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  Rapid City Area Schools

Test-Out Program

2009

Test-out sessions are now being set up for students to be enrolled in grades 9-12 during the 2009-2010 school year.  Any student enrolled in the district may test out of courses approved by the South Dakota Department of Education subject to the conditions outlined in Rapid City Area Schools District Code: IHH.

State-Created End of Course exams include: Algebra 1, Geometry, Algebra 2, Geography, and U.S. Government.  Please keep in mind these are full-year course exams and are taken on-line facilitated by Rapid City Area Schools.

Rapid City Area Schools will also be offering Information and Communication Technology (formerly: Computer Studies) I, German 1, German 2, Spanish 1, Civics, English 9, English 10, and Personal Finance test out exams.  The Information and Communication Technology 1 exam is a combination of hands-on computer skills and paper/pencil; Civics, and Personal Finance exams are paper/pencil.  These are semester courses and .5 credit will be awarded if the student successfully challenges the course.  German 1, German 2, Spanish 1, English 9 and English 10 are paper/pencil exam.  These are full-year courses and 1.0 credit will be awarded if the student successfully challenges the course.

The tests are comprehensive and assess factual knowledge as well as process and performance skills appropriate to the subject.  Test pre-registration will be coordinated through the Office of Student Achievement.  Pre-registration will be done between Thursday, May 14 – Friday, May 29.  YOU MUST BE REGISTERED BY FRIDAY, MAY 29, 2009, 5:00PM.  No registrations will be accepted after that date.  Walk-ins will not be allowed the day of the tests.  There is no cost to the student to challenge a course.

Students will be allowed to challenge a specific course only once.  A score of 85 percent or better will successfully challenge a course and a credit will be awarded.  Successfully challenged courses will be recorded as a pass on official student transcripts and will not affect the student’s official grade point average.  Attached is District Code: IHH outlining the procedure to obtain a letter grade for scholarship purposes.  The letter grade will not affect the student official grade point average and class ranking per South Dakota Department of Education.

Special Notice to Middle School Students and Parents:

Middle school students (grades 6th through 8th) who have completed a high school course must additionally take the appropriate end-of-course exam and score an 80% or better for credit.  The grade from the course (not the exam) will then be recorded as a letter grade on their high school transcript and calculated into the student’s grade point average (GPA).  This must be completed before the student enters the 9th grade.


Please complete online form, submit through the website; or download, fill-out, and hand-deliver, mail or fax to:

Rapid City Area School District

Office of Student Achievement
300 6th Street
Rapid City, SD  57701

Phone: (605)394-4037

Fax: (605)394-4062

Registration Form

 

 

 

  

Dates

Subject

Location

Time

June 9

Algebra 1

Rapid City Academy*

4:00 – 6:00 PM

 

Geometry

Jefferson Building

 

 

Algebra 2

 

 

 

Geography

 

 

 

U.S. Government

 

 

 

Information & Communication Technology 1

(formerly Computer Studies 1)

 

 

 

German 1

 

 

 

German 2

 

 

 

Spanish 1

 

 

 

Civics

 

 

 

English 9

 

 

 

English 10

 

 

 

Personal Finance

 

 

 

Dates

Subject

Location

Time

June 10

Algebra 1

Rapid City Academy*

9:00 – 11:00 AM

 

Geometry

Jefferson Building

 

 

Algebra 2

 

 

 

Geography

 

 

 

U.S. Government

 

 

 

Information & Communication Technology 1

(formerly Computer Studies 1)

 

 

 

German 1

 

 

 

German 2

 

 

 

Spanish 1

 

 

 

Civics

 

 

 

English 9

 

 

 

English 10

 

 

 

Personal Finance

 

 

Addresses:

Rapid City Academy, Jefferson Building, 21 St. Joseph Street, Rapid City

Study Guides:
State Created Exam Blueprints located at the following website:

http://doe.sd.gov/octa/assessment/EOC/index.asp
Guidelines for Calculator Use
Formula Sheets and Periodic Table
English 9 Test Out Requirements
English 10 Test Out Requirements

SD State Content Standards

Rapid City Area Schools Created Exam Blueprints:

Civics
English 9
English 10
German 1
German 2
Information & Communication Technology 1
Personal Finance
Spanish 1