Introductions Members and guests introduced themselves. In all that PASS is doing, OUS wants to be sure to be aware of the implications for transfer students, even though the original intent of PASS was to develop admission standards for first-time freshmen. The original reason for PASS was the proficiency environment created by K-12 school reform efforts in the state. PASS is now working with 65 high schools around the state and has an Eastern Oregon Consortium of schools, run from Eastern Oregon University. PASS has concerned itself with working with English, Math and Science teachers in particular and students are working with these teachers to produce acceptable collections of work.
Teachers get together to cross-score student work four times a year.
With all this activity, high school students could be thinking about their postsecondary options as early as the 9th grade. For the proficiencies that must be met under PASS requirements, teacher verification is the preferred but not exclusive way to go. Other ways of measuring these proficiencies exist. PASS proficiency information can also be used for placement into the most appropriate course level. Under PASS, students will come to postsecondary education with much more information about their skills than ever before.