High School Graduation Pathway - Option 3 - Alternate Assessment

  • 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