High School Graduation Task Force
Apply Today! Deadline: June 23, 2017
The application to join our high school graduation requirements task force is now live! In the first 72 hours of the application period, we've received 29 applications from prospective participants in all 8 wards! Selected members will hail from all parts of the District, with a particular emphasis on historically marginalized voices. Half of the members selected will live or reside east of the river. Under the leadership of Ward 1 representative Laura Wilson Phelan and Ward 8 representative Markus Batchelor, this task force will review, analyze and, as necessary, make thoughtful, implementable recommendations to adjust DC’s high school graduation requirements for all DCPS and public charter students. In truly transparent fashion, all applications for the task force will be open to public review!
DC Science Assessment Cut Scores
SBOE to Vote at June 21 Public Meeting
Over the last two months, State Board members have been engaged in discussions with OSSE on the DC Science Assessment, which has been given twice so far. Each spring, high school biology students and all students in grades 5 and 8 take the science assessment. At Wednesday’s working session, OSSE brought to the SBOE recommended cut scores for the five levels of performance on the assessment. State Board members will review and discuss the cut scores in preparation for an anticipated vote on their approval at this month’s public meeting on June 21.
Student Advisory Committee Report
Second Annual Report of Policy Recommendations
At Wednesday’s working session, SBOE Student Representative Alex Dorosin (Wilson High School) presented an overview of the second annual report of the Student Advisory Committee (SAC). The student representatives have been pivotal to the success of the work of the SBOE. Our student representatives and SAC members offer a unique perspective on how policies actually impact the District’s students. The Student Advisory Committee met four times over the course of the 2016-2017 school year, with each meeting representing a distinct step in the process of developing policy proposals dedicated to administrative responsibility, accessibility, and responsibility. Proposals focused on graduation requirements, security, access to humanities and civic engagement courses, hall sweeps, food and nutrition, grading systems, and student socialization. Look for the final draft of the report to be published by the end of this month!
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