W. Va. Code R. § 133-23-3

Current through Register Vol. XLI, No. 50, December 13, 2024

Section 133-23-3 - Definitions

3.1. ACT and SAT are college admission tests that are designed to assess academic readiness.

3.2. Conditional admission is the admission of an undergraduate student who does not meet the requirements for regular admission as outlined in section 4 of this rule.

3.3. Continual enrollment is a term that describes student enrollment in consecutive semesters, excluding summer terms.

3.4. Co-requisite courses are credit-bearing courses that provide aligned academic support for basic and required English or mathematics courses. These co-requisite course(s) are a required component of the academic course(s). Co-requisite courses are designed for students who do not meet admission requirements for a required mathematics or English course. In these co-requisite courses, the content is the same as the traditional credit-bearing course, but students are obligated to attend and participate in the academic support programs provided. Student attendance and participation is required to successfully complete the course.

3.5. A diploma is formal documentation and recognition that a student has satisfactorily completed the graduation requirements of a secondary school.

3.6. A high school equivalency diploma is a diploma issued by a state department of education based upon a satisfactory score earned on a nationally recognized test.

3.7. Grade point average (GPA) is the cumulative high school grade point average based on a 4.0 scale.

3.8. International Baccalaureate Diploma Program (IB) means a comprehensive two-year international curriculum designed as a rigorous pre-university course of study that leads to examinations. An institution, at its discretion, may award college credit to students for successful completion of IB courses and examinations.

3.9. Academic support programs include, but are not limited to, modular course delivery; summer boot camps; extra class sessions; accelerated learning program (ALP) model; supplemental instruction; additional lab instruction; tutoring; and/or other instructional strategies which provide additional in-class or outside-class assistance and monitoring of student progress beyond that usually associated with entry-level college credit courses.

3.10. Remedial education is a learning process that occurs after the initial, primary instruction of a subject where the learner is deficient in a particular subject or area. Such courses shall be co-requisite delivery for college-level credit-bearing courses.

3.11. Multiple measures are the use of more than one assessment measure to assess a student's abilities. Under a multiple measures approach, standardized testing is no longer the primary means of assessing if a student is prepared for college-level coursework.

3.12. Chancellor means the chancellor of higher education as defined in W. Va. Code § 18B-1-2 or his or her designee.

3.13. Secondary school or high school includes traditional public or private high school, charter school, home school, learning pod, microschool, or other educational program authorized by the Legislature that encompasses education commonly received in grades 9 through 12.

W. Va. Code R. § 133-23-3