EOC

End Of Course

Exams

Overview

Entering Freshmen will take End of Course exams

as their exit level tests during the 2011-2012 school

year.

The courses with EOC exams are:

• English 1-111
• Algebra 1-11, Geometry
• Biology, Chemistry, Physics
• World Geography, US History

Cumulative

Scores

Cumulative scores bring up another way exam scores can affect graduation

Let's explain...

Cumulative Scores

The cumulative score is the total of all your EOC scores

in a certain subject. This score must meet or exceed the

standard(as yet undetermined) by the state of Texas.

Which means...

this score, along with the 15 percent tie in to the course grade, can affect whether or not

you walk across the stage and graduate.

However...

if the added score of a student's tests does not meet the standard

then the student must retake one or more of the exams until their

score meets the minimum cumulative score.

Mansfield's Plan

How the exam scores are weighted for your course grade

For more information

visit:

http://www.txetests.com/faqs/index.asp

Recurring Freshmen will continue to take TAKS.

Understanding the new system

Mansfield ISD has developed a system to convert the scale scores of EOC exams into a number score designed to help you.

• If you fail the EOC, no matter by what margin, you will make a 68

• If you pass the EOC you will make a 90

• If you get commended on the EOC you will make a 100

This means if you passed both semesters of a course with at least a 70, but you failed the EOC, you will still pass the course.

[you will average out at a passing 69.4]