What are the PASS and
Mini-PASS Programs?
"What is PASS"  - PowerPoint Presentation
"What is Mini-PASS"  - PowerPoint Presentation

The Portable Assisted Study Sequence (PASS) Program is a nationally recognized program offering secondary students an alternative means of earning full or partial credits. Developed originally by the California Migrant Education Program in the late 1970's to address the educational continuity and credit accrual needs of highly mobile migrant secondary students, PASS is now used in approximately 31 states. Mini PASS courses, an extension of PASS for middle school students (grades 6, 7 and 8), were initiated in 1985 in Wisconsin. Both programs have been continually updated and upgraded and are now actively used with both migrant and non migrant students.

The programs consist of:

1. Self-contained semester courses.

2. Courses designed for independent or semi-independent study.

3. Five units of study per course.

4. Unit test accompanying each unit. (Some units have review tests and some courses have final tests.)

5. Student-parent-teacher contract of study and on-going student progress report.

6. Courses designed to supplement regular curriculum offerings.

7. Generic concepts and skills designed to meet most requirements of different school districts.

It should be noted that the programs will not meet the needs of all at-risk students. To be successful students should have basic reading and writing skills in English as well as the ability and motivation to study "independently."

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