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THE SCHOOL BOARD OF MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, FLORIDA Ms. Perla Tabares Hantman, Chair Dr. Steve Gallon III, Vice Chair Ms. Lucia Baez-Geller Dr. Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall Ms. Christi Fraga Dr. Lubby Navarro Dr. Marta P?rez Ms. Mari Tere Rojas Ms. Luisa Santos

Miss Cori'Anna White Student Advisor

Alberto M. Carvalho Superintendent of Schools

Dr. Sylvia J. Diaz Chief Academic Officer Office of Academics and Transformation

Lisette M. Alves Assistant Superintendent

Division of Academics

Student Progression Plan Table of Contents

Introduction

1

I. General Requirements

4

A. Student Performance Standards and Student Assessment Program

4

Student Performance Standards

4

Student Assessment Program

4

Florida's Statewide Standardized Assessments for Public Schools

5

Participation of Student with Disabilities in the Student Assessment Program

6

Waivers and Exemptions

6

Florida's Assessment for English Language Learners

7

B. Entrance Requirements, Grade Placement Requirements, and Attendance

7

Initial Entry Requirements

7

Health and Immunization Requirements

7

Age of Mandatory Attendance

8

Prekindergarten Entry Requirements

8

Kindergarten Entry Requirements

8

Grade 1 Entry Requirements

8

Promotion of Students That Have Satisfactorily Completed Kindergarten

9

outside of M-DCPS to Grade 1

Attendance

10

C. Student Transfers and Registration

10

Student Transfers within the District

10

Student Registration from within the State, Other States, Non-Public Schools,

10

Home Education Programs, Military Families or Other Countries

Grade Placement

10

Age Discrepancy

10

Student Chronological Age Assignment

10

Assessing Students

11

Students of Military Families

11

Evaluating Courses on a Student's Record

11

Uniform Transfer of High School Credits

11

Out-of-State Students

12

Out-of-Country Students

12

Out-of-Country Students Placements

13

Out-of-Country Students ? Interpreting Educational Records

13

Out-of-Country Students Without Educational Records

13

Students placed in Exceptional Student Education (ESE)

14

Section 504 Students

14

Students from Another State or Foreign Country Entering Grades 11 or 12

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D. Florida Home Education Program

14

E. Alternative Education and Dropout Prevention Programs

15

F. Placement into an Extended School Year Program for

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Students with Disabilities

G. Optional Participation in Other Educational Opportunities

16

H. Promotion and Retention Policies

16

Promotion

16

Promotion of English Learners (ELs)

16

Promotion of Students with Disabilities

16

Midyear Promotion for K-8 Students

17

Midyear Promotion for Retained Third Grade Students

17

Retention

17

Elementary School Retentions

18

Retention of English Learners (ELs) in the Elementary School Grades

18

Retention of Third Grade Students

19

Additional Promotion and Retention Information

19

Identification of Students Not Meeting Satisfactory Student Performance Levels on

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State and District Assessments

The Role of Teacher Judgment

20

I. Progress Monitoring

20

Intervention and Intensive Courses for Elementary Reading

20

Elementary Reading Intervention Grades K-5 Assessment/Curriculum Decision

21

Trees

Interventions for ELs Two Years or Less: Home Language Arts (HLA)

23

Intensive Reading Acceleration Course

24

Intensive Reading Acceleration Course for ELs

24

Intervention and Intensive Courses for Middle Schools Mathematics and Reading

25

Intervention and Intensive Courses for High School Mathematics,

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Reading, Science

J. K-12 Acceleration Options for High Academic Achievement

27

Acceleration Options for Grades K-12

27

Academically Challenging Curriculum to Enhance Learning (ACCEL) Options

27

Credit Acceleration Program (CAP)

27

Assignment to Higher Grade or Higher Level Class

27

Middle School Acceleration Options

28

Recommended High School Courses for Middle School Students

29

High School Acceleration Options

29

Advanced Placement (AP)

29

Career and Technical Education

29

Career Pathway

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Credit by Examination

30

Dual Enrollment

30

Early Admission

30

Early High School Graduation

31

ACCEL Eighteen (18) Credit High School Graduation Option

31

Career and Technical Education (CTE) Graduation Pathway Option

31

Florida Virtual School (FLVS)

32

International Baccalaureate, Advanced International Certificate of Education and

32

International Studies Programs

K. Parental Notification

32

Written Notification to Parents

33

Interim Progress Reports

33

Notification of Student Progress to Parents by Schools

34

Notification to Parents of Students with Disabilities

34

Reading Deficiency in Grades K-3 and Parental Notification

34

Notification to Parents of the Requirements for a Standard High School Diploma

35

Notification to Parents of Students in Grades 9- 12 for Students Not Meeting

35

Requirements

Notification to Parents of Students in Grades 9-12 Who Meet Early

Graduation Requirements

35

L. Grading and Reporting Student Progress K-12

36

Kindergarten

36

Code of Development

36

Grades 1?2

37

Academics Grades

37

Grading Students with Disabilities

40

Determining Final Academic Grades for Secondary Students

41

Grade Forgiveness for Secondary Grades/Attendance and Grading

41

Grade Forgiveness in Grades 9-12

41

Grade Forgiveness in Middle Grades

42

Attendance and Grading

42

Conduct Grades

42

Effort Grades

43

Preparing Report Cards

44

? Grade Change Procedures

45

? Report Card Comments

46

? Academic Recognition of High School Graduates

47

M. Special Provisions for the Grading of English Language Learners

48

Monitoring of Academic Progress

48

Meeting Performance Standards

48

Grading EL Students

48

? Kindergarten

48

? Grades 1-5

49

? Language Arts/Reading/ESOL

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