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Board hears NYSED 27Portrait of a Graduate27 overview; district to plan for competency-based diploma changes
Summary
Miss Amerling briefed the board on New York State27s Portrait of a Graduate framework, describing six competencies and a statewide move to a single diploma model with new credit requirements (including financial literacy and career and technical education) phased in for future 9th-grade cohorts.
Miss Amerling told the board on Oct. 27 that New York State27s Portrait of a Graduate, adopted by the state education department, defines competencies that students should demonstrate before graduating high school and will drive changes in credit, assessment and diploma structures.
The portrait centers culturally responsive sustaining education and names six graduate attributes: academically prepared, creative innovator, critical thinker, effective…
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