Graduation (Virginia)

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The Graduation tool allows districts to track graduation information used in state reporting, AYP (Average Yearly Progress) determinations, and NCLB (No Child Left Behind) report cards. Districts can track when a student first entered ninth grade and calculate their expected graduation date.

The fields listed below are specific to Virginia. See the Graduation article for information on creating or deleting a Graduation record, Tool Rights information, and graduation scenario examples.

State Reporting Graduation Fields

The State Reporting Graduation fields are unique to the state of Virginia. These fields allow districts to enter graduation-specific data for each student in the state of Virginia.The following fields report on the Student Record Collection.

Screenshot of the state reporting graduation fields. State Reporting Graduation Fields

Field	Description	Additional Information
Cert. of Gen. Studies/Assoc. Degree	Indicates a student received a Certificate of General Studies or Associate Degree concurrent with a Standard Diploma.	Database Location: Graduation.certOfDegree Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Graduation elements > graduation.certOfDegree
Computer Science/World lang	Indicates that Computer Science substitutes for World Language as a graduation requirement.	Database Location: Graduation.compSciLang Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Graduation elements > graduation.compSciLang
Early College/Commonwealth Scholar	A state assigned code to identify students who are participating in the Governor's Early College Scholar Program. Only students in grades 09, 10, 11, 12, and TT report. 1: Student has completed the Early College Scholar program agreement 2: Earned Governor's Early Scholar Cert. 3: Commonwealth Scholar Program 4: Early College & Commonwealth Scholar Certificate 5: Participating Early College & Commonwealth Scholar Prgrms 6: Earned Commonwealth Scholar Medallion	Database Location: Graduation.scholarship Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Graduation elements > graduation.scholarship
GED Program	Indicates that the student is enrolled in a program leading to a GED. 1: GED 2: ISAEP	Database Location: Graduation.alternateGradCertificate Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Graduation elements > graduation.alternateGradCertificate
Post Secondary Attainment Code	Options include: 1: Associate's Degree 2: Uniform Certificate of General Studies 3: Passport	Database Location: Graduation.postSecondaryAttainmentCode Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Graduation elements > graduation.postSecondaryAttainmentCode
Course in Two Parts	Indicates a student used credit accommodations as outlined in their IEP to obtain a Standard Diploma.	Database Location: Graduation.creditAccommodation Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Graduation elements > graduation.creditAccommodation
Expanded Score Range for Retake	Indicates the student received a credit accommodation of Expanded Score Range for Retake.	Database Location: Graduation.expandedTestScore Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Graduation elements > graduation.expandedTestScore
Subs for Economics/Finance	Indicates the student received credit accommodation of Subs for Economics/Finance.	Database Location: Graduation.economicsMet Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > Graduation elements > graduation.economicsMet

State Seal Information

The State Seal Information section allows you to add State Seal records to a student's graduation record.

Screenshot of the state seal information fields. State Seal Information

Field	Description	Additional Information	Report(s)
State Seal Required	Identifies the type of State Seal earned upon graduation to be placed on a student's transcript. Values available in the dropdown display in a locked Attribute Dictionary (Attribute Dictionary > Graduation Seal > State Seal). 1: Governors Seal 2: Board of Education Seal 3: Board of Education-CTE Seal 5: BE-Excellence in Civics Education 6: Board of Education-Biliteracy 7: Board of Education Seal STEM 8: Board of Education Seal for Excellence in Science and the Environment	Database Location: GraduationSeal.stateSeal Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > GraduationElements > Graduation Seal > graduationSeal.stateSeal	Student Record Collection
Date Earned	The date the student earned the State Seal.	Database Location: GraduationSeal.earnedDate Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > GraduationElements > Graduation Seal > graduationSeal.earnedDate	N/A
Method	The manner by which a student earned a state seal on their diploma. Values available in the dropdown display in a locked Attribute Dictionary (Attribute Dictionary > Graduation Seal > Method). ST: Self-Taught OL: Online CL: Classroom	Database Location: GraduationSeal.method Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > GraduationElements > Graduation Seal > graduationSeal.method	N/A
Proficiency Date	The date on which the student was considered proficient in the value entered in the Language field so they are eligible to earn a state seal upon meeting additional graduation requirements.	Database Location: GraduationSeal.proficiencyDate Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > GraduationElements > Graduation Seal > graduationSeal.proficiencyDate	N/A
Language	The language in which the student earned state recognition.	Database Location: GraduationSeal.language Ad hoc Inquiries: Student > Learner > GraduationElements > Graduation Seal > graduationSeal.language	N/A

State Reporting Graduation Fields

State Seal Information

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