[Ohiogift] report on Dual Credit policies

[Anne Flick]

Thanks to Ann for getting this very provision enacted last year for Ohio PSEO.
Anne




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>The Education Commission of the States has released a report on model dual-enrollment policies to guide state policymakers.
>It contains thirteen "components" (i.e. policy recommendations).  They all look good to me. Below is the one that caught my eye:
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>Margaret
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>Component
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>Student eligibility requirements
>are based on demonstration of ability to access college-
>level content (i.e., college placement exams)
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>Eligibility for dual
>enrollment should hinge on demonstrated academic abilities, not bureaucratic
>procedures or information that is not directly related to a student� academic abilities or plan of study.
>Moreover, districts should not depend on difficult-to-measure student attributes determined by school,
>district or postsecondary staff, such as�bility to benefit,��aturity�or �otivation.�States should also be wary of predicating student eligibility
>entirely on local board or institutional
>policies, as local variations in expectations may create barriers in one community that do not exist in
>another one. Access is improved when policies are easy to understand, minimize bureaucratic
>procedures and are consistently implemented.
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>Eligibility requirements should be based on quantifiable, reliable and valid indicators of a student�
>ability to succeed in a postsecondary course. Also, eligibility criteria should mirror those
>criteria otherwise expected for students who are not in high school. Why would the prerequisite requirements
>for College Algebra differ for high school students and adult students? Similarly, eligibility requirements
>should be the same regardless of whether a student is accessing the course at the postsecondary
>campus or at his/her high school.
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>Eligibility criteria should not have their basis in non-cognitive factors
>such as a student� age or academic standing.
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