High school credits

[Kathie in VA]

How do you determine how much credit to give for a given subject? I read somewhere that it is based on x number of hours. Is this x number of hours for the year? Does this vary by state or is it a static number? and one more question: What is this mystical number?? :confused1:


TIA,
Kathie in VA who has a rising 9th grader and is getting edgy!

[Ellie]

How do you determine how much credit to give for a given subject? I read somewhere that it is based on x number of hours. Is this x number of hours for the year? Does this vary by state or is it a static number? and one more question: What is this mystical number?? :confused1:


TIA,
Kathie in VA who has a rising 9th grader and is getting edgy!
What you're looking for is "Carnegie units (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Credit_hours)." It does not vary by state.

If your dc completes a published textbook, that's a credit. It's only when you design your own courses that you need to think about how many hours *you* will require. No one checks up on you.

[mamaof2andtwins]

Yes, Ellie is right. On my state forms it says that one credit equals 6,480 minutes which is the equivalent of 108 hours per year. I can tell you that my son will certainly be over this in most subjects. Now, that my son is in high school I do watch his hours as well as how we are progressing through the material.

Jennie

[Wendy B.]

If you look at the various highschool online options that magical number can range from 80 hours - 180 hours.

If my kids used a highschool text they earned a credit regardless of how much time it took them to complete it.

I had them log hours when they used open-ended resources and when they met our "magical" number ( + other requirements dependant on the course) they earned a credit.

I liked the link to carnegie unit = 120 hours!