Eligibility rules vary from district to district, so all students interested
in credit recovery courses should contact their school counselors to verify their eligibility to take a credit recovery course.
Please keep in mind that it is very possible that the grade you
make in a credit recovery course will not be the grade that will appear in your transcript.
It's critical that digital curriculum
used in credit recovery programs be rigorous, engaging and capable of providing a personalized learning experience for every student.
In January, LA School Report reported that 42 percent of the graduating Class of 2016 took
part in credit recovery either through re-taking courses they've failed or by using online credit recovery, in which most of the work is done online and over a shorter period of time.
But for the student who sat through the entire course and for some reason wasn't successful on the final exam and now they are
in a credit recovery situation, they are sometimes more highly motivated because this is what is standing between them and graduation.
After spending a short
time in a Credit Recovery course, a student can qualify to take a challenge exam to receive credit instantly in the subject.
Grades 9 — 12 high school credit recovery and acceleration: Students may
enroll in the credit recovery program if they have previously failed a course required for graduation.
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.
A significant portion of our advocacy relates to school discipline, special education, school reentry from incarceration and suspension, and
enrollment in credit recovery and High School Equivalency programs
The prediction of an 80 percent graduation rate made by the district was not official, but more anecdotal and based on the high number of students
enrolled in credit recovery programs to complete their A through G courses.
In January, LA School Report reported that 42 percent of the graduating Class of 2016 took
part in credit recovery either through retaking courses they've failed or by using online credit recovery, in which most of the work is done online and over a shorter period of time.
In credit recovery programs, students failing a course complete computer assignments or brief term papers to earn a passing grade of 65.
This marks a similar trajectory to the path that early online - learning programs took, by offering courses
in credit recovery or Advanced Placement, where schools had limited or no offerings.
Current efforts by LA Unified in the final few weeks are focused on contacting students shy of credits and getting them enrolled
in credit recovery or summer classes.
In the credit recovery program, seniors without enough credits to graduate retake classes during free periods, after school, on Saturdays and during the winter break.
That will at least reduce the incentive to «get
it in credit recovery.»
In credit recovery, students are allowed to retake a class they failed, but the report found students racked up excessive absences in these recovery courses, and were sometimes improperly enrolled.