A Quick Guide to Oklahoma Third-Grade Graduation Requirements

1. A Quick Guide to Oklahoma Third-Grade Graduation Requirements

2. OK Requirementsfor Third Grade Graduation The Reading Sufficiency Act now provides fourmethods through which third-grade students may satisfy the proficiency requirements for promotion to fourth grade.

3. OK Requirementsfor Third Grade Graduation 1. Proficiency Demonstrated through a Reading Screener 2. Score of Limited Knowledge (or higher) on the Reading OCCT 3. Good-Cause Exemption 4. Conference- Based Promotion* * This promotion is only allowed for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years.

4. Proficiency Demonstratedthrough a Reading Screener The screening instrument used in OKCPS is easyCBM. A third-grade student whose composite risk level is low/white for the Fall, Winter, or Spring Benchmark has satisfied the requirements of the Reading Sufficiency Act for promotion to fourth grade.

5. Proficiency Demonstratedthrough the OCCT The Oklahoma Criterion-Referenced Tests a.k.a the Oklahoma Core Curriculum Tests are designed to measure students’ progress on the Oklahoma Academic Standards. Students in Grade 3 (and above) take the Reading OCCT each spring.

6. Proficiency Demonstratedthrough the OCCT A student who scores Proficient or Advanced on the third-grade Reading OCCT has satisfied the requirements of the Reading Sufficiency Act for promotion to fourth grade.

7. Proficiency Demonstratedthrough the OCCT A student who scoresLimited Knowledge on the third-grade Reading OCCT may qualify for promotion to the fourth grade. In this situation parents are provided the option of retaining their child.

8. Proficiency Demonstratedthrough the OCCT A student who scoresUnsatisfactory on the third-grade Reading OCCT are at-risk for RSA Retention.

9. Promotion Through Good-Cause Exemption Some third graders who score Unsatisfactory on the Reading OCCT can be provided a Good-Cause Exemptionand be promoted to fourth grade.

10. Good-Cause Exemption #1 Good-Cause Promotion is available to English Language Learners who have less than two years of instruction in an ELL program.

11. Good-Cause Exemption #2 Good-Cause Promotion is available to students with disabilities who are assessed through the Oklahoma Alternative Assessment Program (OAAP).

12. Good-Cause Exemption #3 Good-Cause Promotion is available to students who demonstrate proficiency on an alternative standardized reading assessment. All OKCPS students at-risk for RSA retention are provided multiple opportunities to take the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills.

13. Good-Cause Exemption #4 Good-Cause Exemption is available to students who demonstrate mastery of third-gradestate standards for reading through a student portfolio.

14. Good-Cause Exemption #5 Good-Cause Promotion is available to students with disabilities who take the OCCT, who have an Individualized Education Plan, who have received intensive remediation in reading for more than two yearsbut still demonstrate a deficiency in reading; and who were previously retained or in a transitional grade during pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first, second, or third grade.

15. Good-Cause Exemption #6 Good-Cause Promotion is available to students who have received intensive remediation in readingfor two or more yearsbut still demonstrate a deficiency in reading; and who were previously retained or in a transitional class during pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, first, second, or third grade for a total of two years.

16. Good-Cause Exemption #7 Good-Cause Promotion is available to students who have been granted an exemption for medical emergencies by the State Department of Education.

17. Conference-Based Promotion by an Academic Team A student not otherwise qualified for promotion may be evaluated for "probationary promotion“ by the Academic Team. The student’s Academic Team is composed of: (1) the student’s parent(s) and/or guardian(s) (2) the student’s primary reading teacher (3) a teacher in reading who teaches in the subsequent grade level (4) the school principal (5) a certified reading specialist The student will be promoted to the fourth grade if the Academic Team members unanimously recommend "probationary promotion."

18. Conference- Based Promotion is only allowed for 2013-2014 and 2014-2015 school years.