Although the concept of credit recovery isn’t new – summer school is perhaps its oldest and most traditional form – little is known about the effectiveness of most recovery programs or even how widely they’re used.
But credit recovery is an essential part of efforts to increase high school graduation rates in urban, suburban and rural schools nationwide. Several big districts like those in New York City and Chicago have used credit recovery programs for a few years now.
Some entire states, like Florida and Georgia, offer a range of online courses, including credit recovery, through state-funded virtual schools. And every day school districts announce the creation of new programs or expand those they already offer.
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