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Promotion Requirements for Sixth Grade
2006 – 2007
Students on Regular Pupil Progression
Leon County Schools
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Legislative Requirements
• The 2006 – 2007 Legislature passed House Bill 7087 related to middle grades promotion.
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Legislative Requirements
• Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2006 - 2007 school year, promotion from a middle school requires that students successfully complete the following academic courses.
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Legislative Requirements
English 3 middle school or higher year long courses
Mathematics 3 middle school or high year long course
Social Studies 3 middle school or high year long course
Science 3 middle school or high year long course
Career and Education Planning – to be completed in 7th or 8th grade
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Class Performance
• Your child is expected to satisfactorily perform academic work on the sixth-grade level throughout this school year.
• Your child must pass five of the six courses taken, three of which must be in the areas of English, Mathematics, Science or Social Studies.
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Class Performance
• To pass a course, four or more grade points must be earned during the year and at least one of these must be earned during the last two grading periods.
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Minimum Competency
• Your child is expected to demonstrate competency in the areas of reading, writing, math, social studies and science at the following levels:
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English (Includes Reading/Language Arts
• Mastery of all grade-level Core Benchmarks as evidenced by a grade of “D” or better. (Core Benchmarks are the most important concepts and skills a student should learn.)
• Score at or above the 25th national percentile on a norm-reference test (for example, FCAT-NRT).
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English (Includes Reading/Language Arts
• Score at or above Level 2 on FCAT-SSS Reading.
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Writing
• Mastery of all grade-level Core Benchmarks as evidenced by a grade of “D” of better.
• A score of 3.5 or higher on any District Writes Upon Request Administration
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Math
• Mastery of all grade-level Core Benchmarks as evidenced by a grade of “D” or better. (Core Benchmarks are the most important concepts and skills a student should learn.)
• Score at or above the 25th national percentile on a norm-referenced test (for example, FCAT-NRT)
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Math
• Score at or above Level 2 on FCAT – SSS Math.
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Science
• Mastery of Grade – Level Expectations as evidenced by a grade of “D” or better.
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Social Studies
• Mastery of Grade – Level Expectations as evidenced by a grade of “D” or better.
• The new social studies requirement stipulates that students must complete three (3) middle school or higher year-long courses in social studies, one semester of which must include the study of state and federal government and civics education.