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Credit Recovery
Webinar Presentationby
Robin NelsonInstructional Services
Coordinator
Alabama State Board of Education
PLAN 2020
Prepared Graduate Defined
Possesses the knowledge and skills needed to enroll and succeed in credit-bearing, first-year courses at a two- or four-year college, trade school, technical school, without the need for remediation.
Possesses the ability to apply core academic skills to real-world situations through collaboration with peers in problem solving, precision, and punctuality in delivery of a product, and has a desire to be a life-long learner.
Alabama’s PLAN 2020 Priorities
ALABAMA’S2020
LEARNERS
ALABAMA’S2020
PROFESSIONALS
ALABAMA’S2020
SUPPORT SYSTEMS
ALABAMA’S2020
SCHOOLS/SYSTEMS
Alabama’s 2020 Learners
Objectives1. All students perform at or above proficiency and
show continuous improvement (achievement/growth).
2. All students succeed (gap closure).
3. Every student graduates from high school (grad rate).
4. Every student graduates high school prepared (college and career readiness).
What is Credit Recovery?
Credit Recovery allows students who have been unsuccessful in mastering particular content or skills an opportunity to apply for credit recovery as an alternative to repeating the entire course.
Who may qualify for Credit Recovery?
Alabama State Department of Education guidelines require students to have earned a baseline average of 40 or above on a 100-point scale or the equivalent on a locally adopted grading scale in order to be eligible for credit recovery.
How is Credit Recovery Implemented?
LEA’s offering Credit Recovery develop their own program rules, regulations, and processes. These guidelines must be provided in writing to students, parents/guardians, and the ALSDE.
What is the goal of Credit Recovery?
The goal of Credit Recovery is to allow students an opportunity to learn content not mastered and graduate in a timely manner without having to repeat the entire content of failed courses.
How does Credit Recovery Work?
• Admission and Removal
• Instruction
• Content and Curriculum
• Grades
Admission and Removal
LEA rules and regulations may include more criteria but should include at a minimum the following procedures :
• Credit Recovery Request Form
• Parent/Guardian Consent
• 40% mastery or above on a 100 point scale or its equivalent
• Removal guidelines/conditions are determined by the LEA.
Instruction
Instruction and supervision must come from trained personnel.
The three identified options to receive this instruction are:
• Teacher Based Programs – traditional instruction
• Facilitators using outside vendors (usually computer based)
• ACCESS (Alabama Connecting Classrooms, Educators, & Students Statewide)
Option 1: Teacher Based Programs
• A highly qualified teacher in the subject area must provide the instruction.
• Non-mastered content standards must be identified and provided to the credit recovery instructor by the teacher that assigned the failing grade.
Option 2: Facilitators using Outside Vendors
• Facilitator must be a certified teacher.
• Facilitator should receive training in:
1. Course content
2. Instruction Management
3. Technology
• Vendor may provide course and skill-specific diagnostic tools to measure unmet standards.
• Online courses taught by certified, highly qualified teachers and provided free of charge by the ALSDE.
• Facilitator:• Must be an adult approved by local school board.
• Must be trained in online methodology and Web-based instruction by ACCESS staff.
Option 3:
http://accessdl.state.al.us
English 9 US Government Physical Science
English 10 Economics Biology
English 11 World History Chemistry
English 12 US History to 1877 Environmental Science
US History 1877 – Present
Algebra I
Algebra IA
Algebra IB
Algebra II
Algebra II with Trigonometry
Algebraic Connections
Geometry
ACCESS Credit Recovery Class Offerings
• Go through all modules of the course
• Same Content as regular ACCESS courses
• Based on the Alabama Course of Study
• Covers all Content Standards
• Certified/Highly Qualified Teachers
ACCESS Credit Recovery Model
ACCESS Credit Recovery Model
• Each unit begins with a 20 question objective Pretest• Must cover all objectives and bullets for unit
• Randomized
• If passed with 70%, student moves directly to the next module.
