August 2022
The student's portfolio appeal will be granted if the student fulfills the requirements outlined in the guidelines below and demonstrates a comparable level of performance to a student who has achieved a passing score on the high school MCAS test in the content area.
For the 2022-2023 school year, Portfolios submitted for the first time must be based on "next-generation" standards and portfolio requirements. Previously submitted portfolios that are being resubmitted in 2022-2023 may be based either on "legacy" or "next-generation' standards and requirements. However, individual portfolios being resubmitted may not combine (or mix-and-match) standards from different editions of the curriculum frameworks.
"Legacy" ELA competency portfolios requirements based on the 2001/2011 Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks for English Language Arts and Literacy.
High School Work Description Label: English Language Arts
"Next-generation" ELA competency portfolios requirements based on the 2017 Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for English Language Arts and Literacy.
"Next-generation" High School Work Description Label: English Language Arts
"Legacy" Mathematics competency portfolios based on the 2000/2011 Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Mathematics.
High School Work Description Label: Mathematics
"Next-generation" Mathematics competency portfolios based on the 2017 Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Mathematics.
"Next-generation" High School Work Description Label: Mathematics
"Legacy" STE competency portfolios based on the 2006 Massachusetts Curriculum Framework for Science and Technology/Engineering.
High School Work Description Label: Biology
High School Work Description Label: Chemistry
High School Work Description Label: Introductory Physics
High School Work Description Label: Technology/Engineering
"Next-generation" STE competency portfolios based on the 2016 Curriculum Framework for Science and Technology/Engineering.
"Next-Generation" High Schol work description label: Biology
"Next-Generation" High School Work Description Label: Introductory Physics
Science and Technology/Engineering — Biology
Science and Technology/Engineering — Introductory Physics
English Language Arts
Next-Generation Mathematics — Number and Quantity
Mathematics
Number Sense and Operations
Patterns, Relations, and Algebra
Data Analysis, Statistics, and Probability
Measurement
Geometry
Biology
Chemistry
Introductory Physics
Technology/Engineering
Last Updated: August 8, 2022
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