Dr. Jack A. Parton, Superintendent of Schools 226 Cedar Street Sevierville, Tennessee 37862

Phone (865) 453-4671 Fax (865) 774-4562

BP 525 Credit Recovery Policy The Credit Recovery program provides an opportunity for students to meet graduation requirements and remain on track in order to graduate with their respective class or cohort group. Students who have completed the time required in a class, but have not met the competency level of the class in order to receive credit, will be able to gain credit through demonstrated competency. Eligibility Credit Recovery is used as an opportunity for a student to retake a course in which he/she previously was not academically successful in earning credit toward graduation. Students who meet the following criteria are eligible to be considered for Credit Recovery: • Students who are short credits for graduating in a timely manner. • Students who earned a failing grade in a core course, through an accredited high school, and need to recover credits. An accredited high school is a school sanctioned by the Tennessee State Board of Education and/or sanctioned by a governing board equivalent to Advanc-Ed. Program Placement and Implementation • Guidance counselors will review the list of student failures each semester. • Placement preference is given first to seniors, then juniors, then sophomores, then freshmen, as space is available. • Students may not use credit recovery to graduate early. Credit Recovery cannot be used for credit in a first time class. • The student mastered at least fifty percent (50%) of the course standards as evidenced by the course grade in a non-credit recovery section of the course or a diagnostic assessment. Students who mastered below fifty percent (50%) of the course standards as evidenced by the course grade in a non-credit recovery section of the course or a diagnostic assessment, must re-take the course. • At the present time, courses may be recovered as available through a system designated online learning program. Nevertheless, some courses have special restrictions.• The principal or his/her designee will meet with the student and parent/guardian to explain the terms and conditions of BP 525 (Revised August, 2017)

participation in the Credit Recovery Program. Students and parents/guardians must both sign the Student Credit Recovery Application form. • The principal or his/her designee will inform the student as well as the parent/guardian that credits earned through credit recovery may not be accepted by the NCAA Clearinghouse. • The principal or his/her designee will evaluate student needs for Credit Recovery based on a student’s academic potential and need for the program and will make a placement decision. The decision will be recorded on the Credit Recovery Support Team Recommendation form or the Graduation Alternative Path Program Individual Graduation Plan form. • The principal or his/her designee will provide students with the Credit Recovery lab schedule. The requirements for course completion and grading computation will also be reviewed. • The principal or his/her designee will inform the lab facilitator of the student placement decisions for entry into the appropriate coursework. • The principal or his/her designee will identify a licensed and appropriately endorsed teacher in each of the core subject areas to serve as the teacher of record for credit recovery courses. The teacher of record will assist the lab facilitator in reviewing student work, sign off on placements and diagnostic results, consult facilitators on content areas with which students may be struggling, and assign students’ final grades. Structure and Sequence of Coursework • Credit Recovery courses are set up within a designated electronic platform. Students are assigned to these “classes” and are required to either master by exemption (master the given module or lesson through an initial, single attempt of the mastery test) or to complete all tutorials, drills, and lesson components before being allowed to attempt the lesson or module mastery test. Even if the initial single attempt of all mastery tests are successful, no student will be given course credit through Credit Recovery unless he or she completes at least 50% of the tutorials, drills, and lesson components of the subject. In other words, a student cannot use the mastery tests to “test out” of completing more than 50% of the modules or lessons. • When the student feels competent to take a mastery test, the student shall inform the lab facilitator who will monitor the testing process. • A minimum score of eighty (80) is required for mastery (passing) within modules or lessons. Therefore, a minimum score of eighty (80) is required for receiving a passing grade for the course. The score is derived from the following: ▪ Learning Modules ▪ Unit Post-tests ▪ End of Semester Tests • At the prerogative and under the supervision of the principal or his/her designee, a teacher made test can be administered if the student fails three attempts of a single module or mastery lesson and student effort has been sufficient to warrant an additional opportunity to demonstrate mastery. • Credit Recovery is designed to be “self-directed” by the learner. A student may also seek help or tutoring outside of the Credit Recovery Lab. • The student may also request from the lab facilitator (offline) worksheets for most courses. Worksheet availability varies with the specific course. • No homework is assigned from Credit Recovery courses. BP 525 (Revised August, 2017)

• Students participating in Credit Recovery will not be allowed to complete modules off-site or at home. • No assistance may be given during mastery tests. Grades • When the student has completed all required coursework, the teacher of record will print a comprehensive report, which includes details of the entire course and all test scores.   

Students passing credit recovery shall receive a grade of seventy percent (70%). The student transcript shall denote that the credit was attained through credit recovery by denoting “CR” next to the course title. The original failing grade may also be listed on the transcript, but shall not factor into a student’s GPA, in accordance with the State Board of Education’s Uniform Grading Policy.

▪ Report printouts will be retained as attachments to the student’s permanent transcript.

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