Mathematics FAQs
Graduation Requirements
Model Curriculum
Other Questions
Graduation Requirements
Do students get to choose whether they take the Algebra I or Integrated Math End-of-Course exam?
The content of the course determines the test. Those students who are taking a course sequence that aligns with integrated math should take the integrated math end-of-course exam.
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Some students might take two courses in the same year. For example, an eighth-grader might take math and Algebra I. Must those students take both tests associated with the grade/course?
The student would take the high school end-of-course exam and may not take the eighth-grade level test. If a student is taking two high school courses in the same content area, then the student must take end-of-course exams in both courses.
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When may a Computer Science course earn Mathematics Graduation credit?
Computer Science is a course that may award elective or mathematics credit toward graduation. The appropriate EMIS coding for Computer Science is: 290200 Computer Science, 292310 Computer Science A or 290320 Computer Science AB. The course code needs to match the learning standards identified in the course’s course of study, curriculum. The EMIS code dictates the licensure needed for a course. Therefore, the licensure required to teach computer science should be in computer science.
For any course to satisfy graduation credit in mathematics, the curriculum of the course needs to substantially address high school level standards in mathematics. In the case of Computer Science, the study would focus on problem solving through algorithm development. Since the curriculum of a course is determined at the district level, the decision as to whether or not a district’s computer science course qualifies for mathematics credit or for elective credit lies with the district.
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Model Curriculum
How will the Model Curriculum help me?
The Model Curriculum will provide additional clarity, examples, resources and instructional strategies to aid teachers in their understanding of the standards.
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Other Questions
Do students in middle school who take a high school mathematics course receive high school credit?
Yes. Students who take a high school mathematics course in middle school are to receive high school credit for the course. This course should not be intended for all students in the middle grades but rather for students intending to take advanced and college-level mathematics courses in grades 11 and 12.
The following requirements from Ohio Revised Code 3313.603 must be met.
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(G) Every high school may permit students below the ninth grade to take advanced work. If a high school so permits, it shall award high school credit for successful completion of the advanced work and shall count such advanced work toward the graduation requirements of division (B) or (C) of this section if the advanced work was both:
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(1) Taught by a person who possesses a license or certificate issued under section 3301.071, 3319.22, or 3319.222 of the Revised Code that is valid for teaching high school;
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(2) Designated by the board of education of the city, local, or exempted village school district, the board of the cooperative education school district, or the governing authority of the chartered nonpublic school as meeting the high school curriculum requirements.
Each high school shall record on the student’s high school transcript all high school credit awarded under division (G) of this section. In addition, if the student completed a seventh- or eighth-grade fine arts course described in division (K) of this section and the course qualified for high school credit under that division, the high school shall record that course on the student’s high school transcript.
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Last Modified: 9/25/2024 2:42:28 PM
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