Campbell County School District #1 Graduation Requirements

Campbell County School District #1

Graduation Requirements

Students graduating from Campbell County School District must meet two sets of requirements: earn a

specific number of credit hours and demonstrate proficiency on Wyoming Content and Performance

Standards.

Credit Hours

Students earn a credit hour by receiving a passing grade in a course that lasts a full school year or its

equivalent. The State of Wyoming requires high school graduates to earn the following credits in grades

9-12:

English - 4, Mathematics - 3, Science - 3, and Social Studies - 3.

Each of the high schools in Campbell County School District has established additional requirements in

specific content areas and as general electives. Information on these requirements can be obtained from

the guidance departments at the high schools.

Wyoming Content and Performance Standards

Students demonstrate proficiency by successful performances on District Student Performance

Assessments (DSPA=s). These tests are given throughout numerous courses in all subject areas. The

summation of all the test results is used to develop a Body of Evidence to document proficiency on the

State Standards.

Content Areas

Wyoming State Standards have been established in nine Content Areas.

Language Arts Mathematics Science

Social Studies Fine and Performing Arts Foreign Language

Health Physical Education Career/Vocational Education

At a minimum, students must demonstrate proficiency in at least five of these areas in order to graduate.

To be proficient in a Content Area, students must demonstrate proficiency in all the Standards of that

Content Area except Career / Vocational Education where four of the six Standards are required and

Health which requires five of the seven. See table for a list of the Standards in each Content area.

Standards

Each Standard within a Content Area is further defined by Benchmarks. The Benchmarks provide specific

learning expectations for the Standards. The number of Benchmarks varies among the Standards. Please

see the table for the number of Benchmarks associated with each Standard.

To demonstrate proficiency on an individual Standard, students will need to show proficiency on an

established number of Benchmarks for that Standard. This number was set by a group of parents,

community members, teachers, and school administrators at a community forum. The number of required

Benchmarks is indicted on the table.

Benchmarks

It is the Benchmarks that are assessed on the District Student Performance Assessments. To show

proficiency on these assessments, students must score at least 80% or level 3 on a 4-level rubric. The

Benchmarks are usually assessed numerous times in various courses. Students must be successful on at

least half of the assessments that are correlated to a particular Benchmark to be considered proficient on

the Benchmark. Groups of teachers periodically review each student=s test results and determine if the

student is meeting the proficiency requirements. If assessment data is incomplete or not available, course

grades and other information may be considered by the teachers in making their decision.

Transcript Endorsements

Students graduating from Campbell County School District will have one of three endorsements indicated

on their grade transcript. This endorsement will show the level of proficiency that was attained by the

student.

General Endorsement - Student was proficient on five to eight Content Areas.

Comprehensive Endorsement - Student was proficient in all nine Content Areas.

Advanced Endorsement - Student demonstrated an advanced proficiency in advanced courses in at least

five of the Content Areas and was proficient in the others.

Graduation Review Panel

As students progress through high school, their performance on the DSPA=s is monitored. Students who

are not successful on the assessments will be notified and provided assistance and direction in meeting the

graduation requirements. The panel will consist of the student, his/her parent(s), guidance counselor,

teacher(s), and administrator. The panel may recommend specific courses that would provide remediation

or other options that will give the student alternative opportunities to demonstrate proficiency in the

Content Areas.

Additional information on the district curriculum is available at the CCSD web site:

http://esc.ccsd.k12.wy.us/curriculum/curriculum.htm

and

information on the Wyoming Content and Performance Standards

is available at this web site:

www.k12.wy.us/saa/standards.asp

# Content Area and State Standard # # Re

uired

Lan

e Arts B All Standards Re

uired

1 Readin

3 3

2 Writin

2 2

3 S

eakin

and Listenin

9 6

Mathematics B All Standards Re

uired

1 Number Conce

ts and O

erations 4 2

2 Geometr

5 3

3 Measuremen

5 3

4 Al

ebra 5 3

5 Data Anal

sis 4 2

Science B All Standards Re

uired

1 Conce

ts and Processes 14 11

2 Science as In

uir

5 3

3 Histor

& Nature of Science in Personal/Social Decisions 2 1

Social Studies B All Standards Re

uired

1 Citizenshi

, Government, and Democrac

5 3

2 Culture an

Cultural Diversit

2 1

3 Production, Distribution, and Consum

tion 4 2

4 Time, Continuit

, and Chan

e 4 2

5 Peo

le, Places, and Events 3 2

Health B Five of Seven Standards Re

uired

1 Health Promotion and Disease Prevention 9 6

2 Assessin

Health Information, Products, and Services 1 1

3 Sel

-Mana

emen

3 2

4 Influences of Culture, Media, and Technolo

3 2

5 Inter

ersonal Communication 3 2

6 Goal-Settin

and Decision-Makin

Skills 3 2

7 Advocatin

for Health 4 3

sical Education B All Standards Re

uired

1 Movemen

3 2

2 Fitness 4 3

3 Personal and Social Behavio

4 3

Fine and Performin

Arts B All Standards Re

uired

1 Creative Ex

ression Throu

h Production 3 1

2 Aesthetic Perce

tion 3 1

3 Historical and Cultural Contex

2 1

4 A

lications to Life 3 2

Forei

n Lan

e B All Standards Re

uired

1 Communication 3 2

2 Culture 1 1

Career-Vocational Education B Four of Six Standards Re

uired

1 Resources 3 2

2 Inter

ersonal Skills 4 2

3 Information 4 2

4 S

stems 2 1

5 Technolo

4 2

6 Careers 4 2

Curriculum and Assessment Department

Campbell County School District

525 West Lakeway Road

Gillette, WY 82718