Beginning with the 2014-2015 school year, students shall not
be required to pass any end-of-course Subject Area Test in a course for which
the student earns or receives credit in a Mississippi public school as a
requirement for graduation.
Student performance on the end-of-course Subject Area Test
shall be considered, along with the overall course grade based on the
Concordance Table as outlined in State Board Policy 3803.
Archived Information Regarding State Board Policy 3801 for
Students Graduation Prior to School Year 2014-2015:
Enrollment in a non-public school/program (to include, but
not limited to, private schools, parochial schools, home schools, virtual
schools, summer schools, independent study/correspondence programs, etc.) shall
not be used to circumvent participation in the Mississippi Statewide Assessment
System or students meeting the graduation requirements outlined in this policy.
1. Students will not be required to
pass any end-of-course Subject Area Test in a course for which the student
earns or receives credit (i.e., course completed as recorded on an official
transcript) in a Mississippi public school prior to the 2001-2002 school year.
(MS Code 37-16-7)
2. Any student
enrolled in a Mississippi public school who concurrently earns a Carnegie unit
for any course which includes a required end-of-course Subject Area Testing
Program (SATP) exam from a non-public school (to include, but not limited to:
private school, parochial school, home school, virtual school, summer school,
or independent study / correspondence program, etc.) must take and pass the
SATP exam in order to earn a standard diploma.
3. Students entering a Mississippi public
school will not be required to pass any end-of-course Subject Area Test in a
course for which the school accepts credit earned by the student in a public
school of another state as fulfilling the requirements for a Mississippi high
school diploma.
a. Effective with the
2011-2012 school year, students entering or enrolled in a Mississippi public
school implementing an innovative program authorized by the State Board of
Education who have earned credits in the Required Subjects for
a diploma in the state of Mississippi and will have completed an end of course
assessment or end of domain assessment, will be exempt from State Board Policy
3803 until the State Board of Education has adopted standards and cut-scores
for the corresponding assessments.
4. Students entering a Mississippi public
school will not be required to pass any end-of-course Subject Area Test in a
course for which the school accepts credit earned by the student in a private
school as fulfilling the requirements for a Mississippi high school diploma,
provided the private school is accredited regionally or by the state of
Mississippi.
5. Students entering a
Mississippi public school will be required to pass any end-of-course Subject
Area Test in a course for which the school accepts credit earned by the student
in a private school as fulfilling the requirements for a Mississippi high
school diploma if the private school is not accredited regionally or by the
state of Mississippi.
6. Students
entering a Mississippi public school will be required to pass any end-of-course
Subject Area Test in a course for which the school accepts credit earned by the
student through home schooling as fulfilling the requirements for a Mississippi
high school diploma.
7. Passage of
the required Subject Area Test (High School End of Course Assessment or End of
Domain Assessments as appropriate) is a separate requirement for graduation for
students prior to the 2014-15 school year. In accordance with Section
37-16-5
of the MS Code, innovative programs authorized by the State Board of Education,
shall periodically assess student performance and achievement in each school.
Such assessment programs shall be based upon local goals and objectives which
are compatible with the state's plan for education and which supplement the
minimum performance standards approved by the State Board of Education. Data
from district assessment programs shall be provided to the State Department of
Education when such data is required in order to evaluate specific
instructional programs or processes or when the data is needed for other
research or evaluation projects. Each district may provide acceptable,
compatible district assessment data to substitute for any assessment data
needed at the state level when the State Department of Education certifies that
such data is acceptable for the purposes of Section
37-16-3.
