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WorksheetsAVID Texas Graduation Toolkit
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 54mins
A 4 Year college degree
Associates
Bachelors
Masters
Doctorate
Achieving personal and academic goals is an easy process that happens overnight.
True
False
Everyone has strengths and skills that can help us be college and career ready.
True
False
students who graduate without an endorsement have the same opportunities as students who graduate with an endorsement.
True
False
Mary is interested in pursuing coursework in the Government and Public Administration career cluster. Which endorsement would be best for Mary?
STEM
Public Service
Multidisciplinary Studies
Business and Industry
Arts and Sciences
students must graduate with the Distinguished Level of Achievement degree plan to be eligible for automatic admission into qualifying Texas colleges and universities.
True
False
Which graduation pathways can I choose from?
STEM
Business and Industry
Public Service
Arts and Humanities
Multidisciplinary
Which is an example of a career in the Stem pathway?
Art teacher
Computer Science
Construction
Lawyer
Which of these is NOT an example of a Public Service career?
Nursing
Law Enforcement
Teaching
Music
How many endorsement areas are there?
5
6
16
136
How many credits do you need to graduate from high school in Texas
22
26
24
28
English, Math, Science, History
credit
electives
diploma
core classes
A certificate that shows you have completed High School successfully. In Texas, you are required to complete 26 credits and pass 4 end of course tests
degree
diploma
credits
graduation
Classes that you can take which grant both high school and college credit.
labs
core classes
electives
dual credit
Grade Point Average - a calculated average of all your grades in all classes based on either a 4.0 or 15.0
sliding scale
credits
GPA
transcript
A 2 year college degree
masters
doctorate
associates
bachelors
A plan that shows all the classes you will take during your 4 years of high school that will allow you to graduate on tine.
2 yr college
4 yr college
4 yr plan
AP courses
One UNIT of coursework .Example : a year long class like English 1 is ONE credit.a semester long class like Heath is 1/2 credit. You need 26 to graduate from High School.
credit
diploma
required course
GPA
Name this show
The Magic School Bus
Ms. Frizzle and the 5th Graders
Recess
Animaniacs
what cartoon is this
The Flintstones
Looney Tunes
Rocky and His Friends
Scooby-Doo
what Pokémon is this?
bulbasaur
weedle
Pikachu
charmander
includes courses, programs, assessments, services, and supports that provide opportunities for students to demonstrate college and career readiness and earn postsecondary credit.
Advanced Academics
Course Credit
CTE completer
CTE concentrator
College-level coursework designed by the College Board that provides students the potential to earn college credit with a qualifying score on an AP exam
dual credit
advanced placement
end of course exam
endorsement
a unit of measure awarded for successful completion of a course
advanced placement
advanced academics
course credit
dual credit
A student who completes, passes, and receives credit for three or more CTE courses for at least four or more credits (course selection must include at least one level three or level four-course).
cte concentrator
dual credit
endorsements
cte completer
A student who completes, passes, and receives credit for two more CTE courses for at least two credits within the same CTE Program of Study.
cte concentrator
cte completer
distinguished student
endorsements
high level of academic achievement earned by going beyond the Foundation High School Program. It requires completion of a total of 26-course credits, including Algebra II, four credits in both math and science, and an endorsement. A student must earn this designation to be eligible for Top 10 percent automatic admission to a Texas public college or university.
honors students
foundation HS plan
distinguished level of achievement
dual credit classes
Dual credit is a process by which a high school student enrolls in a college course and receives simultaneous academic credit for the course from both the college and the high school.
endorsement
end of course exam
dual credit
advanced placement
State-mandated tests given during the final weeks of a high school course. There are five EOC exams required to earn a diploma from a Texas public high school. The five exams are given when a student completes English I and II, Biology, Algebra I, and U.S. History
dual credit
advanced placement
cte concentrator
end of course exam
areas of specialized study. The areas include science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM); business and industry; arts and humanities; public services; and multidisciplinary studies,
end of course exam
foundation high school plan
endorsements
dual credit
The basic 22-credit graduation program for Texas public school students.
foundation high school program
distinguished high school program
industry based certification
performance program
A certification is a validation that an individual possesses certain skills, usually related to an occupation and measured against a set of accepted standards. An occupation may have multiple certifications, with different levels of expertise. An individual earns a certification by successfully passing a test or battery of tests
honors certificate
distinguished hs plan
industry based certification
hs diploma
Students may earn an additional acknowledgment on their transcripts for outstanding performance in areas such as dual credit courses bilingualism and biliteracy; and AP, IB, PSAT, ACT ASPIRE®, SAT, or ACT exams or by earning a state-, nationally-, or internationally-recognized business or industry certification or license.
pro performance acknowledgements
programs of study
performance certifications
performance acknowledgements
State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness is the state-mandated test given annually to students in grades 3-8 and at the end of five high school courses.
STAR
STAAR
STTAR
STARR
Bob
what tv show is this?
jerry and tom
mouse and cat
tom and jerry
