Credit Recovery: Students may recover course credits for failed courses completely online with very little face-to-face teacher-student or student-student interaction.
This program is designed for students who have been unsuccessful in mastering content or skills required to receive course credit. Students with course deficiencies benefit from the credit recovery program by mastering the deficiency rather than repeating an entire course. The secondary schools will be allowed to offer credit recovery during school or after school for a fee. Eligible students must meet all of the following criteria:
• Currently enrolled at Russell County High School classified in grades 9-12.
• Students are eligible if they completed the required number of instructional hours in a course required for graduation and the final grade earned was between 40%-59%. If the final grade was between 0%-39%, the student may attend, but all standards for the failed course will be assigned for remediation, and the student must attend the full number of required instructional hours.
• Must complete an application process and receive consent from parent/guardian.
• Must not have excessive absences.
Russell County High School will use Edgenuity, which provides an online learning environment containing self-paced, semester-long courses to allow students to recover lost credits. This curriculum is aligned with national and Alabama state standards. The maximum number of credits recovered through credit recovery will be ten (10) per student.
A maximum grade of sixty (70) is available through the course recovery program.
Credit Recovery Grade Final Grade
100% - 90% 70%
89% - 80% 67%
79% - 70% 65%
69% - 60% 60%
59% and below F (failure)
The final grade for the course will be recorded along with a credit recovery notation on the transcript. The student’s original grade will also remain on the transcript. Students and guardians recognized that web-based credit recovery may not be recognized by the NCAA for eligibility purposes.