Liberty High School - WASL Graduation Requirement (updated 9/20/07)

Junior and Senior Parents whose child has not met standard: As you know, this senior class, (Class of 2008) is the first class that needs to pass the WASL. Information about graduation requirements and WASL is very fluid and changing from the State as seniors across the state approach graduation.

If your junior or senior student has not passed the WASL, the following scores can be substituted and used in lieu of the WASL score for graduation:

Math:

• SAT: Math score of 470 or higher
• ACT: Math score of 19 or higher
• AP Calculus or AP Stats: Score of 3 or higher
• PSAT Math score of 47 or higher. Registration deadline for this years PSAT is Weds., Sept. 26, 2007. More...

Reading:

• AP English: score of 3 or higher on language and composition test
• SAT and ACT scores, the state will identify the score by December 1, 2007

Writing:

• AP English: score of 3 or higher on language and composition test
• AP US History score of 3 or higher
• AP World History score of 3 or higher
• SAT and ACT scores, the state will identify the score by December 1, 2007

If your student has an IEP, please discuss this with your student's case manager. Some special education students will be working towards a Certificate of Individual Achievement (CIA).

FYI: Some people may think that the Math WASL does not matter....well it still does

• If your junior or senior student has not passed the Math WASL, they still need to take it each year or meet one of the scores listed above under the math section.
• They also need to be in enrolled in a math class that is next in the math sequence or an alternative math course approved by the school.
• In order to graduate, students are still required to pass the Reading and Writing WASL tests by the end of their senior year.