New Haven schools are looking for an online platform with courses for credit recovery, and an Illinois district chose three providers for English/language arts materials.
Online Credit-Recovery Market Faces Scrutiny, and Providers Will Have to Adjust
Vendors should heed calls for high levels of rigor and evaluate for evidence of effectiveness
School districts and vendors may need to rethink how they use and evaluate online-credit-recovery options after mounting criticism of these programs and changes to the federal education law.
Teenagers who took an online makeup course after failing Algebra I had lower scores and grades than peers enrolled in face-to-face classes, according to an analysis by the American Institutes of Research.