When we expect more of students, students achieve more. These learning standards, now a state law, are higher than they were in the past. The law calls on Oregon schools to hold students accountable for achieving higher standards on classroom assignments and other activities as well as traditional tests. Expectations are that students will meet these standards at or around these grade levels. However, not all students will be development ally ready to meet the new standards at these check points.
Students learn at different rates and have different levels of readiness.
Students who don't meet the benchmarks won't be held back but will be given additional support as appropriate. Earning a CIM is not required for graduation but represents the achievement of higher standards. These tests are progress check points. Even if some students don't pass, they won't be held back just because their test scores don't meet the new standards. They'll continue to work toward these standards.