Credit recovery is an option for students who fail courses in high schools to get back on-track to graduation. But educators and experts said the online courses may not be rigorous enough and cheats ...
Is credit recovery creating fraudulent graduation rates and manufacturing an illusion of learning? As credit-recovery programs have grown in popularity and import, a growing number of questions have ...
Education Week: 5 Ways to Make Online Credit Recovery Work Better for Struggling Students
The way districts design their online credit recovery systems can make a big difference in whether the programs provide needed support for struggling students—or just an empty credit. Nearly 7 in 10 ...
5 Ways to Make Online Credit Recovery Work Better for Struggling Students
NPR: High school credit recovery programs help students graduate, but there are critics
Credit recovery programs help high school students that have failed courses graduate. Advocates say it prevents students from dropping out while critics say it lowers standards. U.S. high schools are ...
High school credit recovery programs help students graduate, but there are critics
The news has rarely been kind to credit-recovery programs. These make-up courses give students who have failed a class a chance to get back on track to graduate. Outright scandals—such as when 15 ...
Houston Chronicle: ‘Credit recovery’ is no way to boost HISD's graduation rates [Opinion]
American Enterprise Institute: Ensuring Second Chances Are Not Second-rate: A Conversation on High School Credit Recovery
On Thursday, AEI hosted an event to discuss credit recovery policy and practice. Following an introduction by AEI’s Nat Malkus and a presentation of his key findings on the topic, a panel of credit ...