Identifying Students in the 10th Grade in Danger of Not Graduating

Being Proactive Can Increase Graduation Numbers

If you haven't already done so, now is a good time for schools to identify tenth grade students whose ninth grade scores in Reading and Mathematics indicate that they are in danger of not reaching graduation level. By informing students now that they are in danger of repeating the FCAT next year, teachers have time to work with students and find strategies to help the student succeed.

SnapShot’s “Creating the Common Vocabulary” help document defines graduation requirements as: Students graduating in the year 2003 and later must receive a passing score on both the FCAT SSS Reading and FCAT SSS Mathematics tests to meet graduation requirements. Currently, a passing score of 300 Scale Score points must be achieved in both Math and Reading in order to graduate with a regular diploma in 2009 (the Developmental Scale Score equivalents are 1926 for Reading and 1889 for Mathematics).

To find out which Grade 10 students are in danger of not reaching graduation rate, follow these steps in SnapShot:

1. Select Queries from the top menu of SnapShot;
2. Choose current year as the Roster Year;
3. Select Schools from the left menu, then choose your school;
4. Select Demographics from the left menu, then select the Grade of Enrollment option;
5. Change the school year drop down menu date to current year;
6. Select Grade 10 by placing a checkmark in the appropriate box, then click Add Criterion;
7. Select Tests from the left menu, then select FCAT SSS Reading;
8. From the list of options that appear, select Scale Score and change the Maximum Score to 300, then click Add Criterion;
9. Click on the Get Results button;
10. Now if you scroll down, you will see all the Grade 10 students in your school that had Reading scores last year that may put them at risk of not graduating.

You can repeat the above process for Mathematics by simply replacing FCAT SSS Reading with FCAT SSS Math.

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