Graduation Requirements The following requirements for graduation are for students who enter ninth grade in 1998-99 and later. |
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1. Visual and Performing Arts courses are offered in the following areas: Art, Dance, Drama and Music. 2. Career and Technical Education courses are offered in the Career and Technical Education areas: Business/Technology Education, Family and Consumer Sciences and Industrial Technology Education. ** ARIZONA INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE STANDARDS (AIMS) All students must take the AIMS test as directed by the State Board of Education. Passing the AIMS test as a graduation requirement will be in effect beginning with the graduating class of 2006. (Further details are on page VII .) |
 AIMS - AIMS is the Arizona's Instrument to Measure Standards for high school students. The AIMS HS (High School) is a criterion -referenced test with questions developed by Arizona educators and based on the Arizona Academic Standards. It is an assessment of three content areas: writing, reading, and mathematics. It is administered in Arizona public schools each spring to Grade 10 students. It is again administered in the fall and spring to Arizona public school students in Grades 11 or 12. Passing all 3 of the AIMS TESTS is a requirement for graduation. |