Sentences with phrase «online credit recovery courses»

That is the introduction of online credit recovery courses.

The school has been offering online credit recovery courses for five years during summer school, but this year it also began offering them throughout the school year as well.

Fuel Education online credit recovery courses are designed for students who did not pass a course, but learned enough to make a complete repetition of the course unnecessary.

The dramatic increase in the graduation rate has turned some heads in the academic world, with some experts questioning the validity and rigor of online credit recovery courses.

The MTDA ensures that all students enrolled in online credit recovery courses have virtual access to certified teachers and 24/7 online content - area tutoring.

REL Northwest found that students who take one MTDA online credit recovery course per semester have lower passing rates than those who take multiple courses in a semester.

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«Students taking one Montana Digital Academy online credit recovery course per semester had lower passing rates than those taking multiple courses in a semester,» the study said.

Last school year, as part of a $ 15 million program, LA Unified for the first time implemented a major push for online credit recovery courses across the district.

Spoiler: The view from the ground suggests that many online credit recovery courses are subpar substitutes for traditional classroom instruction.

Toward the end of the study, an interview was conducted in English with the E2020 online credit recovery course students and their teacher.

An accompanying report looks at successful strategies from online credit recovery courses based on examples from MTDA.

A total of 2,452 students accounted for 3,763 unique enrollments in MTDA online credit recovery courses during the 2013 — 2014 school year.

We expanded the menu of tutoring programs, offered new summer school programs, and introduced online credit recovery courses,» Marten said.

No, I think they should look at it,» Zimmer said when asked about reports that the University of California system is reviewing online credit recovery courses to see if they will be accepted for admittance into its colleges.

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.

called «The Big Shortcut» about the increasing use of online credit recovery courses to help struggling students come up with enough credits to graduate from high school.

The study evaluated 2013 - 14 enrollment and passing rate data from the Montana Digital Academy (MTDA), which is the only state - funded program offering online credit recovery courses in Montana.

«Demand for online credit recovery courses is expected to grow steadily; however, there is little research on which students take advantage of these courses and how well they perform.»

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.

A new report from REL Northwest examines the strategies used by six Montana schools with higher than average student passing rates in online credit recovery courses...

When an L.A. Times editorial writer arranged to take one of the online credit recovery courses, he found that «any student who actually takes the full course — sits through each lesson, answers the questions and completes the assignments — gets a meaningful education.»

In Los Angeles, when graduation standards were raised and it looked like many students would be denied high school diplomas, the school district turned to online credit recovery courses to get the students back on track.

Online credit recovery courses is a growing area, but Alex wants to know what you do in your VHS classes?

In a feature story in the Summer 2014 issue of Education Next, Sarah Carr takes a close look at the world of online credit recovery courses.

An L.A. Times editorial writer arranged to take one of the online credit recovery courses taken by students and found good and bad.

Slate is publishing a series of articles called «The Big Shortcut» about the increasing use of online credit recovery courses to help struggling students come up with enough credits to graduate from high school.

Jessica Heppen, principal research analyst at the American Institutes for Research (AIR), is currently leading one of the only independent analyses of the effectiveness of online credit recovery courses.

The «vast majority» of the online credit recovery courses the NCAA reviews fail to meet at least one of those standards and thus don't count toward a student's athletic eligibility, says Sproull.

Apex is one of two companies contracted by LA Unified to provide online credit recovery courses.

The district has yet to disclose how many seniors graduated due to at least one online credit recovery course, but some are saying the way the record was achieved is questionable.

Last year, LA Unified's Chief Academic Officer Frances Gipson said that California's public universities had approved the online credit recovery courses provided by Edgenuity and others as acceptable for admission.

University of California spokeswoman Claire Doan said recently that the university system has reviewed Edgenuity's online credit recovery courses offered by LA Unified.

But Petrilli and others question the academic value of online credit recovery courses.

According to the district's numbers, last year 1,381 seniors took an online credit recovery course they needed graduate, and nearly 92 percent of them passed.

According to Nick Sproull, director of the NCAA's Eligibility Center, it's very rare for an online credit recovery course to be approved.»

Last week, we got a firsthand look at the many ways in which students at East Village High School cheat on the district's online credit recovery courses.

Young estimated that 5 percent of Magnolia's graduates last year took an online credit recovery course.

At three of the city's largest charter management organizations, no more than 5 percent of students have taken an online credit recovery course.