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Graduation Pathways Business Rules

SIRS Reporting Deadlines

Cohorts Reported

Cohort year is determined using the First Date of Entry into Grade 9 as reported in SIRS. The 2019 Total Cohort Graduation Rate data includes:

The 4-Year August and 5- and 6-Year cohorts are cumulative.

The 2019 total cohort Graduation Pathways consists of all students, based on last enrollment record as of June 30, 2023, with a First Date of Entry into Grade 9 during the 2019-20 school year (July 1, 2019 – June 30, 2020), regardless of their current grade level.

Regardless of cohort, students are reported in the school and district where they were last enrolled as of the reporting date (4, years after date of first entry in grade 9). The last enrollment record is defined as the regular enrollment record with the most recent beginning date as of the reporting date. Cohort year is determined using the date reported in the First Date of Entry into Grade 9 field in the school year in which the last enrollment record occurred. For more information on cohorts, see Appendix V in the SIRS Manual.

Aggregations

Aggregations are done at five different levels:

If a school shows student data in more than one district:

Closed schools/districts:

Suppression

To ensure student confidentiality, the Department does not publish outcome data for groups with non-zero counts fewer than five (5) students or data that would allow readers to easily determine the performance of a group with enrollment from one to five students. o ensure student confidentiality, the Department does not publish outcome data for groups with non-zero counts fewer than five (5) students or data that would allow readers to easily determine the performance of a group with enrollment from one to five students.

Graduates

Students whose last enrollment record had one of the following exit codes in SIRS:

More information on entry and exit enrollment codes as well as credential codes can be found in the SIRS Manual.

GED (HSE) Students

HSE are not considered graduates and are therefore not included in Pathways reporting.

Economically Disadvantaged

Students are designated as Economically Disadvantaged if they were reported with a 0198 (Poverty – from low income family) program service code in SIRS at any point during the reporting year.

English Language Learners (ELL)

Students are designated ELLs if they were reported with a 0231 (ELL Eligible) program service code in SIRS at any point during the reporting school year.

Gender

Gender of the student being reported, as identified by the student. Beginning in SY 2021-22, nonbinary students are included in cohort outcomes.

Homeless

Students are designated Homeless if they were reported with an 8262 (Homeless Student Status) program service code in SIRS at any point during the reporting school year.

In Foster Care

Students are designated In Foster Care if they were reported with an 8300 (Child in Foster Care) program service code in SIRS at any point during the reporting school year.

Migrant

Students are designated Migrant if they were reported with a 0330 (Title I - Part C: Education of Migratory Children) program service code in SIRS at any point during the reporting school year.

Parent in Armed Forces

Students are designated as Parent in Armed Forces if they were reported with an 8292 (Student with a Parent on Active Duty in the Armed Forces) program service code in SIRS at any point during the reporting school year.

Students with Disabilities (SWD)

Students are designated SWDs if they were reported with any of Type of Disability program service code in SIRS at any point during the reporting school year.

Pathways

All graduates must be reported with an appropriate graduate exit code, diploma code and pathway (COURSE_OF_STUDY) code. A student can only be reported with one Graduation Pathway, regardless of whether they satisfied the criteria for more than one.

The current Graduation Pathways are:

Arts (ARTS) - These are students who satisfied the requirements for a Regents or local diploma by passing a Department Approved Alternative Arts assessment (after the student has been prepared in the associated content) as their +1.

Career Development and Occupational Studies (CDOS) - These are students who satisfied the requirements for a Regents or local diploma by either completing all the components of the CDOS commencement credential option 1 (program) or option 2 (Department Approved CDOS pathway assessment) as their +1. Students who received a stand-alone CDOS credential, a Skills & Achievement certificate, or a HSE diploma do NOT get reported with a CDOS pathway; they are reported with a code of “NONE” (see below).

Career Technical Education (CTE) - These are students who satisfied the requirements for a Regents or local diploma by successfully completing a Department Approved CTE Program and passing an approved CTE Pathway Assessment as their +1.

Civic Readiness (CIVIC)- These are students who satisfied the requirements for a Regents or local diploma by earning a New York State Seal of Civic Readiness as their +1.

Humanities (HUM) - These are students who satisfied the requirements for a Regents or local diploma by passing a second Regents exam in social studies (either Global Studies or U.S. History) and after completing a course in the subject as their +1. This is considered the traditional pathway that most students use to meet the requirement for a local or Regents diploma. Even if the student passed one or more other exams (e.g., in math or science), HUM should be used because that student did not need to take advantage of the flexibility the multiple pathways provide.

Humanities Alternative (HUMALT) - These are students who satisfied the requirements for a Regents or local diploma by passing a Department Approved Alternative assessment in ELA or social studies (after completing a course in the subject) as their +1.

Languages other than English (LOTE) - These are students who satisfied the requirements for a Regents or local diploma by passing a Department Approved pathway assessment in LOTE as their +1.

STEM with a Concentration in Math (STEMMATH) – These are students who satisfied the requirements for a Regents or local diploma by passing a Regents math assessment or a Department Approved Alternative assessment in math (after completing a course in the subject) as their +1.

STEM with a Concentration in Science (STEMSCIENCE) - These are students who satisfied the requirements for a Regents of local diploma by passing a Regents science assessment or a Department Approved Alternative assessment in science (after completing a course in the subject) as their +1.

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