Missouri Code of State Regulations
Title 5 - DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Division 20 - Division of Learning Services
Chapter 100 - Office of Quality Schools
Section 5 CSR 20-100.185 - Show-Me Success Diploma Program
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, March 15, 2024
PURPOSE: This rule outlines the criteria for the Show-Me Success Diploma, an alternative pathway to graduation for high school students that may be earned at any point between the end of the student's tenth-grade year and the conclusion of the student's twelfth-grade year as outlined in section 160.560, RSMo.
(1) Definitions.
(2) Local education agencies (LEAs) may provide a course of study for a Show-Me Success Diploma. The course of study must include all graduation requirements required by state law.
(3) For LEAs to count a Show-Me Success Diploma graduate in their attendance data for state aid purposes, the LEA must-
(4) LEAs who elect to offer a Show-Me Success Diploma Program must demonstrate that its program graduates have the skills and knowledge necessary to be successful in college-level courses offered by community colleges in this state that count toward a degree or certificate.
Measure |
English |
Mathematics |
Science |
Required End-of-Course (EOC) |
Proficient/ Advanced English II |
Proficient/ Advanced Algebra I or other required assessment |
Proficient/ Advanced Biology |
Course Grade |
Earn a B or better in English II or higher level course |
Earn a B or better in Algebra I or higher level course |
Earn a B or better in Biology or higher level course |
and;
Assessment |
English Score |
Mathematics Score |
Accuplacer® |
92 Sentence Skills and 85 Reading |
114 Arithmetic 116 Elementary Algebra |
ACT® |
18 |
22 |
Asset® |
41 |
23 |
SAT® |
430 |
510 |