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assessments in lieu of the prescribed EOC exams. The state board is
also authorized, but not required, to replace the Algebra I EOC exam
with an Algebra II exam, also beginning with the 2-16-2017 school year
for students who enter ninth grade on or after July 1, 2016. If the state
board does implement the Algebra II EOC option, students enrolled in
an AP, IB, or advanced standing course for Algebra II would be required
to take the AP, IB, or advanced standing exams for those subjects.
The state board is also charged with determining both the minimum and
cumulative performance scores on the EOC or substitute exams that will
demonstrate the level of academic achievement necessary for a high
school diploma.
A student is exempted from an EOC exam by reason of completing the
course and receiving credit prior to July 1, 2015 if that end-of-course
exam was not available at the time the student completed the course.
The student is to be considered as having attained a proficient score on
the exempted EOC exam. The receipt of this credit satisfies the
requirement to take the EOC exam, but the student may take the
applicable course exam at a later time. In addition, the student may elect
either of these options to determine the final cumulative passing score
on the end-of-course exams: 1) use a score equivalent to proficient from
the exempted exam; or 2) use a score equivalent to the final course
grade.
A student is authorized to take any end-of-course exam at a later time in
the student's academic career if, for any reason, the student did not take
the exam on the scheduled administration date. The Department of
Education must make available the exam for which the student was
absent, or a substantially similar one. A student is also permitted to
retake any end-of-course exam during the student's academic career, at
a time designated by the Department.
The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor are
required to select multiple assessments measuring college and career
readiness, and districts must choose one of the assessments to
administer to their students. The assessment is to be administered to all
eleventh grade students in the spring of the school year.
For students entering the ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1,
2014, but prior to July 1, 2015, the assessment in the area of science
shall be physical science or biology. For students entering the ninth
grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2015, the assessment in the
area of science shall be biology.
Not later than July 1, 2016, the state board shall adopt rules prescribing
the requirements for the end-of-course examination in science for
students who entered the ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1,
2014, but prior to July 1, 2015, and who have not met one of the three
graduation pathways by July 1, 2019, due to a student's failure to attain
a cumulative passing score on the end-of-course exams.
See also DIPLOMAS AND TESTING PROGRAM below.
3313.618
3301.0712
3301.0728
COLLEGE CREDIT
PLUS (CCP),
effective for the 2015-
2016 school year
The College Credit Plus (CCP) program replaced the Post-Secondary
Enrollment Options and the dual enrollment programs beginning in the
2015-2016 school year.
All public high schools and Ohio public institutions of higher education
(IHEs) are required to participate, but private and out-of-state colleges
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