Tennessee Diploma Project - Gary Nixon

The Tennessee Diploma Project

Gary L. Nixon, Ed. D.Executive DirectorState Board of Education

Tennessee Student Pipeline

100 9th Graders

Tennessee Student Pipeline

63 Graduated HS on Time

Tennessee Student Pipeline38 Entered Community College or University

Tennessee Student Pipeline27 Were Enrolled the Sophomore Year

Tennessee Student Pipeline

17 Graduated in 150% of Time

Employment Projections

Jobs that require post-secondary education or training will make up more than two-thirds of new jobs.

Share of new jobs, 2000–1010%

22%

36%

31% High schooldropout High schooldiplomaSomepostsecondaryBachelor'sdegree

Source: Carnevale, Anthony P. and Donna M. Desrochers, Standards for What? The Economic Roots of K–16 Reform, Educational Testing Service, 2003.

8th Grade Achievement on State Assessment v. NAEP (2005)

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NAEP

Is there a gap between achievement on state assessments and NAEP?

Tennessee Joined the “American Diploma Project”

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H S Graduation RequirementsChanges approved to begin with the graduating class of 2013 include: developing one diploma path for all

students 22 credits to graduate new English, Math, and Science curriculum new end of course test counts as

percentage of yearly grade all students will have an elective focus

H S Graduation Requirements

English - 4 Credits: English I English II English III English IV

H S Graduation Requirements

Math - 4 Credits: (Students must take a math class each year)

Algebra I Geometry Algebra II Upper level Math

H S Graduation Requirements

Science - 3 Credits: Biology I Chemistry or Physics Another Lab. Science

H S Graduation Requirements

Social Studies – 3 Credits: W. History or W. Geography U.S. History Economics and Government

H S Graduation Requirements

Other required courses – 5 credits: Wellness Physical Education and Personal

Finance Fine Art 2 years of a Foreign Language

H S Graduation Requirements

Elective Focus – 3 Credits: career and technical science and math humanities fine arts AP/IB locally approved focus areas

Students with Disabilities Provide alternative performance based

assessments of identified core academic skills contained within a course for students whose disability adversely effects performance on the end-of-course examination. Add additional points to the end-of-course score when the alternative performance based assessment is positive.

Students with Disabilities

Require a math class each year achieving at least Algebra I and Geometry.

Require three credits in science with Biology I and two additional lab science credits.

Graduate with Honors

Students who score at or above all of the subject area readiness benchmarks on the ACT or equivalent score on the SAT will graduate with honors.

Graduate with Distinction

Students will be recognized as graduating with “distinction” by attaining a B average and completing at least one of the following:

earn a nationally recognized industry certification

participate in at least one of the Governor’s Schools

participate in one of the state’s All State musical organizations

be selected as a National Merit Finalist of Semi-Finalist

Graduate with Distinction attain a score of 31 or higher composite score

on the ACT attain a score of 3 or higher on at least two

advanced placement exams successfully complete the International

Baccalaureate Diploma Programme earn 12 or more semester hours of

transcripted postsecondary credit

The Tennessee Diploma Project

Preparing Tennesseans for the 21st Century