Our handbook says:
Proficiency Based Promotion awards credit for students� knowledge in the core curriculum areas, i.e., social studies, language arts, reading, mathematics, and science through an assessment process. All students in Grades 1- 5 are eligible for Proficiency Based Promotion if they perform at the 90% level on designated assessments.
Elementary students may advance on one or more levels in core curriculum areas. Elementary students demonstrating proficiency will be given credit for their learning and will be given the opportunity to advance to the next level of study in the appropriate curriculum area. Students must progress through a curriculum area in a sequential manner.
The assessment covers an extensive amount of material in a comprehensive manner. Our experience has been that students who have outstanding knowledge and superior academic performance are those who may be successful in completing the assessment process at the 90% level.
Students who take the test but do not demonstrate proficiency will be allowed to try again during the next assessment period. Guidelines, application procedures and forms are available at each school and in the Instructional Services Office. Deadlines to apply for testing are April 1 and July 15 for students currently enrolled and two weeks prior to the first day of school for students new to our school system.
Which is pretty much verbatim what state law says. (This particular handbook says 1-5, because it's the elementary handbook. It's really 1st-12th grade.) Most people don't realize that "opportunity to advance" means subject acceleration / grade skip.
