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District proposes increasing GED credit-by-proficiency awards to match peer districts
Summary
Administrators recommended changing the district's credit-by-proficiency policy to give more high-school credits for passed GED tests (moving from 1 credit per test toward models that grant up to 9 credits), arguing the change would help 19'21-year-old students and improve 5-year completion rates; staff proposed implementing the change next school year.
Administrators asked the board to permit a change to the district's credit-by-proficiency policy so that students who pass GED proficiency tests receive a larger block of high-school credit. "Instead of only giving 4 credits like we've done this year, Eagle Point School District gives 9," a presenter said, and the superintendent asked the board to consider matching other districts. He added that the change would be implemented starting next fall and stressed that students would still have to pass the proctored, paid Pearson GED test to earn credit.
Board members asked how the change would affect 5-year completer and graduation metrics and whether any students would be retroactively affected; staff recommended a clean start next year and noted only a small number of students used GED credit this year (one diploma signed for a GED pathway). The proposal remains an action item for the board to formalize with implementation details and cut-off dates.
