Pathways not yet approved (January BOR)

Resources

October Regents Item http://www.regents.nysed.gov/meetings/2014/October2014/1014bra4.pdf

CTE Program Approval Process http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/ctepolicy/

Multiple Pathways Video http://www.p12.nysed.gov/cte/video/regents-approve-multiple-pathways.html

Department Approved Alternative Assessmentshttp://www.p12.nysed.gov/assessment/hsgen/archive/list.pdf

Questions?

Program approval process impact

Aspirational impacts