New Graduation Requirements Recommended for Select Upper St. Clair Students
The new state-mandated tests have caused a need for a change.
Upper St. Clair School District administrators are recommending the school board adopt new graduation requirements for the current freshmen, sophomores and juniors at the high school. The policy must be changed because Pennsylvania no longer gives PSSAs to juniors, which are part of the current graduation requirement for Upper St. Clair High School. In the proposal, students would continue to be required to earn at least 45 credits (eight English; six math; six social studies; six science; four arts/humanities; three physical education; one health; 11 electives) and continue to complete a career-focused graduation project. The change? A new requirement for students to demonstrate proficiency on the Keystone exam for algebra I, English …
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Glenn Robinson
3:20 pm on Wednesday, February 27, 2013
True, the graduation requirements are minimum requirements. They should insure that a student has the ability to become a productive member of society, not necessarily succeed in college (which is what the SAT and ACT are designed to measure). I'd rather see some skills tests rather than subject based knowledge tests, i.e. can students reason, think critically, differentiate between opinion and … more ›