WELCOME WELCOME TO THE WORLD TO THE WORLD

OF OF PASSPASS

Cooperative Educational Cooperative Educational Services Agency No. 8Services Agency No. 8

““PASS”PASS” Portable Assisted Portable Assisted Study SequenceStudy Sequence

DESIGNED TO HELPDESIGNED TO HELP

STUDENTS AND ADULTSSTUDENTS AND ADULTS

COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL

GRADUATIONGRADUATION

PASS COURSESPASS COURSES

EACH COURSE EACH COURSE REPRESENTS ONE REPRESENTS ONE

SEMESTERSEMESTER

PASS CURRICULUMPASS CURRICULUM•EnglishEnglish•Social Social StudiesStudies

•MathematicsMathematics•ScienceScience•OthersOthers

•1212•88

•66•55•33

Total = 34Total = 34

ENGLISHENGLISH

• Basic Study SkillsBasic Study Skills• Transitional EnglishTransitional English• English I A & I BEnglish I A & I B• English II A & II BEnglish II A & II B• English IIIEnglish III A & III BA & III B• English IV A & IV BEnglish IV A & IV B• Themes in Literature A & BThemes in Literature A & B

SOCIAL STUDIES

•U.S. History A & B•U.S. Government•Ethnic Studies•Geography•Consumer Education•World History•Economics

MATHEMATICSMATHEMATICS

• Consumer MathConsumer Math• General Math AGeneral Math A• General Math BGeneral Math B• Pre AlgebraPre Algebra• Algebra A Algebra A • Algebra BAlgebra B

SCIENCESCIENCE

•General Science AGeneral Science A•General Science BGeneral Science B•Environmental ScienceEnvironmental Science•Biology ABiology A•Biology BBiology B

OTHERSOTHERS

•Color and DesignColor and Design•Health EducationHealth Education•Learning SkillsLearning Skills

DO PASS COURSES DO PASS COURSES ALLIGN WITH STATE ALLIGN WITH STATE

ASSESSMENT ASSESSMENT STANDARDS?STANDARDS?

PERFORMANCE PERFORMANCE STANDARDSSTANDARDS

•California California •FloridaFlorida•TexasTexas•WisconsinWisconsin

COURSES COURSES SCREENED TO IDENTIFY SCREENED TO IDENTIFY

PERFORMANCE STANDARDSPERFORMANCE STANDARDS

1999 - 20001999 - 2000• English IAEnglish IA• English IBEnglish IB• English IIAEnglish IIA• English IIBEnglish IIB• English IV AEnglish IV A• English IV BEnglish IV B

2000 - 20012000 - 2001• Algebra I AAlgebra I A• Algebra II AAlgebra II A• Algebra I BAlgebra I B• Algebra II BAlgebra II B• Geometry I AGeometry I A• Geometry I BGeometry I B

STUDENT ASSESSMENT STUDENT ASSESSMENT IN A PASS COURSEIN A PASS COURSE

• Each course consists of five unitsEach course consists of five units• All courses have unit tests and All courses have unit tests and

others may also include review and others may also include review and final examsfinal exams

• Exams for all courses must be Exams for all courses must be administered by educatorsadministered by educators

• Other teacher assessment practices Other teacher assessment practices may be administered as requiredmay be administered as required

STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL STEPS TO A SUCCESSFUL PASS PROGRAMPASS PROGRAM

•Providing for an accurate student Providing for an accurate student assessmentassessment

•Selecting courses that meet the Selecting courses that meet the student needsstudent needs

• Introducing the course with Introducing the course with expectations and assignmentsexpectations and assignments

•Setting realistic goals for each Setting realistic goals for each studentstudent