Friday, April 29, 2016

Single Subject Acceleration

Single Subject Acceleration (SSA) Information 

Single Subject Acceleration (SSA) is the practice of assigning a student to a higher-grade level than is typical, given the student's age, for the purpose of providing access to appropriately challenging learning opportunities in either Language Arts OR Math by testing out of the next grade levels material.
What is the process for Single Subject Acceleration? 
Parents can nominate his/her child to skip a grade level of content in either Language Arts OR Mathematics. The nomination window is only open from 4/20/2016 to 5/4/2016. (There will be no late nominations accepted.)  The nomination forms as well as more information are available through the online site listed below. 
The testing window is from 5/12/2016 to 5/18/2016.For more information, please refer to www.wakeacceleration.weebly.com or contact your school’s SSA contact Mrs. Ziada Brandt at eziada-brandt@wcpss.net.