Why Colorado Graduation Guidelines? Life beyond high school is different from what it used to be. Most jobs require education beyond high school. Colorado Graduation Guidelines provide a road map to help students and their families plan for success after high school. The graduation guidelines take effect with ninth-graders in fall 2017. Department of Education Colorado menu of college and career-?ready demonstrations How to use this menu School districts. Local school boards and districts may select from this menu to create a list of options their students will use to demonstrate competency?or show what they know?in four subjects that re?ect Colorado standards and let century skills in order to graduate from high school. School districts may offer some or all of the state menu options, and at least one per subject area. Students. Ninth-graders in fall 2017 will be the ?rst class to select from their district?s list of op- tions to demonstrate competency. Students could ful?ll one or more of the following options any time during their high school career. They could: Earn minimum scores on state and national tests Beginning in 20144-5 graduation guidelines Complete rigorous learning projects guided by a faculty mentor implementation begins with: . . 0 Individual Career and Academic Pass college?level courses taken during high school Plan (Imp) Earn professional certi?cations COloradO Academic Standards let Century Skills ACT ASVAB (military entrance) 50 50 - - CMAS TBD TBD TBD :The Colorado Depart- ment of Education is working Capstone project TBD TBD TBD TBD with district representatives to provide implementation Concurrent enrollment C- C- C- guidance. And the state board of education will update the Summer of 2015. i3 3 3 3 3 NOTE: Students with disabili- PARCC 4 4 - lies have ?exibility to meet the guidelines as determined by SAT 430 5 450 district policy. Assessment Work Group PROPOSED Menu Competency Demonstration English Math Accuplacer 70 61 ACT 18 19 ACT Compass 74 36 ACT Work Keys - National Career Readiness Certificate Silver or higher1 Silver or higher Advanced Placement 2+ 2+ ASVAB 50 50 Concurrent Enrollment College Course2 Passing grade Passing grade District Capstones District approved in alignment 7 District approved in aiignment with CDE guidance in with CDE guidance in forthcoming impiementation forthcoming implementation toolkit toolkit industry Certificate District approvedin alignment District approved in aiignment with CDE guidance-in toolkit . I with CDE guidance in forth impiementati forthcoming implementation toolkit International Baccalaureate Succesiul compietion of 11?? grade IB curriculum Successful completion of 11th .- grade IB curriculum Coliaboratively-developed State?wide" scoring Criteria State-wide scoring criteria performance assessments?l PARCC . 3+ 3+ SAT 460 4so_.. guidance for special papa-lotions-(induding ELL, students with disabilities, and gifted and talented). 1 4 on each Work Keys core area assessment 2 Passing grade is determined by district poiicy for concurrent enrollment. An eligible concurrent enrollment course is the ore-requisite directiy prior to a credit-bearing coarse 3 See criteria developed by the Capstone Work Group ?1 See #6 above