Criteria for High School Graduation Guidelines
The emerging draft graduation guidelines include three components that
each student must satisfy in order to graduate.
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Student must demonstrate mastery of the following academic content areas:
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Reading, Writing and Communicating
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Mathematics
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Social Studies
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Science
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At least one other content area from the Colorado Academic Standards or Career and Technical Education Standards
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Student must demonstrate mastery of the following 21st century learning skills:
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Critical thinking and reasoning
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Information literacy
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Collaboration
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Self-direction
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Invention
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Student must complete key components of the Individual Career and Academic Plans (ICAP)
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Career Plan and Goals
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Work Experience
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Academic Progress
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College Exploration and Applications
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Progress in Financial Literacy and College Finances
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The Graduation Guidelines Council is building out each of these
components; and CDE staff will be gathering input from the field,
research, and other state models to help refine the criteria.
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