Backfill Proficiency
Credit may be awarded for a course that a student has failed, and for which the student successfully completes the next higher-level course in a sequence that includes a natural progression of the state learning standards from the previous course. This also applies to courses in which a student did not earn credit for the 1st term of a year-long course, but did earn credit for the 2nd term.
Mastery-based credit is available in the courses list below if the student achieves a C or higher grade in the next-higher level course taking during the regular school year. The list below will be reviewed and updated annually by a committee led by the superintendent's designee, to include staff with content-specific expertise.
Following each grade reporting period, student grades will be analyzed from the previous 12 months by a central office team and updated in the student information system to reflect credit earned through backfill proficiency; in most cases the “No Credit” grade from the previous semester will be changed to the grade earned (A, B, or C) from the qualifying class, and documented as a grade change.
For courses not on the list below, a school can elect to process a standard grade change form if a student has demonstrated proficiency in a course they have failed through a subsequent course.
|
Class Needing Backfill ID |
Class Needing Backfill name |
Qualifying Class Name |
Qualifying Class Name |
|
CT3160 |
Culinary Arts 1 |
CT5160 |
Culinary Arts 2 |
|
CT3180 |
Criminal Justice Training 1 |
CT5180 |
Criminal Justice Training 2 |
|
CT3300/FA5502 |
Ceramics 1 |
CT5300/FA5523 |
Ceramics 2 |
|
CT3310/FA3443 |
Visual Art 1 |
CT8310 |
MYP Visual Arts |
|
CT3340/FA3403 |
Photography 1 |
CT5340; FA3423 |
Photography 2 |
|
CT4310/FA4313 |
Video Production |
CT4540/ FA4543 |
Graphic Arts and Multimedia |
|
CT8340 |
MYP Photography 1 |
CT8350 |
MYP Photography 2 |
|
CT3360 |
Animation Academy 1 |
CT5360 |
Digipen Animation Academy 2 |
|
CT3400 |
American Sign Language 1 |
CT5400 |
American Sign Language 2 |
|
CT3510 |
Career Choices 1 |
CT5510 |
Career Choices 2 |
|
CT3760 |
Construction Technology 1 |
CT5760 |
Construction Technology 2 |
|
CT3820 |
Auto Body Technology 1 |
CT5820 |
Auto Body Technology 2 |
|
CT4160.1 |
Culinary Arts, Breakfast |
CT3160; CT5160 |
Culinary Arts 1; Culinary Arts 2 |
|
CT4760 |
Wood Tech |
CT4860 |
Wood Tech 2 |
|
CT5727 |
Computer Science Discoveries |
CT7400 |
AP Computer Science Principles |
|
CT3610 |
DL Career Choices |
CT5530 |
DL Career Choices 2 |
|
CT3100 |
Marketing 1 |
CT5100 CT4150 CT5000 |
Marking 2 Retail Management Sports and Entertainment Marketing |
|
EN3110 |
Beg. Reading & Writing-ELL |
EN2230 |
Intermediate Reading & Writing |
|
EN3280 |
Advanced Language Development |
EN3600, EN3620, EN5600, EN5640 |
Any Lit/Comp Class |
|
EN3600 |
Literature/Composition 1 |
EN3620 |
Literature/Composition 2 |
|
EN3620 |
Literature/Composition 2 |
EN5600 |
Literature/Composition 3 |
|
EN5600 |
Literature/Composition 3 |
EN5640 |
Literature/Composition 4 |
|
FA3100 |
Drama 1 |
FA3120 |
Drama 2 |
|
FA3203 |
Drawing/Painting 1 |
FA3220 |
Drawing/Painting 2 |
|
FA5400 |
Guitar 1 |
FA5420 |
Guitar 2 |
|
MT3100 |
Math - ELL |
MT3500, MT3600 |
Algebra 1 or Geometry |
|
PE5300 |
Fitness Foundations |
PE5600 |
Physical Education |
|
PE5700 |
Weight Training 1 |
PE5720 |
Weight Training 2 |
|
WL3010 |
Spanish 1 |
WL4010 |
Spanish 2 |
|
WL3020 |
French 1 |
WL5020 |
French 2 |
|
WL3050 |
Chinese 1 |
WL4050 |
Chinese 2 |
|
WL3300 |
Spanish For Spanish Speakers 1 |
WL4300 |
Spanish for Spanish Speakers 2 |
|
WL4010 |
Spanish 2 |
WL5010 |
Spanish 3 |
|
WL4020 |
French 2 |
WL5020 |
French 3 |
Highline School District 401
Adopted by the Superintendent 2.22
Revised by the Superintendent: 10.22