State Board Policy: New Graduation Requirements

This policy was revised on 2/20/04
On September 15, 2000, the Mississippi Board of Education approved SBE Policy 3600 (Formerly IHF-1), a change to graduation requirements.  The policy revision will impact students who began the 9th grade in school year 1999-2000 or later.  The process of phasing in the academic end-of-course tests began during the 2001-2002 school year to replace the Functional Literacy Exam (FLE) as a requirement for graduation.  The subject area tests, Algebra I, Biology I, English II, and US History from 1877 to the present, are aligned with the Mississippi Curriculum Frameworks.

 

· Quick reference for the new Graduation Requirements

· Charts outlining the phase-in process of the academic end-of-course tests for graduation, and the phase-out process of the FLE

 

State Board Policy: Policies for Subject Area Testing This policy was revised on 12/13/02
On February 23,  2001, the Mississippi Board of Education approved State Board Policy 3800 (formerly IHF-2), Graduation Requirements-Policies for Subject Area Testing.  The policy outlines the graduation requirements for the Mississippi Subject Area Tests for the following circumstances: when a student has already earned a Carnegie Unit in a course prior to implementation of the new graduation policy; when a student enters a Mississippi public school from another state, private school, or home school; and retesting procedures for when a student fails to pass a required Subject Area Test.

· Visit the Office of Accreditation’s page to view the list of nonpublic schools accredited by the MS State Board of Education

 

State Board Policy: Subject Area Test Appeals Process

On June 15, 2001, the Mississippi Board of Education approved State Board Policy 7610 (formerly IHF-3), Graduation Requirements, Subject Area Testing Program Appeals Process.  This policy addresses and outlines an appeals process for situations where a student, parent, or district personnel (1) has reason to believe, that due to a scoring error, a student who did not pass a Subject Area Test should have passed; therefore, an appeal for re-scoring may be made, or (2) has reason to believe that a student has mastered the subject area curriculum but is unable to demonstrate mastery on the standard statewide Subject Area Test; therefore, an appeal for a substitute evaluation process may be made.

 

· SBE Policy 7610 SATP Appeals Process

· Subject Area Testing Program Appeals Process-Guidelines

 

 

 

 

SATP Graduation Requirements

Below are policies that regulate the new requirements for graduation pertaining to the Subject Area Testing Program (SATP).  The four Subject Area Tests (Algebra I, Biology I, US History from 1877, English II) are currently being phased in to replace the Functional Literacy Exam (FLE) as a requirement for graduation.  For information on graduation requirements other than the SATP, contact the Office of Accreditation.

Introduction

State Board of Education Policies

Mississippi Department of Education

Office of Student Assessment

P.O. Box 771
359 North West Street, Suite 216
Jackson, MS 39205-0771
Phone: (601) 359-3052
Fax: (601) 359-2471

Contact: Susan Cheshire