2009-2010

Sixth Grade Students
(For Promotion to 7th Grade)

• Must earn passing grade averages each semester with connections classes combined into one semester average. 
• Students must earn a passing grade average both semesters in order to pass the course for the school year.
• Both Language Arts and Math must have passing averages each semester. Students must pass 4 out of 5 classes for the school year.

First Semester – average of 1st & 2nd nine weeks progress report grades
Second Semester – average of 3rd & 4th nine weeks progress report grades

Seventh Grade Students
(For Promotion to 8th Grade)

• Must achieve a passing score on each of the following:
  * CRCT Reading    * CRCT Language Arts    * CRCT Math  * CRCT Science
  *Math Reasoning Test (MRT)
• Must also earn a minimum grade average of 70 each semester in Social Studies.

Eighth Grade Students
(For Promotion to 9th Grade)

• Must earn passing grade averages each semester with connections classes combined into one semester average.  Students must earn a passing grade average both semesters in order to pass the course for the school year.
• Both Language Arts and Math must have passing averages each semester. Students must pass 4 out of 5 classes for the school year.

First Semester – average of 1st & 2nd nine weeks progress report grades
Second Semester – average of 3rd & 4th nine weeks progress report grades

• Must achieve a passing score on each of the following:
     * CRCT Reading               * CRCT Math                  * Georgia 8th Grade Writing Assessment

Special Education and English Language Learner Programs – Grades 6, 7 & 8

• Promotion decisions for students in special education programs are determined by the IEP.
• Special Education students must participate in either GAA or CRCT.
  
• Promotion decisions for 6th and 7th grade ELL students are guided by the AKS Modification/Intervention Plan.
• 8th grade ELL students must meet state promotion requirements unless exceptions are approved by a SST.
• If first year in a U.S. school, ELL students must participate in ACCESS as well as Math and Science CRCT.
• All other ELL students must participate in ACCESS and all sections of the CRCT. 

Summer School Opportunity

Students may participate in summer school to make-up a semester failure, but not a year long failure in a particular subject.  Middle school students who attend summer school may take no more than two subject area classes for promotion.

Additionally, summer school is recommended for students who have not passed one or more of the following:

• a 7th or 8th grade CRCT subtest that is required for promotion
• the Georgia 8th Grade Writing Assessment that is required for promotion (These students will be provided retests prior to the end of the school year and, if necessary, may attend summer school.)

Retests for these state and local assessments will be provided at the end of summer school.

Revised 07/15/09