Students may gain course credit through two alternative methods:
Summer School – Students may enroll in summer school and retake a course. The FSG from summer school will be accepted as reported and calculated into the student’s cumulative GPA.
Repeating Out – Repeating out for one semester to earn a full year credit in a course in which the student has completed the required seat time. The student may repeat either the 1st or 2nd semester. The student is required to retake the midterm or final exam at the end of the 1st or 2nd semester. A student may use the repeat-out option no more than twice in a given school year.
As preparation for retaking a Regents exam or because of interest in a particular subject, a student may audit a course with the approval of his/her counselor, parent, principal, and teacher of the course. All courses that are audited will be graded on a Pass/Fail scale (all grades greater than or equal to 65% will receive an FSG of “pass”). Course credit cannot be earned in a course that is audited. Students must request to audit a course by the second Friday in July.
Students may test out of up to 6 Regents level courses by meeting the requirements of 100.5 of the Commissioner’s Regulations for Diploma Requirements. For all courses that a student tests out of, he or she must score at least an 85% on the Regents exam or a 3 or higher on a state approved AP exam and successfully complete a project issued by a content area teacher. The project must be completed two days before the date of the Regents exam. The score, if greater than or equal to 85%, will be recorded on the student’s transcript as their FSG for the course and will be used in the calculation of the students cumulative average. The conversion chart for AP scores to a numerical average are as follows:
AP Score
Numerical Grade Appearing on Transcript
5
100
4
95
3
85
In courses where there are no Regents or other state-developed or state-approved assessment as outlined in the Commissioner’s Regulations, Clinton High School allows testing out for placement purposes with no course credit. This option may not be used in required courses. Students will be required to complete a project and receive an 85% or higher grade on the final exam to be placed in the next level course.
