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GROWING SUCCESS | assessment, evaluation, and reporting in Ontario schools
CREDIT RECOVERY
The Process for Determining Eligibility for Credit Recovery
For every student who fails a course, the subject teacher must complete, and submit to the credit recovery team, a Recommended Course Placement Form that is limited to the teacher’s recommendation for one of the following options for a student who has failed a course:
• repeating the entire course (in the same course type or in a different course type)
• summer school
• night school
• credit recovery
When credit recovery is recommended, the subject teacher must provide the following information:
• the final percentage mark for the course
• a breakdown of all percentage marks for the course, which must be attached to the Recommended Course Placement Form and may be presented in whatever form the subject teacher employs for recording percentage marks
• reasons supporting a recommendation for credit recovery
Although the professional opinion of the subject teacher is the primary impetus for a credit recovery placement, there may be exceptional circumstances when the credit recovery team determines that credit recovery is the most appropriate placement for a student who has not been recommended for placement by the subject teacher. Such a determination would tend to occur in instances where the subject teacher does not have all the information about a student that is available to the credit recovery team. In these exceptional situations, the principal (or designate) may require the subject teacher to submit a modified Recommended Course Placement Form with the following components:
• the final percentage mark for the course
• a breakdown of all percentage marks for the course, which must be attached to the Recommended Course Placement Form and may be presented in whatever form the subject teacher employs for recording percentage marks
The credit recovery team identifies students who are to be considered for placement in a credit recovery program on the basis of the Recommended Course Placement Form and/or additional information, if required. For any additional information, the credit recovery team and/or the Student Success teacher should consult with the subject teacher, a professional student support worker, or any other person deemed by the credit recovery team to have information relevant to the decision-making process.