• If under 70%, student will complete all module tasks before taking the Post-Test.
• Objective questions are MC, TF, MAT, FIB (with word bank), MS
ACCESS Credit Recovery ModelPost-Test
• 20 objective questions • Objective questions must cover all objectives and bullets
for unit
• Randomized
• Multiple attempts allowed
• Pull from same test bank for objective questions as Pretest
Recording Grades
• ACCESS will report actual grade average
• School records a grade no higher than a 70
• No specific end date – set by principal
ACCESS Credit Recovery
2011-2012 1600 ½ Credit Equivalents Recovered
70% Success Rate (2286)
2012-2013 3120 ½ Credit Equivalents Recovered
64% Success Rate (4875)
2013-2014 3241 ½ Credit Equivalents Recovered
76% Success Rate (4264)
NCAA ELIGIBILITY CENTERDoes NOT accept
Credit Recovery nor Credit Advancement for the purposes or eligibility from any of these options.
Credit Recovery Content and Curriculum Criteria
• Delivered by highly qualified teacher.
• Delivered by a highly qualified teacher through instructional technology.
• Aligned with Alabama Content Standards that the student did not master the while taking the class.
Credit Recovery Grading Guidelines
• LEAs are responsible for establishing uniform procedures in:
• Student Progress
• Awarding Final Grade (Not to exceed 70 on a 100 point scale)
• Options available for LEAs
• Grading formula (provided in handout)
• Grade forgiveness (excluding original failing grade in
computing overall GPA)
• A student’s failing grade should never be removed from the
permanent record
Important things to Remember
Students• Failed course/class with a 40 or above on a 100 point scale
• Complete LEA approved credit recovery request form
• Obtain parental consent
• Participate in credit recovery to meet unmet standards to graduate in a timely manner
ALSDE• Receives and reviews the LEA Board approved Credit
Recovery Plan
• LEAs • Develop and implement the Credit Recovery Program
1. Three basic ways for LEAs to design their Credit Recovery Program.
2. Utilize the correct faculty/staff for the LEA design.
3. Credit Recovery is customized for course standards not met by each student.
• A students failing grade should never be removed from the permanent record.
Sample credit recovery plans available:*Webinar Handouts*Instructional Services website:
Credit Advancement
What is Credit Advancement?
Opportunities through which students may obtain course/class credit based on proficiency or mastery of content, rather than time spent in the classroom.
What is the goal of Credit Advancement?
The goal of Credit Advancement is to allow students the opportunity to obtain course credit based on proficiency or mastery of content, rather than time spent in the classroom.
How is Credit Advancement implemented?
Two ways to receive Credit Advancement
• End –of-Course Assessment (state-adopted or locally developed)
• Proficiency during the course and student may request to work independently, then take an End-of-Course Assessment
In both cases a mastery score of 80 or higher must be obtained to receive \credit for the course.
This score will be included in the student’s overall Grade Point Average. (GPA)
Who may qualify for Credit Advancement?
Students who exhibit proficiency beyond the level required for all students for an individual course qualify through:
• Teacher recommendation
• Scores that support above grade level proficiency of content in subject
• Credit Advancement Form
ACCESS Credit Advancement Courses
English 9 US GovernmentEnglish 10 Economics English 11 World HistoryEnglish 12 US History to 1877
US History 1877 – PresentAlgebra I
Algebra II Algebra II with Trigonometry Algebraic ConnectionsGeometryPrecalculus
Things to Note about Credit Advancement
• The credit advancement grade may be unacceptable to the student, the student can enroll in the course or complete the course if already enrolled.
• Students will only be allowed one opportunity to take the End-of-Course Assessment for Credit Advancement.
• National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) may not recognize Credit Advancement for course credit.
• Credit Recovery: If a student has failed a class, he can recover his credit by concentrating his time on the areas in which he does not show mastery.
• Credit Advancement: allows students who can show mastery to be awarded a credit in a course as a alternative to the traditional Carnegie Unit approach.
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