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High School Graduation Pathway - Option 3 - Alternate Assessment
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Option 3 - Alternate Assessment Pathway:
Successful completion of locally established grade-based requirements for academic content areas associated with each Keystone Exam on which the student did not achieve proficiency and one of the following:- Attainment of an established score on an approved alternate assessment (SAT, PSAT, ACT, ASVAB);
- Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT): score 1010
- PSAT: score of 970
- ACT: score of 21
- Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery exam: the minimum score to gain admittance to a branch of the armed services in the year the student graduates
- Attainment of an established score on an Advanced Placement Program in an academic content area associated with each Keystone Exam on which the student did not achieve at least a proficient score;
- Successful completion of a college-in-high school (CHS) course in an academic content area associated with each Keystone Exam in which the student did not achieve at least a proficient score;
- Successful completion of a pre-apprenticeship program (ex. German American Chamber of Commerce); or
- Acceptance in an accredited 4-year nonprofit institution of higher education and evidence of the ability to enroll in college-level coursework.
Advanced Placement (AP) exam: score of 3 on an AP exam related to one of the following courses
Algebra Equivalent Literature Equivalent Biology Equivalent AP Calculus AB AP English Language and Composition AP Biology AP Calculus BC AP Literature and Composition AP Environmental Science AP Computer Science A AP Chemistry AP Computer Science Principles AP Physics 1: Algebra Based AP Statistics AP Physics 2: Algebra Based AP Physics 1: Algebra Based AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnesium AP Physics 2: Algebra Based AP Physics C: Mechanics AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism AP Physics C: Mechanics AP Chemistry - Attainment of an established score on an approved alternate assessment (SAT, PSAT, ACT, ASVAB);