The Progress of Education Reform: Credit Recovery and
Proficiency-Based Credit PDF - This issue of The Progress of
Education Reform will address the following questions: - What is
credit recovery? What is proficiency-based credit? - How is
credit recovery different from traditional remediation? - Why
does providing for these options matter for high school
completion? - How widespread are these options across the
states? And what do state policies look like? - What are the
challenges in implementing credit recovery and proficiency-based
credit - What does the research say on the effectiveness of
credit recovery and proficiency-based - What are the essential
policy components? (Jennifer Dounay Zinth, Education Commission
of the States, June 2011)... Dispelling the Myths About the
Negative Effects of Raising High School Graduation Requirements
MS Word PDF - In the last several years, a number of states have
raised high school graduation requirements, particularly in
mathematics and science. The negative impacts