FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Allyson Hagen, allyson.hagen@educationnorthwe..., 503.275.9189 Report Shares Successful Strategies
from Online Credit Recovery Courses in Montana A new report from REL...
An accompanying report looks at successful strategies
from online credit recovery courses based on examples from MTDA.
Not exact matches
Spoiler: The view
from the ground suggests that many
online credit recovery courses are subpar substitutes for traditional classroom instruction.
Already, millions of children take one or more
online courses, ranging
from credit recovery to Advanced Placement.
Students enrolled in MTDA
online credit recovery courses are often the students who need the most support when it comes to graduating
from high school.
Learn more about the new study
from REL Northwest,
Online Credit Recovery: Enrollment and Passing Patterns in Montana Digital Academy
Courses.
As the assistant director / curriculum director of the Montana Digital Academy (MTDA), I'm pleased that a new study
from REL Northwest looking at the population of students who take our
courses and their rates of success confirms something we've known for a while:
Online credit recovery programs bring many efficiencies — particularly to a state as large and demographically dispersed as Montana — but an extremely important element for student success is the personalized support students receive
from caring adults on both sides of the computer screen.
Our rigorous, standards - aligned digital content is fully flexible for use in any
online or blended learning model to support a personalized learning environment,
from NCAA - approved virtual
courses to honors and Advanced Placement offerings to test preparation,
credit recovery, and intervention.
Credit recovery (CR) refers to online courses that students take after previously failing a traditional version of the course, representing a shift from students repeating courses the following school year or earning course credit in an after school or summer school pr
Credit recovery (CR) refers to
online courses that students take after previously failing a traditional version of the
course, representing a shift
from students repeating
courses the following school year or earning
course credit in an after school or summer school pr
credit in an after school or summer school program.
Some of the recent criticism of LA Unified's
online credit recovery courses stems
from the ability of students to «pre-test» out of a
course and skip much of the curriculum.
If your students use
online courses as their primary mode of content delivery, which is often the case in
credit recovery programs, then encourage them to continue working on their
courses from home.