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Overview
Student Learning Plan - The Student Learning Plan (SLP) goal is to provide regular communication to parents about students’ continued academic progress and to assure that students are on track for high school graduation.
Who is required to have a plan?
SLPs must be prepared for all students in 8-12th grade who were not successful on any or all of the content areas of the WASL during the previous year or who may not be on track to graduate due to credit deficiencies or absences. All 5th grade students who were not successful in one or more of the content areas of the 4th grade WASL are required to have a SLP.
SLPs are maintained until the student meets standards on the WASL or WASL retakes.
What must be included?
Grades 5-7: The learning plan will include
- WASL results;
- actions that the school intends to take to improve the student's skills and strategies in any of the content areas in which the student was not successful;
- strategies to help parents improve their child's skills;
- annual adjustments as needed; and
- parent contact.
Grades 8-12: Parents and legal guardians will be notified annually (at least) about the information in the SLP. To the extent possible, the information will be translated into the primary language of the family. The learning plan will include
- WASL results;
- Washington Language Proficiency Test (WLPT) scores, if the student is in a bilingual program;
- credit deficiencies;
- attendance rates over the previous two years;
- progress towards meeting state and local graduation requirements;
- courses, competencies and other steps needed to meet academic standards and stay on track for graduation;
- remediation strategies and alternative education options available to students, including informing them of the option to receive instruction after 12th grade or until they are 21 years old;
- alternative assessment options;
- school district programs, high school courses and career and technical options available for students to meet graduation requirements;
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- available programs offered through skill centers or community and technical colleges.
When do the plans have to be completed?
Plans must be completed within the school year. Although completed plans early in the year would provide more time to help students who do not meet standard on the WASL, the law allows plans to be completed any time within the school year.
What parent/guardian involvement is required?
Parent or legal guardian notification about the SLP will be at least annually, preferably through a parent conference. Progress and plan modifications shall be reported annually to parent/guardian.
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