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Add new element: Course Level Approval
Author(s) Chelsea Waite
Authoring Organization(s) Christensen Institute
Email address [email protected]
Use Case Title Add new element: Course Level Approval
Target Date Needed Fall 2020
Use Case Description Course Level Approval Indicator (NEW) Definition: An indicator that student participation in the course is based on school or program developed requirements for the course level characteristic.
Usage Note: This element is used in conjunction with Course Level Characteristic.
Option set:
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Yes | School or program developed requirements for the course level characteristic determine eligibility for student participation.
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No | There are no school or program developed requirements for the course level characteristic. All students are eligible for participation.
Use Case Background This need was identified through the Canopy project led by the Clayton Christensen Institute.
We propose adding a new element: Course Level Approval Indicator. Many schools are taking steps to extend courses traditionally reserved for students meeting specific eligibility requirements, so that any student may take advantage of them. The addition of the Course Level Approval Indicator element will allow schools to specify whether these courses are offered to all students, or a subset who meet the eligibility criteria.
We also recommend adding Course Level Characteristic to the K12 -> K12 School -> Directory so that the two elements can work in tandem at the school level.
Location of Element in the Domain Entity Schema Recommend: Adult Education -> Course Section -> Course Career and Technical -> Course Career and Technical -> Course Section -> Course K12 -> Course Section -> Course K12 -> K12 Course K12 -> K12 School -> Directory
Is this the same as the course having prerequisite(s)? Or more about students' skill/knowledge level or performance?
More to do with skill/knowledge level and performance. In our research the concept was surfaced because some schools are working to dismantle their tracking systems (for example, eliminating barriers to enrollment in AP or Honors classes which previously may have required a high grade average or teacher recommendation). See for reference: http://www.ascd.org/publications/books/108013/chapters/What-Tracking-Is-and-How-to-Start-Dismantling-It.aspx
On Tue, Apr 28, 2020 at 10:11 AM Doris Mann [email protected] wrote:
Is this the same as the course having prerequisite(s)? Or more about students' skill/knowledge level or performance?
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-- Chelsea Waite Research Fellow, Education Clayton Christensen Institute Cell: 508.686.1256 www.christenseninstitute.org
New research: Building collective knowledge on school innovation through the Canopy project http://bit.ly/thecanopyproject.
Proposed Solution for Issue #37:
Proposed New Element Course Level Approval_37.docx
The attached document is the proposed solution for this use case. As a community, please review. If no objections exist for the proposed solution, it will be approved as part of the CEDS standard 60 days following the announcement of this proposal as outlined in the OSC Use Case Rubrics/Process (The OSC Use Case Rubrics/Process can be found here: https://github.com/CEDStandards/CEDS-Elements/tree/master/doc).
