Learn About Pennsylvania High School Graduation Requirements!

This Toolkit offers guidance on Pennsylvania’s Pathways to Graduation, five alternative avenues for students to demonstrate postsecondary preparedness while satisfying statewide requirements, as well as information on other diploma options for students in specific situations.

Still have questions after exploring the resources below? Check the Professional Learning Schedule for upcoming virtual office hours or contact RA-EdGradRequirement@pa.gov.

New and Noteworthy
Graduation Requirements Guidance
Frequently Asked Questions
Resources
Tracking and Reporting
Professional Learning

New and Noteworthy
Pathways to Graduation Flyer Opens up a PDF file in a new tab

Graduation Requirements Guidance
- Graduation Requirements Document Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
- Graduation Requirements Guidance opens in new window

Frequently Asked Questions
- Frequently Asked Questons Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
- Frequently Asked Questions opens in new window

Tracking
- Schools may elect to use the PDE-provided tracking tool. This tool, for local use only, will assist in determining pathway options for students by identifying those students not meeting Keystone Exam or Keystone Composite score requirements and allowing the counselor to record additional data to track each student’s progress toward viable graduation pathways.
- Accessing the Pathways to Graduation Tracking Tool opens in new window
- Pathways to Graduation Tool User Manual opens in new window
- MyPDESuite opens in new window
Reporting
- Accessing the Future Ready Comprehensive Planning Portal opens in new window
- MyPDESuite opens in new window

Training Schedule
- Spring 2024 Training Schedule Opens up a PDF file in a new tab
Recordings and PowerPoints
- Frequently Asked Questions 11/7/2023
- Frequently Asked Questions 11/7/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Grad Data - Informing Local Practice
- Grad Data - Informing Local Practice 10/17/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Grad Data - Informing Local Practice 10/17/2023 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- The Tracking Tool
- The Tracking Tool 10/10/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- The Tracking Tool 10/10/2023 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Grad Report: Collecting & Reporting Data
- Grad Report: Collecting & Reporting Data Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Grad Report: Collecting & Reporting Data Recorded Webinar 10/3/2023 opens in new window
- High School Graduation Requirements Refresher
- High School Graduation Requirements Refresher 9/26/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- High School Graduation Requirements Refresher 9/26/2023 opens in new window
- Pathway to the Pathways – Using PVAAS to Better Inform the Graduation Pathways
- Pathway to the Pathways – Using PVAAS to Better Inform the Graduation Pathways 5/10/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Pathway to the Pathways – Using PVAAS to Better Inform the Graduation Pathways - 5/10/2023 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Frequently Asked Questions 5/2/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Frequently Asked Questions 5/2/2023 - Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Graduation Data Refresher
- Graduation Data Refresher - 4/18/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Pathways Refresher
- Pathways Refresher - 4/11/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- EL, Migrant, and Undocumented Students
- EL, Migrant, and Undocumented Students 1/31/2023 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- EL, Migrant, and Undocumented Students 1/31/2023 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Misconceptions & Frequently Asked Questions
- Misconceptions & Frequently Asked Questions 11/15/2022 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Misconceptions & Frequently Asked Questions 11/15/22 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- CTE Concentrator Pathway & Other Pathway's Work-Based Learning Criteria
- CTE Concentrator Pathway & Other Pathway's Work-Based Learning Criteria 11/8/22 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- CTE Concentrator Pathway & Other Pathway's Work-Based Learning Criteria 11/8/22 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Alternate Assessment & Evidence-Based Pathway Criteria
- Alternate Assessment & Evidence-Based Pathway Criteria 11/1/2022 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Alternate Assessment & Evidence-Based Pathway Criteria 11/1/2022 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Other Diploma Opportunities
- Other Diploma Opportunities 10/25/2022 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Other Diploma Opportunities 10/25/2022 Recorded Webinar opens in new window
- Numeric, Non-Numeric, and Locally Established Grade-Based Requirements
- Numeric, Non-Numeric, and Locally Established Grade-Based Requirements 10/18/2022 Downloads a PowerPoint file
- Numeric, Non-Numeric, and Locally Established Grade-Based Requirements 10/18/2022 Recorded Webinar opens in new window

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