The district said last year that 42 percent of its 2016 graduates had taken
some kind of credit recovery, whether it was an online course or re-taking a class.
Not exact matches
Because NAEP is based on a sample, it would discourage the
kinds of test prep,
credit recovery, grade changing and rate faking that afflict graduation data — and that often afflict state assessments.
Data about the
credit -
recovery industry are too incomplete, and change
of all
kinds too omnipresent in K — 12 education, to posit a definite link between the spread
of online courses and increased graduation rates nationally.
There were all
kinds of things that were happening to give the proper attention to the first time under A through G. To some
of the other factors, it was not just
credit recovery.
Concerns about another
kind of anywhere, anytime learning — online courses — were highlighted in a recent Slate expose about the low quality
of credit recovery courses offered by some online providers.38 To address such concerns, states might look to centrally managed course access initiatives, such as the Louisiana Supplemental Course Academy, which vets and approves online providers
of courses that students may take for
credit.39
Stanford University Central Energy Facility boasts a first
of its
kind heat
recovery system, significantly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and fossil fuel and water use (
Credit: Tim Griffith)