Assigning Carnegie Units to Students under Typical High School Age

Assigning Carnegie Units (Credits) to Students under Typical High School Age

Policy

Given the unique nature of independent study, a student can work at the grade level most appropriate for their ability, regardless of their age grade level enrollment. Students are always placed in the grade appropriate for their age based on the enrollment chart for each school year, but can work at whatever working grade level that suites their educational needs. At times, there may be a student that is below the typical high school age that is working at a high school level and should be receiving Carnegie units based on our “Assigning Carnegie Units” policy. Please remember that this is for high school level coursework only.

If an underage student is only taking Algebra One, and not any other high school level courses, this cannot be counted on the transcript. If the student is taking Algebra 1 along with other high school level core courses, it can be counted on their transcript for high school credits.

Procedure

To assign Carnegie units (HS Credits) in this situation, the ES must create a high school report card, and list only those courses that are high school level, and create a regular grade school report card for any other courses that the student takes that are not at high school level. (If the student’s name does not appear in your high school report card drop down list, contact your ES advisor for assistance.)

When assigning the high school credits, the appropriate grade level of the course should be indicated on the report card line for each course (and only HS courses listed on the HS report card). This grade level (indicated after the Att and Comp credits) should be based on the student’s number of credits earned. Remember, their Student records/Student Agreement grade placement should be based on their age (refer to the enrollment chart by age for each year) and not their working ability. Students will be tested with STAR and CAHSEE based on their age grade level listed on the Student Agreement. The grade level guideline below is only for assigning a grade level to the Carnegie units (HS credits) earned.

When creating the first high school report card for these underage students each year, the ES should look at the below guideline and choose the grade level for the report card lines that matches the number of HS credits that their student has already earned. This will be the grade level for all of the high school credits that this student earns for that entire school year. The following year, the ES should refer to the chart again and make another assessment. One student may receive 9th grade credits for four or more semesters if only doing a couple of courses each semester. Another student may be in 11th grade by the time that they reach the age to officially enter high school (9^th on the SA). Consult your advisor for assistance. Please note, unless approved by your advisor and assessment is notified, grade level changes after the first Student Agreement of the year cannot be made.

0-50 credits = 9th grade
51-100 credits = 10th grade
101-150 credits = 11th grade
151+ credits = 12th grade

Example

1. A HS report card must never have a line item with a grade level under 9^th grade. This HS report card needs to have the GR space changed to “9”.

2. Algebra 1 can be listed as a HS course for credit, since there are other core courses also being taken for HS credit. But, the grade level needs to be changed to “9”.

3. IF this 8^th grader also took HS level course in 7^th grade, and earned over 50 credits, then these courses should be changed to 10^th grade, and not 9^th. We need the credits on the transcript to flow from year to year, changing grade levels at each incremental change listed in the chart above. In this example above, the last 3 courses listed should have been changed to 10^th grade in the report card lines before they were marked ready, according to the chart above.

Revised 12/2011