ARM 10.54.6098. NOVICE SOCIAL STUDIES PERFORMANCE STANDARDS UPON GRADUATION

(1) A graduating student at the novice level is beginning to attain prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental at each benchmark in social studies. He/she: (a) inconsistently uses and seldom analyzes or adapts an inquiry process to locate information even from limited sources, evaluates information with assistance, and rarely applies information to decision making situations; (b) incompletely analyzes and, with difficulty, critiques the principles and structure of power, authority, and governance; (c) demonstrates limited civic responsibility; (d) seldom makes meaningful geographic inferences and requires assistance conducting geography-related research to develop and support a position on an issue; (e) sometimes identifies historical patterns and, with assistance, conducts research, but has difficulty developing or defending a position on an issue; (f) analyzes, with much assistance, obvious impacts of the application of economic principles on decision making in national and global economies; and (g) seldom analyzes the impact of human interaction on society and exhibits limited ability to evaluate the effects of cultural diversity on individuals and society.