Wash. Admin. Code § 392-700-137 - Award of credit
(1) For programs
operated by districts, tribal compact schools, charter schools, and agencies,
high school credit will be awarded for all course work in which students are
enrolled, including high school equivalency certificate preparation, in
accordance with the following:
(a)
Determination of credit will take place on a quarterly basis with quarters
defined as follows:
(i) September through
December;
(ii) January through
March;
(iii) April through June;
and
(iv) July through
August.
(b) Credit will
be awarded at the end of each quarter, in accordance with the following
guidelines, if the student has been enrolled for at least one month of the
quarter:
(i) A maximum of 1.0 high school
subject area credit will be awarded when a student passes a standardized high
school equivalency certificate test in the subject matter. Additional credits
may be awarded if the student has completed a course(s) of study to prepare for
the test.
(ii) A 0.5 high school
subject matter credit will be awarded when a student makes a statistically
significant standardized assessment post-test gain in a specific subject area
during the quarter and the following conditions are met:
(A) The student's standardized skills
assessment score at the beginning of the quarter demonstrated high school level
skills; and
(B) The instructional
staff has assessed student learning and determined that a course of study has
been successfully completed. A maximum of 1.0 credit may be awarded for such
subject gains in a quarter.
(iii) A minimum of 0.25 high school elective
credits will be awarded for completion of a work readiness or college readiness
curriculum in which the student has demonstrated mastery of specific
competencies.
(iv) For students
taking part in district-, tribal compact school-, or charter school-approved
subject-specific credit recovery course work, the amount and type of credit to
be awarded will be defined by the district, tribal compact school, or charter
school.
(v) The district, tribal
compact school, or charter school must award credit for other course work
provided by the agency with amount of credit to be awarded determined in
advance, based on the agency's instructional staff's recommendation and on a
district, tribal compact school, or charter school review of the curriculum and
intended learning outcomes. Credit will only be awarded when:
(A) The student's standardized skills
assessment score at the start of the quarter demonstrates high school level
skills; and
(B) The instructional
staff has assessed student learning and determined that the course of study has
been successfully completed.
(2) For programs operated by colleges, high
school credit will be awarded for course work in which students are enrolled,
in accordance with the following:
(a) The
district, tribal compact school, or charter school, and the college will
determine whether the high school diploma will be awarded by the district,
tribal compact school, or charter school or by the college as part of the
college's high school completion program.
(b) If the college is awarding the diploma:
(i) 1.0 high school credit will be awarded
for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours of
college course work at or above the one hundred level. The college will
determine the type of credit;
(ii)
1.0 high school credit will be awarded for successful completion of every five
quarter or three semester hours of below one hundred level course work at a
college. The college will determine the type of credit; and
(iii) 0.5 subject-specific credits will be
awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours
of high school equivalency certificate course work which is aligned to the
common core standards.
(c) If the district, tribal compact school,
or charter school is awarding the diploma:
(i)
1.0 high school credit will be awarded for successful completion of every five
quarter or three semester hours of below one hundred level course work at a
college. The district, tribal compact school, or charter school will determine
the type of credit based on the articulation agreement between the college and
district, tribal compact school, or charter school;
(ii) 0.5 or 1.0 high school credit will be
awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours
of below one hundred level course work at a college. The district, tribal
compact school, or charter school will determine the type and amount of credit
for each class based on the articulation agreement between the college and
district, tribal compact school, or charter school; and
(iii) 0.5 subject-specific credits will be
awarded for successful completion of every five quarter or three semester hours
of high school equivalency certificate course work.
(3) The district, tribal compact
school, or charter school is responsible for reporting all high school credits
earned by students in accordance with OSPI regulations. College transcripts and
other student records requested by the district, tribal compact school, or
charter school will be provided by the college or agency as needed to
facilitate this process.
(4) The
district, tribal compact school, or charter school will ensure that the process
for awarding high school credits under this scope of work is implemented as
part of its policy regarding award of credits per WAC
180-51-050(5) and
(6).
Notes
Statutory Authority: RCW 28A.175.100. WSR 13-13-005, § 392-700-137, filed 6/6/13, effective 7/7/13.
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