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Democracy and Active Citizenship Project
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__Problem Statement:__
**// Problem Statement //** Public schools should not follow this new three-tiered diplomacy and keep the old diplomacy that has suited the schools of Rhode Island in the past. This new diplomacy will make standardized testing like NECAP high-stakes, which will create a problem for those students that are graduating from the high schools because some students have not been taught aspects of the NECAP that maybe others have learned. If we do not address this issue, student’s graduation will be dependent on proficient grading on a test that has information that they had never learned. By creating a new test to focus on the individual student, we can actually see what the student is capable of and if they have improved on a subject. This will help them get a better grade on the test, and this will increase the amount of students that graduate.

__Bill or Policy:__
__Rhode Island Department of Education__ Committee: Principal Author:

Bill No: Delegation:

Title of Bill: Three-Tiered Diploma Change

Be It Enacted by the Rhode Island Department of Education Preamble: Whereas a three-tiered diploma system is supported by the Department of Education they do not feel the effect of the new diploma system nor have they gotten the opinions of the students it does affect. Poor publication of the new system has blindsided the class of 2012 who will be the first affected, the system was put in place after the class of 2012 has already taken the NECAPS, which they felt unprepared for.

Section 1: Keep the current diploma system and keep the NECAP as just a graduation requirement

Section 2: Keep the graduation requirements a senior project and paper, junior e-portfolio and being partially proficient on NECAP

Section 3: More readily prepare student for the NECAP, have NECAP prep classes available, and hand out study materials

Section 4: The bill shall go into effect in 100 days.

__Direct Action Plan:__
Three Tiered Diploma System · Hand out NECAP like tests to adults and explain to them that this ** one ** test will determine what diploma their kids will get · Have the parents and adults take the test, with their kids, so they can see how their children do not understand the material on the test · <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Show the parents and adults which diploma they would have gotten based on this new system

__Public Service Announcement:__
<span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">REMINDER: Dialogues for Democracy will be held at 7:00 PM Wednesday January 12th in the High School Cafeteria. You are required to be there.

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