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AMERICAN COMMON CORE

BIS offers an American based curriculum following the New York State Common Core Standards (for English Language Arts and Math) and the AERO Common Core standards (for Science and Social Studies).   

BIS secondary students are required to complete core college-preparatory academic courses in English, social studies, math, and science. Students are also required to complete a number of elective courses representing various academic disciplines.  

ONLINE PROGRAM

BIS offers additional courses including AP and major related through two affiliated online programs - NorthStar Academy (accredited by ACSI) and VHS Learning (accredited by WASC). 

Secondary students desiring to improve their grades are also eligible to sign up for credit recovery courses or summer make-up courses.

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ASSESSMENT TESTS

BIS also offers assessment tests, STAR Reading and MAP Growth regularly to to gauge the reading comprehension skills and abilities of students and provides a measure of students' academic growth along the learning continuum of skills that are central to our standards. ​