Certificate of Initial Mastery Requirements

Draft 581-022-1110

Certificate of Initial Mastery Requirements

(1) Each district school board shall award a Certificate of Initial Mastery (CIM) to students who:

(a) Achieve all [grade 10] CIM level performance standards in the academic content standard areas of English, mathematics, and science, [and the social sciences,] and additional local district CIM requirements, if any, as defined by district school board policy[; and

(b) Demonstrate proficiency in the areas of second language, the arts, and physical education based on performance standards as defined in district school board policy].

(2) School districts shall ensure that students have the opportunity to demonstrate the ability to learn, think, retrieve information, use technology and work effectively as individuals, and as individuals in groups.

[(3) Requirements for the CIM will be implemented according to the following schedule for implementation of the state performance standards for student achievement on the state assessment system in English, mathematics, science and social science, and local district performance standards in the arts, second language and physical education:

(a) 1998-1999 -- English, mathematics;

(b) 1999-2000 -- English, mathematics, science;

(d) 2001-2002 -- English, mathematics, science, the arts;

(e) 2002-2003 -- English, mathematics, science, the arts, second language;

(f) 2003-2004 -- English, mathematics, science, the arts, second language, social science, physical education.]

[(4)] (3) School districts shall administer all state assessments that are offered in English, mathematics, and science at grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and high school. School districts may administer state assessments in social sciences.

[(5)] (4) School districts shall offer additional services or alternative public education options to students who do not meet the standards or who exceed all of the standards at any benchmark level. If after one year, the student, for whom such services or options were made available, has not yet met all standards, the school district, with the consent of the parents, shall make an appropriate placement as described in ORS 329.485(5).

[(6)] (5) School districts shall award an alternative certificate specifying benchmarks and standards achieved to those students who, having received appropriate additional services and for whom alternative learning options were made available, do not meet the standards required for the CIM.

[(7)] (6) School districts that have been granted timeline waivers under OAR 581-022-1920 must document both on awarded CIM certificates and student's records, the requirements that have been waived.

[(8)] (7) Each school district board is authorized to grant individual students a waiver in accordance with ORS 329.487. Students receiving such a waiver may receive a CIM if all non-waived requirements are met. Districts must document both on awarded CIM certificates and in the students' records the requirements that have been waived.

Stat. Auth.: ORS 326.051
Stats. Implemented: ORS 329.075, 329.465 & 329.485
Hist.: EB 2-1997, f. & cert. ef. 3-27-97; ODE 15-2001(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 7-13-01 thru 1-2-02; ODE 29-2001, f. & cert. ef. 12-20-01; ODE 17-2002, f. & cert. ef. 6-10-02; ODE 5-2005(Temp), f. & cert. ef. 3-15-05 thru 9-1-05, Administrative correction 9-21-05; ODE 5-2006, f. & cert. ef. 2-14-06