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there are 6 good cause exemptions he could qualify for Good Cause Criteria:
A student may not be retained more than once in grade 3. A student is exempt from retention for good cause and placed in the next grade if the student meets one of the following. 3rd grade good cause is defined as: 3rd Grade Good Cause
1) English Language Learners who have had less than two years of instruction in English for
Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program (not counting PreK). The ELL Committee must be convened and the recommendation to exempt the student from the promotion criteria must be included in the ELL Committee Report.
Good Cause “1”
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2) Students with disabilities whose Individual Education Plans (IEP) indicate that participation in
statewide assessment is not appropriate, consistent with the requirements of State Board of
Education rule.
Good Cause “2”
3) Students who demonstrate an acceptable level of performance on an alternative standardized reading assessment approved by the State Board of Education, administered after the results of the required state assessment required state assessments are received. The acceptable levels of performance on the alternative assessments for grade 3 are a student scoring at or above the 45th percentile on the reading comprehension measure of the Stanford Achievement Test-10 as the alternative standardized assessment.
Good Cause “3”
4) Students who demonstrate, through a student portfolio, that they are reading on grade level as evidenced by demonstration of mastery of the State Standards in reading equal to at least a Level 2 performance on required state assessment. To demonstrate mastery of the required reading skills, the student portfolio must: be selected by the student’s teachers as determined by district criteria; be an accurate picture of the student’s ability and include only student work that has been independently produced in the classroom; include evidence that the benchmarks assessed by the grade 3 reading required state assessment required state assessments have been met. This includes multiple-choice items and passages that are approximately 60% literary text and 40% information test, and that are between 100-700 words with the district’s/school’s adopted core reading curriculum that are aligned with the State Standards or teacher prepared assessments that are aligned with the State Standards; and be an organized collection of evidence of the student’s mastery of the State Standards.
Good Cause “4”
A parent of a student in grade 3 who is identified at any time during the year as being at risk of
retention may request that the school immediately begin collection evidence for a portfolio.
5) Students with disabilities who participate in required state assessment required state assessments and who have an IEP or a Section 504 Plan that reflects that they have received intensive remediation in reading for more than two years but still demonstrate a deficiency in reading and were previously retained in grades K-3.
Good Cause “5”
6) Any third-grade student receiving intensive remediation in reading for two or more years, but
still has deficiency in reading and has been previously retained in K-3 for a total of two years. If
placed under this exemption, intensive reading instruction must include an altered instructional day that includes specialized diagnostic information and specific reading strategies. A student may not be retained more than once in 3rd grade. Any currently retained 3rd grader would qualGood Cause.
Good Cause “6”
there are 6 good cause exemptions he could qualify for Good Cause Criteria:
A student may not be retained more than once in grade 3. A student is exempt from retention for good cause and placed in the next grade if the student meets one of the following. 3rd grade good cause is defined as: 3rd Grade Good Cause
1) English Language Learners who have had less than two years of instruction in English for
Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) program (not counting PreK). The ELL Committee must be convened and the recommendation to exempt the student from the promotion criteria must be included in the ELL Committee Report.
Good Cause “1”
21 School District of Manatee County 2015-2016 Student Progression Plan
2) Students with disabilities whose Individual Education Plans (IEP) indicate that participation in
statewide assessment is not appropriate, consistent with the requirements of State Board of
Education rule.
Good Cause “2”
3) Students who demonstrate an acceptable level of performance on an alternative standardized reading assessment approved by the State Board of Education, administered after the results of the required state assessment required state assessments are received. The acceptable levels of performance on the alternative assessments for grade 3 are a student scoring at or above the 45th percentile on the reading comprehension measure of the Stanford Achievement Test-10 as the alternative standardized assessment.
Good Cause “3”
4) Students who demonstrate, through a student portfolio, that they are reading on grade level as evidenced by demonstration of mastery of the State Standards in reading equal to at least a Level 2 performance on required state assessment. To demonstrate mastery of the required reading skills, the student portfolio must: be selected by the student’s teachers as determined by district criteria; be an accurate picture of the student’s ability and include only student work that has been independently produced in the classroom; include evidence that the benchmarks assessed by the grade 3 reading required state assessment required state assessments have been met. This includes multiple-choice items and passages that are approximately 60% literary text and 40% information test, and that are between 100-700 words with the district’s/school’s adopted core reading curriculum that are aligned with the State Standards or teacher prepared assessments that are aligned with the State Standards; and be an organized collection of evidence of the student’s mastery of the State Standards.
Good Cause “4”
A parent of a student in grade 3 who is identified at any time during the year as being at risk of
retention may request that the school immediately begin collection evidence for a portfolio.
5) Students with disabilities who participate in required state assessment required state assessments and who have an IEP or a Section 504 Plan that reflects that they have received intensive remediation in reading for more than two years but still demonstrate a deficiency in reading and were previously retained in grades K-3.
Good Cause “5”
6) Any third-grade student receiving intensive remediation in reading for two or more years, but
still has deficiency in reading and has been previously retained in K-3 for a total of two years. If
placed under this exemption, intensive reading instruction must include an altered instructional day that includes specialized diagnostic information and specific reading strategies. A student may not be retained more than once in 3rd grade. Any currently retained 3rd grader would qualGood Cause.
Good Cause “6”