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assessments in lieu of the prescribed EOC exams. The state board is also authorized, but not required, to replace the Algebra I EOC exam with an Algebra II exam, also beginning with the 2-16-2017 school year for students who enter ninth grade on or after July 1, 2016. If the state board does implement the Algebra II EOC option, students enrolled in an AP, IB, or advanced standing course for Algebra II would be required to take the AP, IB, or advanced standing exams for those subjects. The state board is also charged with determining both the minimum and cumulative performance scores on the EOC or substitute exams that will demonstrate the level of academic achievement necessary for a high school diploma. A student is exempted from an EOC exam by reason of completing the course and receiving credit prior to July 1, 2015 if that end-of-course exam was not available at the time the student completed the course. The student is to be considered as having attained a proficient score on the exempted EOC exam. The receipt of this credit satisfies the requirement to take the EOC exam, but the student may take the applicable course exam at a later time. In addition, the student may elect either of these options to determine the final cumulative passing score on the end-of-course exams: 1) use a score equivalent to proficient from the exempted exam; or 2) use a score equivalent to the final course grade. A student is authorized to take any end-of-course exam at a later time in the student's academic career if, for any reason, the student did not take the exam on the scheduled administration date. The Department of Education must make available the exam for which the student was absent, or a substantially similar one. A student is also permitted to retake any end-of-course exam during the student's academic career, at a time designated by the Department. The Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Chancellor are required to select multiple assessments measuring college and career readiness, and districts must choose one of the assessments to administer to their students. The assessment is to be administered to all eleventh grade students in the spring of the school year. For students entering the ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2014, but prior to July 1, 2015, the assessment in the area of science shall be physical science or biology. For students entering the ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2015, the assessment in the area of science shall be biology. Not later than July 1, 2016, the state board shall adopt rules prescribing the requirements for the end-of-course examination in science for students who entered the ninth grade for the first time on or after July 1, 2014, but prior to July 1, 2015, and who have not met one of the three graduation pathways by July 1, 2019, due to a student's failure to attain a cumulative passing score on the end-of-course exams.

3313.618

3301.0712

3301.0728

See also DIPLOMAS AND TESTING PROGRAM below.

COLLEGE CREDIT PLUS (CCP), effective for the 2015- 2016 school year

Chapter 3365

The College Credit Plus (CCP) program replaced the Post-Secondary Enrollment Options and the dual enrollment programs beginning in the 2015-2016 school year.

All public high schools and Ohio public institutions of higher education (IHEs) are required to participate, but private and out-of-state colleges