Promotion Requirements for Sixth Grade

2006 – 2007

Students on Regular Pupil Progression

Leon County Schools

Legislative Requirements

• The 2006 – 2007 Legislature passed House Bill 7087 related to middle grades promotion.

Legislative Requirements

• Beginning with students entering grade 6 in the 2006 - 2007 school year, promotion from a middle school requires that students successfully complete the following academic courses.

Legislative Requirements

English 3 middle school or higher year long courses

Mathematics 3 middle school or high year long course

Social Studies 3 middle school or high year long course

Science 3 middle school or high year long course

Career and Education Planning – to be completed in 7th or 8th grade

Class Performance

• Your child is expected to satisfactorily perform academic work on the sixth-grade level throughout this school year.

• Your child must pass five of the six courses taken, three of which must be in the areas of English, Mathematics, Science or Social Studies.

Class Performance

• To pass a course, four or more grade points must be earned during the year and at least one of these must be earned during the last two grading periods.

Minimum Competency

• Your child is expected to demonstrate competency in the areas of reading, writing, math, social studies and science at the following levels:

English (Includes Reading/Language Arts

• Mastery of all grade-level Core Benchmarks as evidenced by a grade of “D” or better. (Core Benchmarks are the most important concepts and skills a student should learn.)

• Score at or above the 25th national percentile on a norm-reference test (for example, FCAT-NRT).

English (Includes Reading/Language Arts

• Score at or above Level 2 on FCAT-SSS Reading.

Writing

• Mastery of all grade-level Core Benchmarks as evidenced by a grade of “D” of better.

• A score of 3.5 or higher on any District Writes Upon Request Administration

Math

• Mastery of all grade-level Core Benchmarks as evidenced by a grade of “D” or better. (Core Benchmarks are the most important concepts and skills a student should learn.)

• Score at or above the 25th national percentile on a norm-referenced test (for example, FCAT-NRT)

Math

• Score at or above Level 2 on FCAT – SSS Math.

Science

• Mastery of Grade – Level Expectations as evidenced by a grade of “D” or better.

Social Studies

• Mastery of Grade – Level Expectations as evidenced by a grade of “D” or better.

• The new social studies requirement stipulates that students must complete three (3) middle school or higher year-long courses in social studies, one semester of which must include the study of state and federal government and civics education.