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"Failure" Irrelevant: Virtual Schools and Accountability-Immunity
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Nespor, Jan; Voithofer, Rick – Teachers College Record, 2016
Background: Virtual schools--free, state-funded, credit-awarding elementary and secondary schools offering curricula and programs exclusively online--are a rapidly expanding sector of U.S. education. Some of the largest of these schools have low graduation rates and receive "failing" rankings on state accountability metrics. They…
Descriptors: Virtual Classrooms, Online Courses, Accountability, School Effectiveness