Overview

In order to monitor student progress toward completion of graduation requirements, many school districts across the nation, including Chicago, Dallas, and New York, have incorporated metrics on credit accumulation into their internal performance management dashboards. In addition, during focus groups conducted with educators, the Credit Accumulation metric, as presented in screen shots of the student dashboard, was considered useful by 95% of those surveyed.

Although credit accumulation norms vary by state, the general principles applied in the student dashboard metrics for credit accumulation are applicable to any state or district.

Credit Accumulation Metrics