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Excel Academy credit-recovery program reports jump in course completions and graduates
Summary
Principal Andy Johnson told the Bedford City Board that Excel Academy’s change from Compass to a separate school, a new learning platform and a larger dedicated staff coincided with large increases in course completions and graduates this year.
Andy Johnson, principal of the Excel Academy, told the Bedford City Board of Education on June 5 that the district’s alternative-credit program has grown from under 20 students in the 2016–17 Compass pilot to nearly 200 students this year and has produced a jump in course completions and graduates.
Johnson said Excel became “its own school” with a separate IRN and full-time staff and that changes including a new learning platform and added social-emotional supports helped produce the results. "We brought to the board a different platform we thought would would be beneficial," he said. Johnson identified the new platform as Edmentum and said staff and relationships were central:…
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