Alabama ACCESS Distance Learning

Alabama ACCESS Distance Learning is a US state virtual school founded in 2005.

• 31,100 course enrollments in 2009-10, the third highest in the country; this represents an 11% increase since 2008-09
• ACCESS had an additional 15,339 non-credit course enrollments in 2009-10
• School goal: to improve student achievement through distance learning; to create equity through additional educational offerings for all Alabama public high school students

The Alabama ACCESS Distance Learning web site is at http://accessdl.state.al.us/.

More Details

Alabama was the second US state to create an online learning graduation requirement; essentially all online education activity is through ACCESS.

References

• Alabama ACCESS Distance Learning web site, http://accessdl.state.al.us/ for more information.
• "A National Primer on K-12 Online Learning", iNACOL, October 2010, http://www.inacol.org/research/docs/national_report.pdf

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