Fw: Earning a High School Diploma through Alternative Routes (NCEO Synthesis Report 76, July 2010)

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From: referencepoints@...Sent: Tuesday, July 20, 2010 1:06 PMTo: tatra@...Subject: REFERENCE POINTS: Earning a High School Diploma through Alternative Routes (NCEO Synthesis Report 76, July 2010)REFERENCE POINTS is an activity of TATRA, a project of PACER CenterREFERENCE POINTS: Earning a High School Diploma through Alternative Routes (NCEO Synthesis Report 76, July 2010)By M. Thurlow, M. Vang, and D. CormierEarning a standard diploma has increased in importance during the past several years. Not only is it a document that improves postschool outcomes, but it also has become a part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act(ESEA) accountability system at the high school level<with the required graduation rate including only those students who have earned a regular/standard high school diploma or higher. Complicating matters in several states is

the addition of an exit exam requirement to the traditional coursework requirements. The addition of a testing requirement to other requirements for earning a standard diploma is a challenge for students who do not perform well on assessments. Many, but not all, of these students have disabilities. The purpose of the study reported here was to examine the alternative routes to passing the high school exit exam that were available during the school year 2008-09 to students to earn a standard high school diploma. It examines alternative routes in the 26 states with active or soon-to-be active exit exams, and documents the alternative routes available for all students and those specifically for students with disabilities. Published by NCEO.Cost: Free. Available only on the Web athttp://www.cehd.umn.edu/nceo/OnlinePubs/Synthesis76/Synthesis76.pdf* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

*REFERENCE POINTS is administered by PACER Center http://www.PACER.org as a technical assistance activity of the TATRA Project. The TATRA Project is funded by the Rehabilitation Services Administration.To SUBSCRIBE to REFERENCE POINTS go to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/index.aspTo UNSUBSCRIBE, please go directly to http://www.pacer.org/tatra/list/maildel.aspReaders are invited to send information about new resources on secondary education, transition and vocational rehabilitation topics to tatra@....Reference Points received initial support from the National Center on Secondary Education and Transition http://www.ncset.org/. Visit their web site for a wealth of information related to secondary education and transition for youth with disabilities.Note: There are no copyright restrictions on this document. However, please credit the source and support of federal funds when copying all or part of

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