Rule
36.4, Assessments Required for
Graduation, outlines the EOC assessment graduation requirements. State Board
Policy Rule
36.5 provides approved options for
students to meet these high school EOC assessment graduation requirements
through approved alternate measures. State Board Policy Rule
36.5 applies to past, current, and
future Mississippi students.
While it is possible that a student will meet one of the
options below before taking the subject area test, this policy states that a
student is eligible to use any of these options once he or she has failed to
pass any required EOC assessment one (1) time. Specifically, students may meet
the graduation requirements outlined in State Board Policy Rule
36.4 by attaining any one (1) of the
measures outlined below for each of the EOC assessments listed.
1. Algebra I
a. Obtain a score of 17 or
higher on the Math subject sub score of the ACT.
b. Earn a C or higher in a dual
enrollment/dual credit/College Algebra.
c. Obtain an ASVAB AFQT score of 36 (PICAT
prescreen scores are not allowable)
plus one (1) of the following:
i. Earn a CPAS (Career Planning and
Assessment System) score that meets the attainment level assigned by Federal
Perkins requirements.
ii. Earn an
approved Industry Certification as specified in the Career Pathway's Assessment
Blueprint and outlined in Appendix A-5 in the current edition of
the Mississippi Public School Accountability
Standards.
d.
Obtain the Silver on the ACT Work Keys plus one of the following:
i. Earn a CPAS (Career Planning and
Assessment System) score that meets the attainment level assigned by Federal
Perkins requirements.
ii. Earn an
approved Industry Certification as specified in the Career pathway's Assessment
Blueprint and in Appendix A-5 in the current edition of the
Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards.
2. Biology I
e. Obtain a score of 17 or
higher on the Science subject sub score of the ACT.
f. Earn a C or higher in a dual
enrollment/dual credit/College-Biology I and the corresponding Biology
lab.
g. Obtain an ASVAB AFQT score
of 36 (PICAT prescreen scores are not allowable)
plus one (1) of
the following:
i. Earn a CPAS (Career
Planning and Assessment System) score that meets the attainment level assigned
by Federal Perkins requirements.
ii. Earn an approved Industry Certification
as specified in the Career Pathway's Assessment Blueprint and in Appendix
A-5 in the current edition of the Mississippi Public School
Accountability Standards.
h. Obtain the Silver Level on the ACT Work
Keys
plus one (1) of the following:
i. Earn a CPAS (Career Planning and
Assessment System) score that meets the attainment level assigned by Federal
Perkins requirements.
ii. Earn an
approved Industry Certification as specified in the Career Pathway's Assessment
Blueprint and in Appendix A-5 in the current edition of the
Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards.
3. English II
i. Obtain a score of 17 or
higher on the English subject sub score of the ACT.
j. Earn a C or higher in a dual
enrollment/dual credit/College English Composition I.
k. Obtain an ASVAB AFQT score of 36 (PICAT
prescreen scores are not allowable)
plus one of the following:
i. Earn a CPAS (Career Planning and
Assessment System) score that meets the attainment level assigned by Federal
Perkins requirements.
ii. Earn an
approved Industry Certification as specified in the Career Pathway's Assessment
Blueprint and in Appendix A-5 in the current edition of the
Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards.
l. Obtain the Silver Level on the
ACT Work Keys
plus one (1) of the following:
i. Earn a CPAS (Career Planning and
Assessment System) score that meets the attainment level assigned by Federal
Perkins requirements.
ii. Earn an
approved Industry Certification as specified in the Career Pathway's Assessment
Blueprint and in Appendix A-5 in current edition of the
Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards.
4. U.S. History
m. Obtain a score of 17 or
higher on the reading subject sub score of the ACT.
n. Earn a C or higher in a dual
enrollment/dual credit/College American History II.
o. Obtain an ASVAB AFQT score of 36 (PICAT
prescreen scores are not allowable)
plus one (1) of the following:
i. Earn a CPAS (Career Planning and
Assessment System) score that meets the attainment level assigned by Federal
Perkins requirements.
ii. Earn an
approved Industry Certification as specified in the Career Pathway's Assessment
Blueprint and in Appendix A-5 in the current edition of the
Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards.
p. Obtain the Silver Level on the
ACT Work Keys
plus one (1) of the following:
i. Earn a CPAS (Career Planning and
Assessment System) score that meets the attainment level assigned by Federal
Perkins requirements.
ii. Earn an
approved Industry Certification as specified in the Career Pathway's Assessment
Blueprint and in Appendix A-5 in the current edition of the
Mississippi Public School Accountability Standards.
Notes
Miss. Code Ann. ยง
37-1-3,
37-17-6,
and
37-16-7
(Revised 7/2017, 7/2019)
Adopted
12/30/2015
Amended
10/25/2017
Amended
7/14/2019
