Results: Independent Evaluation of Virtual High School |
Virtual High School continuously strives to help students develop important 21st century, global learning skills. History shows that VHS students are self-motivated and learn to work within a global community of learners.
Success Rates
85% of students taking VHS course successfully complete their course.
VHS Advanced Placement (AP) exam pass rate of 70% compared to the national AP exam rate of 60%.
76% of students taking a VHS course receive a C or better.
VHS Annual Evaluation Results
The VHS evaluation survey is conducted annually to determine the level of school satisfaction with VHS, and to provide feedback for strategic planning purposes. Each year VHS surveys superintendents, principals, teachers, and site coordinators from its member schools about their satisfaction with VHS services, programs, courses, professional development, and benefits derived from VHS participation and online collaboration and community. We encourage you to read our evaluation results and learn what our member schools are saying about their participation in the VHS collaborative.
Download the 2001-2006 evaluation results (registration required)
Independent Evaluation
LearningPoint Associates is an independent evaluator for the Online AP Academy:
- Management and Implementation of the Online AP Academy: First Year Evaluation Report (registration Required)
SRI Incorporated, independent evaluator of Virtual High School, has produced numerous reports detailing their evaluations. Following are the executive summaries, complete reports, and supplemental reports of SRI's evaluation of Virtual High School:
- The Online Course Experience: Evaluation of the Virtual High School's Third Year of Implementation, 1999-2000 FINAL REPORT, November 2000
- An Expert Panel Review of the Quality of Virtual High School Courses: FINAL REPORT, November 1999
- An Evaluation of the Virtual High School After Two Years of Operation, November 1999
Appendices B-F
- An Evaluation of the Virtual High School After One Year of Operation, October 1998
(Executive Summary - HTML)
A five year summary by independent evaluator SRI international is available in The Virtual High School: Teaching Generation V, by Andrew Zucker and Robert Kozma, Copyright 2003, SRI International.
It is incredible how much one person can learn from one simple Internet course. We spoke to many people from many different countries. We learned different cultures and how to value other ways of living. It gives us all a great sense of the world. We also improved our writing skills in many  - VHS Student in Writing & Telecommunications |