NINTH GRADE
PLACEMENT CHART
“Staying on track for graduation”
Cobb County School District
Spring 2007
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Cobb County School District
Middle and High School Language Arts
The chart below should be used to determine high school placement for the 2007-2008 school year.
College Preparatory Diploma
Eighth Grade Language Arts
Ninth Grade Language Arts
Teacher Recommendation
of highly motivated and/or
highly able students
9th Grade Lit/Composition (Honors)
B average* or below
and
Teacher Recommendation
9th Grade Lit/Composition
For the college prep diploma, only Ninth Lit/Composition (Honors) or Ninth Lit/Composition are acceptable. These courses
require an End of Course Test (EOCT).
Spring 2007
Technical Career Diploma
Eighth Grade Language Arts
Teacher Recommendation
B average* or below
and
Teacher Recommendation
Ninth Grade Language Arts
Ninth Grade Lit/Composition
(necessary for College Prep diploma)
or
**Communication Skills
or
Current Topics
Ninth Grade Lit/Composition
or
**Communication Skills
or
Current Topics
*Figured by using average of grading periods prior to registration.
**Counts as elective credit only.
If Communication Skills or Current Topics are not offered, Ninth Grade Lit/Composition is the appropriate placement.
Students who score at or below the 25% on the ITBS and who are reading below seventh grade level as documented by
another reading assessment may be required to take Current Topics in Reading in addition to their English class.
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Cobb County School District
Middle and High School Mathematics
The chart below should be used to determine high school placement for the 2007-2008 school year.
Eighth Grade Math
Grade
90 – 100
Algebra II Honors (recommended)
The honors program is the most rigorous and should be
assigned to students who want to participate in the
Advanced Placement Calculus and/or Advanced Placement
Statistics program and have maintained strong Geometry
and/or Algebra I grades.
Student has successfully completed
Geometry
Student has successfully completed
Algebra I
Ninth Grade Placement
70-89
Algebra II (recommended)
90 – 100
Euclidean Geometry Honors (recommended)
The honors program is the most rigorous and should be
assigned to students who want to participate in the
Advanced Placement Calculus and/or Advanced Placement
Statistics program and have maintained strong Algebra I
grades.
Student has completed Beginning Algebra
and Geometry
70-89
Euclidean Geometry (recommended)
50% - 100% Cobb County
Algebra Placement test
score and 70 - 100 average
on 8th grade math unit
tests
Algebra I (or Algebra I Part I for block high schools that
teach Algebra I in two semesters)
<50% Cobb County
Algebra Placement test
score or <70 average on
8th grade math unit tests
Recommended Integrated Math I (option to be placed in
<50% Cobb County
Algebra Placement test
score and <70 average on
8th grade math unit tests
Algebra I with teacher recommendation)
Integrated Math I (Fundamental skill and concept
recovery program)
The Cobb County Algebra Placement test should be given to all Integrated Math students as well as to freshmen students new to the
district to verify placement.
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Cobb County School District
Middle and High School Foreign Language
The chart below should be used to determine high school placement for the 2007-2008 school year.
For Students Enrolled in Middle School Foreign Language
Middle School Foreign Language
Ninth Grade Placement
Complete the regular middle school foreign
language program with a final grade of P for
“passing” in eighth grade **
Continue in level II of the same language and/or begin a new
language*
Did not complete the regular middle school foreign
language program with a final grade of P for
“passing” in eighth grade **
Repeat language in ninth grade or begin a new language*
(Option: Postpone repeating language studied in middle
school until tenth grade)
Complete the one year extended day middle school
foreign language program with a final grade of P
for “passing” in eighth grade **
Continue in level II of the same language and/or begin a new
language.* Those students who studied two languages in
middle school, one during school hours or one extended day,
should continue in level II of one or more of these languages*
Did not complete the one-year extended day middle
foreign language program with a final grade of P for
“passing” in eighth grade **
Repeat language in ninth grade or begin a new language*
(Option: Postpone foreign language study until tenth grade)
For Students Not Enrolled in Middle School Foreign Language
Eighth Grade Language Arts
A, B or C average recommended
Ninth Grade Placement
Enroll in level I of any foreign language offered

A minimum of two years of the same language at the high school level is required to earn a college preparatory diploma.
Successful completion of either the regular middle school foreign language program or the extended day program is
equivalent of one year of high school credit.

Foreign language is not required for the technical career diploma.

Foreign language is required for admission to colleges in the University System of Georgia. To be well prepared, high school
students are highly encouraged to take four years of language study by completing four years of study in one foreign
language or two years of one language and two years in a second foreign language.
* Two years of the same language are required in order to earn a college preparatory diploma; therefore, students should earn two
units of the same language before selecting a second foreign language for additional studies.
**Numeric grade is recorded at the eighth grade and changed to a “P” for passing on high school transcript.
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Cobb County School District
Middle and High School Science
The chart below should be used to determine high school placement for the 2007-2008 school year.
Eighth Grade Math and Science
Suggested Ninth Grade Placement
(Varies by School)
Completed Algebra I and/or science with 80-100
Biology Honors or Physical Science Honors
All other students
Biology, Physical Science or Conceptual Physics
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Cobb County School District
Middle and High School Social Studies
The chart below should be used to determine high school placement for the 2007-2008 school year.
Eighth Grade Social Studies
Ninth Grade Placement
An A average at end of second grading
period and at time of registration
and/or
Teacher recommendation
World Geography 91 or Pre-AP Social Studies
(If World Geography 91 is not offered, World Geography 92 is the
next appropriate placement.)
All other students
World Geography 92
Three (3) units of social studies are required for graduation. One (1) of these units is specified by the State Board of Education as
“World Studies.” This requirement may be met by successfully completing one (1) unit of World Geography, or one (1) unit of World
History, or one-half (½ unit) of World Geography and one-half (½) unit of World History. World Geography is open to students in
grades nine through twelve. One (1) unit of World History is required for the College Prep Diploma.
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