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6-15-2012. College and career readiness assessments — Secondary intervention programs — Transitional courses.
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6-15-2012. College and career readiness assessments — Secondary intervention programs — Transitional courses.
(a) Before a student's graduation from high school, a high school shall assess the student's college readiness based on the statewide college and career readiness standards determined and implemented by the State Board of Education.
(b) A high school shall provide for each student who does not meet the college and career readiness standards under the assessment:
(1) One (1) or more transitional courses designed to help the student reach college and career readiness standards; and
(2) Related strategies to allow for accelerated skill and knowledge development consistent with the college and career readiness standards.
(c) A transitional course:
(1) Is based on the college and career readiness standards; and
(2) May be composed of digital transitional modules that allow a student to progress at his or her own pace in the specific area of intervention needed.
(d) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall exempt from the placement exam under § 6-61-110 a first-time entering freshman at a state-supported institution of higher education who meets the college and career readiness standards.
(e) A high school shall award the same credit for a full mathematics transitional course as it does for a fourth-year mathematics course.
(f) The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to implement this section.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-15-2012
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6-15-2012. College and career readiness assessments — Secondary intervention programs — Transitional courses.
(a) Before a student's graduation from high school, a high school shall assess the student's college readiness based on the statewide college and career readiness standards determined and implemented by the State Board of Education.
(b) A high school shall provide for each student who does not meet the college and career readiness standards under the assessment:
(1) One (1) or more transitional courses designed to help the student reach college and career readiness standards; and
(2) Related strategies to allow for accelerated skill and knowledge development consistent with the college and career readiness standards.
(c) A transitional course:
(1) Is based on the college and career readiness standards; and
(2) May be composed of digital transitional modules that allow a student to progress at his or her own pace in the specific area of intervention needed.
(d) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall exempt from the placement exam under § 6-61-110 a first-time entering freshman at a state-supported institution of higher education who meets the college and career readiness standards.
(e) A high school shall award the same credit for a full mathematics transitional course as it does for a fourth-year mathematics course.
(f) The State Board of Education may promulgate rules to implement this section.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
6-61-110. Testing of entering freshmen for remedial courses.
(a) A first-time entering freshman at a state-supported institution of higher education who is admitted to enroll in an associate or a bachelor's degree program shall be tested by the admitting institution for purposes of placement in either college-level credit courses in English and mathematics or remedial courses in English composition, reading, and mathematics.
(b) Remedial courses shall not provide credit toward a degree.
(c)(1) The Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board shall determine the:
(A) Test or other criteria to be used;
(B) Testing procedures and exemptions;
(C) Minimum scores or criteria below which students at all state-supported institutions of higher education must take remedial courses; and
(D) Minimum scores or criteria to allow simultaneous enrollment in college-level credit and remedial courses.
(2) The board shall base these decisions on:
(A) Consultation with representatives of the state-supported institutions of higher education;
(B) Analysis of the placement procedures presently used by institutions in the state;
(C) Statewide placement testing programs in other states; and
(D) Pilot projects involving testing of entering freshmen at selected institutions in the state.
(3) The board, in collaboration with state-supported institutions of higher education, shall develop by institution uniform measurable exit standards for remedial courses that are comparable to the ACT or SAT equivalent required for college-level enrollment in credit courses to be implemented no later than the fall semester of 2010.
(d)(1) The board shall work with state-supported institutions of higher education to:
(A) Develop innovative alternatives to traditional instruction and
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 6-61-110
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 6-61-110. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.