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EDU7702-8	Debra Smith, EdD
Assignment: Identify Problem Statements, Purpose Statements, and Research Questions in Published Research Articl	Week 4

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Transforming and Turning Around Low-Performing Schools: The Role of Online Learning

In this paper, the researcher studied online learning. The basic problem statement is to define the importance of online learning schools as compared to different lowest performing schools. The researcher used the term of K-12 for these kinds of schools. The problem statement of this paper is to find out that: is online learning can play a vital role in the education system as compared to other schools. It is a paper by Michael Corry, and he uses online learning as the core and basic strategy.

The purpose statement of the research is to explain the turning conditions of K-12 schools i.e. online learning. The main objective is to provide information about online learning. By online learning researcher means the education students get through the internet. This paper tries to explain its importance and tried to explain that how education process is turning around. Therefore, the paper includes the purpose of discussing online learning role in the education.

The main research question of the paper is to:

Find the role of the online learning process in turning around or transforming “low-performing” schools?

This paper included a detailed study of the role of online learning, and it gives information that online learning is playing a key role in turning the low performing schools. In recent years, it has been found that a total number of students in the online school have been increased to a great number. The reason to this is that the online learning provides a flexible environment to the students to study. So the answer to research question through in detailed study has given in the paper. Further recommendations have been made at the end of the research paper.

Credit recovery hits the mainstream

It is an article that formally focuses on the online schooling process in the areas of America. The major problem statement for the study is to understand the importance and role of basic credit recovery classes that has arranged online in America (Carr, 2014). As it has been explained before that, it is an article, so its purpose is quite easy to explain. The purpose of the study is to focus on the popularity of online education in a country like U.S. it focuses on the growth of online study. It talks about the benefits and significance of online education and explains he reason behind the popularity of online classes.

This article had not clear research question although it speaks about the increasing number of computer-based programs due to increasing in the trend of online study. It includes the question raised by opponents of online system of education (Carr, 2014).

The article generally includes the pros and con of the online education and its effects on the society. This article is based on American study. The article includes different benefits of online study for both teachers and students. Meanwhile, it also includes the disadvantages of this trend for both teachers and the students (Carr, 2014).

Further, the effects of the online education trend are discussed in the respective article. For instance, how opponents are raising the question on the issue of quality of education. As according to them online study is as much effective as another traditional method. They oppose online education for its quality too. On the other hand result of online education is increasing in the number of computer-based programs (Carr, 2014).

Online Credit Recovery in Need of Overhaul, Study Says

It was the article written by Davis and Michelle R. in 2015. The statement problem of this report is that: an online system of education needs a revision so that better quality of education can be ensured to the people. The article includes an international report too. The main focus of the report is to enhance the content quality for the online education study.

The purpose of the study is to make the online study more accountable and beneficial. Moreover, the paper’s purpose is to add benefits for the students and to minimize the lacking areas in the online credit system of study. The aim of the paper is to increase the content of teacher in the study for those who are making their credits online. The proposals can add the accountability to K-12 schools according to the paper.

The research question of this study is: either school district should make a revision on the online –credit recovery for the betterment in the content or not?

The paper includes the report and, according to the report, schools that are offering an online system of education must look at the offers again. It is more probably due to the opponent or critics. They have always raised the question of the credulity and quality of education. There is always the question of skill development for the K-12 schools that are providing the opportunity of filling credit hours online. So to resolve the problem the International Association for K-12 Online Learning has asked the schools to revised the system to make the system more accountable and improved.

The report later proved that many of the systems were effectively working while others were providing low-quality opportunities for last few years. Further the report includes the recommendations that how the system can become more effective and workable.

An interim report on a pilot credit recovery program in a large, suburban Midwestern high school

The statement of the problem of this paper is that: formal education is necessary for spite of all the system of K-12 school. Grade retention is the focus of schools in the case of failure of the student, but it do not work in any case in the improvement of the student. As the number of failures are increasing in the progress of developmental skills and it is due to an online education system that has no credibility. Grade maintenance has never been compelling in offering understudies some assistance with gaining dominance obviously goals. Formal study for better skills and proper development is important (Franco and Patel, 2011).

The main purpose of the study is to provide freshman who has failed through some subject to pass by completing credit hours. The paper did research on a freshman who failed and passed through to the next level by completing his credit hours. Another purpose is to provide students with credit recovery program but along with formal education.

The research question of the report is that: is pilot credit recovery program is useful in completing credit for those who failed in some subjects or not?

The study focuses on the point that the failure of a student in any subject leads to the retention of grades in K-12. Recovery credit method is offered to the students to achieve the minimum passing score. With the help of this system, they can complete their credits and pass to the next level. The paper talks about the whole process with a recommendation for the betterment of the online process of K-12 (Franco and Patel, 2011).

Creating Opportunity for Struggling Students

It is an article by Forman. The statement problem of the article is that in most of the urban schools the management spends to plan strategies then to implement it. Still there are always a great number of students who fails to hit the marks (Foran, 2015).

The drive of the article is to help these remaining numbers of students to pass the subjects in a timely manner. Its essential function is to share information that how to achieve maximum number graduate in a respective year in schools. The purpose is to discuss the strategies the school named as New Britain satellite school. The paper includes information that new development projects are always needed to fill the gap and to make students student so that the school can achieve the maximum number of graduates (Foran, 2015).

The writer in the following article shares his experience in this article. That how they make a full developmental plan to make student study and, in that study, the basic problem was to achieve a maximum number of graduates and to achieve this the school management hired a new superintendent.

In 2011, changes were purposed in the school meeting and with the new strategies and whole process the school seemed actual working in progress academically. The graduation rate of respective school enhanced from 63% to 70% (Foran, 2015).

References

· Carr, S. (2014). Credit recover hits the mainstream. Education Next, 14(3), 30-37.

· Corry, M., & Carlson-Bancroft, A. (2014). Transforming and Turning around Low-

Performing Schools: The Role of Online Learning. Journal of Educators Online, 11(2).

· FORAN, M. (2015). Creating Opportunity for Struggling Students. Education Digest, 81(2), 4–11.

· Franco, M. S., & Patel, N. H. (2011). An interim report on a pilot credit recovery program in a large, suburban midwestern high school. Education,132(1), 15.

· Online Credit Recovery in Need of Overhaul, Study Says. (2015). Education Week, 35(5), 8–8.