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Course Recovery Options for Middle School Students

1. Middle School Course Recovery Program (MSCR)
2. Virtual School

3. Tutoring services before or after school concurrently with the course to be used as
evidence of demonstrating proficiency in skills taught during the previous terms.

4. Benchmark assessments: Florida Standards Quizzes (FSQs) and Unit Standards Assessments
(USAs) for ELA and Mathematics, and Next Generation Standards Quizzes (NGSQs) and
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USAs for Civics and 8 grade science can be used to demonstrate mastery for a marking
period. Winter Diagnostics Reports using the taught standards/benchmarks can be used to
demonstrate mastery of the content of first and/or second quarters.
5. Quarterly Assessments: Students may take a quarterly assessment. Students must
complete with 70 percent proficiency before recovery status is awarded. A quarter grade
of D shall be awarded.

6. Florida Standards Assessment (FSA)/Statewide Science Assessment/Civics EOC: Students
who meet satisfactory performance or earn a Level 3 or higher can receive credit for a
recovered course based on demonstration of grade level skills as indicated by the
statewide standardized assessment score.

7. Florida Standards Alternate Assessment (FSAA): Students who meet satisfactory
performance or earn a Level 3 or higher can receive credit for a recovered course based on
demonstration of grade level skills as indicated by the FSAA score.

ELEMENTARY AND MIDDLE SCHOOL INTERVENTIONS

8.5 Placement Option (Only Students in Grade 8)

Assignment into an 8.5 Program, when available and appropriate, will be at a SDPBC
alternative education high school.
Before being promoted to Grade 9, a student assigned to an 8.5 Program must complete a
program of remediation in the content areas failed during the previous school year. Students
must demonstrate that remediation is complete by earning passing grades on school-based
assessments in the failed content areas. Students will be enrolled in high school credit courses
to complete their middle school promotion requirements.

JumpStart to High School Program

The JumpStart to High School program is for students preparing to start Grade 8 who have
been retained two or more times and are still two or more years behind their original
kindergarten cohort. Students must have successfully completed language arts, mathematics,
science, and social studies for Grade 6 and Grade 7 to be eligible for the program.

The JumpStart to High School Program, when available, will be offered to students and will be
held at a SDPBC assigned high school. Before being promoted to Grade 9, a student assigned
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