Credit by Demonstrated Mastery in Education
Explore the concept of Credit by Demonstrated Mastery (CDM) in education, where students can earn course credits based on their competency, rather than seat time. Learn how CDM works, its policies, and how it can impact students' academic paths. Discover how a student like Sammy navigates CDM for his high school courses.
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The State Board of Education defines mastery as a student s command of course material at a level that demonstrates a deep understanding of the content standards and the ability to apply his or her knowledge of the material student s command of course material at a level that demonstrates a deep understanding of the content standards and the ability to apply his or her knowledge of the material.
Credit by demonstrated mastery is the process by which a school district shall, based upon a body-of-evidence, award a student credit in a particular course without requiring the student to complete classroom instruction for a certain amount of seat time award a student credit in a particular course without requiring the student to complete classroom instruction for a certain amount of seat time.
Section 13 of GCS-M-001 provides the following Credit by Demonstrated Mastery policy: 13. Credit by Demonstrated Mastery
Beginning with the 2014-15 SY to inform placement for the 2015-16 SY, CDM shall be available for all NC students in grades 9-12 for high school courses high school courses school. For Hickory Public Schools, CDM is offered for Math I in the middle schools. (current 6thand 7thgraders) high school courses and in grades 6-8 for high school courses offered in middle
Students may choose to complete the CDM process for any eligible course that is next in the sequence. Affects the students schedules for NEXT school year.
Sammy is a whiz in many core subjects. His family wants him to CDM some of his freshmen level classes such as English I, Math I and Earth Science. Sammy takes but does not pass the exam for Earth Science. In 9th grade, he will sit for that course. Sammy does meet the CDM requirements for Math I and English I so he will jump to Math II and English II during his 9thgrade year.
Johnny is a current 9thgrader enrolled in Math II. He is amazing in math. His family chooses to CDM Math III. He makes the cut score on the exam and passes the artifact. He receives CDM for Math III. Next school year, he can take Math IV while in the 10th grade. This will complete his 4 required maths.
Julie is a history whiz!!! Her family wants her to do the CDM process for American History I. She passes American History I through CDM. In the 11thgrade she can take American History II.
Student/family completes application Meet with school team to discuss application and process Complete Phase I assessment If success, complete Phase II performance based task and present to content team If success, receive credit for course
Complete the application for CDM prior to the due date (February 1) Meet with the school counselors to discuss the long-term benefits/consequences of CDM Contact prospective colleges/universities to see if any admission concerns If planning to be a college athlete, contact NCAA to see if all requirements will still be met Meet all timelines and due dates
The credit for the class will appear on the transcript as a P There will be no honors credit assigned The class will not count in the GPA The student must pass the Phase I assessment on the first try, without receiving instruction in the class If the student does not pass the Phase I assessment, the student must sit for the class the following year
Are some classes excluded in CDM? Yes -CTE classes that are work-based or internships -Performance-based classes -Classes not offered at the school -AP -IB
What score does the student need to have on the exam? - EOC Math I Biology English II - CTE - 93 - Final Exam - 94 Math I > > 264 Biology > > 261 English II > > 165 264 261 165
No CDM receive one opportunity per course to achieve the minimum standards to earn CDM. No. Retesting is not permitted. Students attempting
Pass grade for the course and shall not include the grade in the student s GPA. The course will receive standard weight only. Pass. The school shall not grant a numeric or letter
No many courses as they wish and districts may not impose local limitations. No. Students may earn credit using CDM for as
No No. CDM is only available for standard-level courses
No who wish to accelerate without enrolling in a course No. This policy currently only applies to students
HPS Student Services website will have a link to the DPI website The HPS website will also have this presentation, application, timelines and other information posted. Contact Caroline Lovette or Jennie Lovelace at HHS.
Application due before February 1 of each year for spring testing and scheduling for the next school year Testing completed the last two weeks of February Notification of scores mid-March Phase II performance artifact process mid- March to April
