English 12 CR & Transition Math WV Department of Education

English 12 CR&

Transition Math

WV Department of Education

English 12 CR

Key Points• Aligned to NxG CSOs & College and Career

Ready Anchor Standards• Must be offered annually• Counts as an English 12 credit• Approved by NCAA• Counts toward Promise Scholarship• Not a remedial course• Only students taking AP English are exempt• Course Number - 4014

Important!

• Excerpt from the letter:

• It is not to be offered in addition to English 12, but should replace English 12 for the identified students (see attached memo from Dr. Kathy Butler, WV Higher Education Policy Commission).

Criteria

• Category A– WESTEST RLA/English Score – Mastery or Above– Composite ACT PLAN Score of 13-17– ACT/SAT English Score

• ACT English 15-20• SAT Critical Reading or Writing 400-489

– Student Writing and/or WESTEST 2 Writing Assessment

Criteria

• Category B– Recommendation or referral from

teacher/counselor • Academic Performance• Student Work Samples

– Student requests placement– Parent requests placement

What the Course Is

• Provide an additional opportunity for twelfth grade students to be College and Career Ready (CCR) in English Language Arts (ELA)

• Increase the number of WV students who are CCR in ELA upon graduation

What the Course Is NOT

• Remedial English• For students who are Below Mastery in ELA• For students who are more than two years

behind, according to data• Punishment for doing poorly on one

assessment

End of Course Assessment

• COMPASS® Writing Skills Test– Aligned with WV HEPC Series 21 Freshmen

Readiness Assessment and Placement Standards– Results considered for student placement in

credit- bearing college English courses with ACT and SAT taking precedence

– Scores range from 1 to 99 with a score of 71 needed to enroll in a college credit-bearing course

COMPASS® Writing Skills Test

• Fall 2012 Results– Outperformed students from the previous year– Increase from 24% to 53% in meeting benchmark– Average Writing Skills score increased from 49.7 to

68.1– Number of students scoring 99 increase from 1

student to 58 students

Questions

Math Transitions

Transitioning to NxGen Mathematics

Transition year 2013-14

Districts have the option to offer NxGen course Math II (Math 10).

NxGen mathematics is not required, but is optional, by policy at the high school level for 2013-14.

Transitioning to NxGen Mathematics

Transition year 2014-15

Math I (Math 9) is required by policy.

NxGen mathematics beyond Math I (Math 9) is not required, but is optional, until subsequent years (as the 9th grade students in 2014-15 progress through high school).

Transition year 2015-16Required new course Math II (Math 10)

Transition year 2015-16Required new courses Math III (Math 11) LA,

Math III STEM, Math III TRTransition year 2017-18

Required new course Math IV, Technical Readiness, Math IV

Transitioning to NxGen Mathematics

8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th Grade

Algebra I(high school credit)

Math II(readiness assessment placement)

Math III STEM AP Calculus AP Statistics

Algebra I(high school credit)

Math I(readiness assessment placement)

Math II Math III Math IV

8th grade Mathematics

Algebra I Math II(readiness assessment placement)

Math III STEM AP Calculus

8th grade Mathematics

Algebra I Math II(readiness assessment placement)

Math IIISTEM /Math IV(block schedule)

AP Calculus

8th grade Mathematics

Algebra I Math I(readiness assessment placement)

Math II Math III STEM

Possible Course Sequences during transition

8th Grade 9th Grade 10th Grade 11th Grade 12th GradeMath I(high school credit)

Math II Math III STEM AP Calculus AP Statistics

Math I(high school credit)

Math II Math III STEM Math IV AP Calculus

8th grade Mathematics Math I Math II Math III STEM AP Calculus8th grade Mathematics Math I Math II Math IIISTEM

/Math IV (block schedule)

AP Calculus

8th grade Mathematics Math I Math II Math III STEM 4th course option8th grade Mathematics Math I Math II Math III LA 4th course option8th grade Mathematics Math I Math II Math III TR Math IV TR

8th grade Mathematics Math I Math IIMath III TR Math IV TR

Math I Lab

Possible Course Sequences upon complete transition

Questions