International Transcript
Evaluation Effect on Graduation
Rates for Immigrant and Refugee
Students
Presented By: Phoenicia Grant
Counselor /International Transcript Evaluator
DeKalb International Welcome Center
DeKalb County School District
Icebreaker
Overview
DCSD Demographics
11% of DCSD
20% of
DCSD
Data: Concern & Population
68
%
32
%
55
%
63
%
79
%
81
%
78
%
76
%
79
%
Graduation Rates
2008-09
National
2009-10
Georgia
2010-11
DCSD Els
38% of DCSD ELs graduated
in 2011-12
43% of DCSD ELs graduated
in 2012-13
DIWC
Registration
Gray
Client logged in
Red
Client left
Pink
Final placement completed
Turquoise
Pre-Placement Complete/Ready for
Testing
Green
Registration Complete
Blue
Student is Testing
Yellow
Testing complete/
Ready for Final Placement
EL Programs in DCSD
W-APT CPL 1.0
– 1.9: Intensive
English
W-APT CPL 2.0
– 4.9: ESOL
Services
W-APT CPL ≥
5.0: NO ESOL
Services
LAB Program
13-20yr w/
≤ 6yrs of education
7th Grade Lab
W-RAT Score
≤ 3.0
8th Grade Lab
W-RAT Score
3.1- 5.0
Immigrant Parent Experiences with
the School System
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4CQ61S10QrM
International Educational
Systems
Country Categorization Chart
Central American
Educational System
Honduras
Guatemala
El Salvador
Nicaragua
French
Educational
System
Ivory Coast
Republic of
Congo
Haiti
Mali
Senegal
Togo
UK Educational
System
Ghana
India
Myanmar
(Burma)
Nigeria
Singapore
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Bahamas
Australia
Cameroon
Cyprus
Gambia
Uganda
Ghana
Tanzania
England
Jamaica
South Africa
Guyana
Kenya
Singapore
Liberia
Sierra Leon
Malawi
Nigeria
Countries Where English is
the Instructional Language
Countries with 10 or 11 Year
Educational System
Philippines • Myanmar (Burma)
Armenia • Mongolia
Peru • Brazil • Colombia • Jamaica
El Salvador • Nicaragua • Sudan •
Egypt • Guatemala • Honduras •
Iran • Venezuela • Russia • Eritrea
GPC International Admission Requirements by Country
Over 200 International Transcripts Evaluated
from over 161 countries/140 languages in
2013-2014 school year
Jamaica
Republic
of Congo
Brazil
Ukraine
Egypt
Guinea
Denmark
Iraq
South Africa
EL Salvador
Ethiopia
Zimbabwe
Iceland
Gambia
Greece
Peru
Canada
Nigeria
Singapore
Guyana
Nepal
United Kingdom India
Germany
Norway
Bermuda
Iran
Myanmar
DIWC Transcript Evaluation
Procedures
• All translations should be verbatim without
interpretation or evaluation.
• Eight credits is the maximum amount of credit
awarded per school year.
• DCSD awards the following grades: A=95, B=85,
C=75, D=70, F=69 after grade is converted for that
particular country.
• Students that have been retained do not receive
credit for classes taken during that school year.
• Be mindful that course descriptions are rarely
included on or with the International Transcript.
Interview the student, use available resources, and
compare with the GA Course Descriptions Excel
Sheet on GA Department of Education website.
of Transcript Evaluation
Don’t
Do
•
•
•
•
Determine if the educational
system is on an annual,
biannual, semester, or trisemester system.
Award Native Language
Validation (NLV credit) if student
completed 8 years of formal
schooling in his/her country.
Award English Core Credit if the
Instructional Language in the
country is English.
Give an assessment to
determine the student’s math
level before awarding Math Core
Credit.
•
•
•
•
Award credit for the following
courses: American Government/
Civics, US History, Health,
Economics, and American
Literature
Award credit if the student spent
< 4hrs per week in a class
Award credit for more than one
mathematics or science class
per school year.
Award English Core Credit to
students who took English as a
Second Language.
Essential Questions for
Transcript Evaluation
1. What school year did the student
attend/complete school and what is the US
equivalent school year?
2. What country did the student attend school in?
3. What grade level did the student complete?
4. Does the translated transcript provide a
grading scale? (If not, see resource list)
5. Can the courses taken be converted to into the
GA state curriculum?
6. How many hours per week did the student
attend each class? (≥ 4 hrs to receive credit)
Honduras Educational System
Now we
will
evaluate a
transcript
from
Honduras.
See forms
in your
packet
titled
slide 10,
slide 18,
slide 19,
and
slide 20.
Questions