Regular Diploma

provided when reporting any diploma level except Certificate of Completion (IEP program Completed), Course Completion, or Alternate Diploma 

Certificate of Completion

provided when reporting diploma level Certificate of Completion (IEP program Completed)

Certificate of Attendance

provided when reporting diploma level Course Completion

Alternate Diploma

provided when reporting Alternate Diploma

01

General (Passed GQE or met Graduation Pathway)

02

Core 40 with Academic Honors (Passed GQE or met Graduation Pathway)

03

Core 40 only (Passed GQE or met Graduation Pathway)

04

General (Evidence-based waiver)

06

Certificate of Completion (IEP program Completed)

07

Course Completion

09

Core 40 with Technical Honors (Passed GQE or met Graduation Pathway)

11

General (Work Readiness Waiver) NO LONGER VALID DIPLOMA LEVEL FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2023 COHORT AND BEYOND

12

International Baccalaureate Diploma

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Core 40 Only (Evidence-based waiver or Waiver from Postsecondary Readiness Competency Requirements for Graduation Pathways)

14

Core 40 with Academic Honors (Evidence-based waiver) NO LONGER VALID DIPLOMA LEVEL FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2023 COHORT AND BEYOND

15

Core 40 with Technical Honors (Evidence-based waiver) NO LONGER VALID DIPLOMA LEVEL FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2023 COHORT AND BEYOND

16

Core 40 with Academic and Technical Honors (Passed GQE or met Graduation Pathway)

18

Core 40 with Academic and Technical Honors (Evidence-based waiver) NO LONGER VALID DIPLOMA LEVEL FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2023 COHORT AND BEYOND

19

Core 40 Only (Work-Readiness Waiver) NO LONGER VALID DIPLOMA LEVEL FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2023 COHORT AND BEYOND

20

Core 40 with Academic Honors (Work-Readiness Waiver) NO LONGER VALID DIPLOMA LEVEL FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2023 COHORT AND BEYOND

21

Core 40 with Technical Honors (Work-Readiness Waiver) NO LONGER VALID DIPLOMA LEVEL FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2023 COHORT AND BEYOND

22

Core 40 with Academic & Technical Honors (Work-Readiness Waiver) NO LONGER VALID DIPLOMA LEVEL FOR STUDENTS IDENTIFIED IN THE 2023 COHORT AND BEYOND

23

Alternate Diploma

Descriptor

Definition

Project-Based Learning Experience

 Project-based learning allows students to gain knowledge and skills by working for an extended period of time to investigate and respond to an authentic, engaging and complex question, problem, or challenge. The project is framed by a meaningful problem to solve or a question to answer, at the appropriate level of challenge. Students engage in a rigorous, extended process of asking questions, finding resources, and applying information. Students often make their project work public by explaining, displaying and/or presenting it to people beyond the classroom.

Service-Based Learning Experience

Service-based learning integrates meaningful service to enrich and apply academic knowledge, teach civic and personal responsibility (and other employability skills), and strengthen communities. SBL can be classified by three core indicators: 1. Integrating academic study with service experience; 2. Reflecting larger social, economic, and societal issues; and 3. Collaborative efforts between students, schools, and community partners.

Work-Based Learning Experience

Work-based learning (WBL) is a strategy to reinforce academic, technical, and social skills learned in the classroom through collaborative activities with employer partners. Work-based learning experiences allow students to apply classroom theories to practical problems, to explore career options, and pursue personal and professional goals.

WBL includes activities that occur in workplaces and involve an employer assigning a student meaningful job tasks to develop his or her skills, knowledge, and readiness for work. It supports entry or advancement in any particular career field and can serve as the culminating course or event in a student’s chosen career pathway. Through WBL, students have the opportunity to apply the concepts, skills, and dispositions learned in previous coursework in real world business or industry settings.