{"id":1506,"date":"2014-09-17T10:17:01","date_gmt":"2014-09-17T18:17:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communications.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us\/wpmu\/?p=1506"},"modified":"2014-09-17T10:17:01","modified_gmt":"2014-09-17T18:17:01","slug":"to-attain-a-high-school-diploma-take-a-college-or-career-ready-assessment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kpbsd.org\/schools\/comm-test\/2014\/09\/17\/to-attain-a-high-school-diploma-take-a-college-or-career-ready-assessment\/","title":{"rendered":"To attain a high school diploma: take a College or Career Ready assessment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kenai Peninsula Borough School District \"Print\"<\/a>
\nContact: Pegge Erkeneff, 907.714.8888<\/p>\n

NEWS RELEASE<\/span>
\nCollege and Career Ready Assessments replace HSGQE<\/span><\/h2>\n

Soldotna, September 17, 2014\u2014Students no longer need to take and pass the High School Graduation Qualifying Exam (HSGQE) to earn a high school diploma. In May, 2014, the Alaska State Legislature repealed the HSGQE requirement with the enactment of HB 278.<\/strong>
\nStudents must now take a College or Career Ready Assessment in order to attain a high school diploma.<\/strong> The state determined the career ready assessment will be the WorkKeys job skills assessment system, and the college ready assessment portion will be a choice of either the American College Test (ACT) or Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT).
\nAction by October 15, 2014<\/strong>
\nThe State of Alaska will pay for an eleventh grade student to take one of the three assessments. School counselors or principals will work with KPBSD juniors to support their test choice, and assist them through the registration process prior to October 15, 2015.
\nACT and WorkKeys assessment during the school day<\/strong>
\nKPBSD district high schools will continue to administer WorkKeys, as they have for the past several years. KPBSD high schools will now also administer the ACT during the school day. School day administration of the WorkKeys and ACT at school sites will occur on these dates:
\n\u2022 WorkKeys assessments will be administered at schools during a testing window from November 10, 2014, to February 13, 2015
\n\u2022 ACT testing will occur at schools on Tuesday, March 3, 2015, with a make-up date of Tuesday, March 31, 2015
\nSAT assessment testing<\/strong>
\nStudents can choose to take the SAT at a SAT approved national test center, and it will be paid with a state voucher. The SAT voucher administration will be on Saturday, January 24, 2015. These approved national testing centers will administer SAT and ACT:
\n\u2022 Kenai Peninsula College (both SAT and ACT)
\n\u2022 Seward High School (both SAT and ACT)
\n\u2022 Homer High School (both SAT and ACT)
\n\u2022 Ninilchik High School (SAT only)
\n\u2022 Susan B. English School in Seldovia (SAT only)
\nStudents may continue to take both the SAT and ACT, and take them as many times as they choose at a national test center site. However, the State of Alaska will only pay for one test administration of either the WorkKeys, SAT, or ACT.
\nQuestions?<\/strong>
\nParents and students can contact their school counseling department or school principal.
\nLink<\/strong>
\nHB 278<\/a>
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