Orange County Public Schools

NEW FLORIDA STANDARDS

 Beginning in 2014-2015, all Access Courses in ELA and Math will include Florida Standards Access Points.

The current NGSSS Access Points for Science and Social Studies will continue to be implemented in Science and Social Studies courses. For more information about the upcoming changes, please see the following informative documents below:

• College and Career Readiness: What it means for students who take the Alternate Assessment

  • NCSC Discussion of College and Career Readiness for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities 9-10-13 PDF-A description of what “college and career readiness" means for students with significant cognitive disabilities and why a “college and career ready” education is important for success in the community.

  • NCSC Summary of Policy Paper on College and Career Readiness for Students with Significant Cognitive Disabilities 1-6-14 PDF- A detailed summary of the NCSC Policy Paper on College and Career Readiness (CCR) for students with significant cognitive disabilities, which includes recommendations about the elements of CCR that can be assessed and other important predictors of positive post-school outcomes.

• Student Communication Skills

  • NCSC Commitment to Students' Communicative Competence 9-10-13 PDF- A discussion of the importance of effective communication for students with significant cognitive disabilities and an explanation of why it is the foundation for the NCSC's comprehensive model of curriculum, instruction and assessment

*The FLDOE has renamed the new Florida Standards Access Points. In some documentation you may see the term "Core Content Connector" or "CCC." These terms describe access to the new Florida Standards for students with a significant cognitive disability.   

Many more helpful resources available at the ACCESS Weebly.