TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Digital Learning Now (DLN), an initiative of the Foundation for Excellence in Education (ExcelinEd), today released the 2014 Digital Learning Report Card. The Report Card measures state progress in advancing state policies against the 10 Elements of High-Quality Digital Learning. In 2014, states continued to implement and refine the 422 laws enacted…
State Highlights
This year, the 2014 Digital Learning Report Card features individual State Policy Profiles, examining some of the 422 pieces of digital learning legislation enacted over the past four years. Utah’s 2013 Student Achievement Backpack (UT SB 82) is featured as an example of data backpack policies. To learn more, read the State Policy Profile for Utah in the full Report Card.
- The Statewide Online Education Program saw enrollment increases of more than 300% last year, based on number of course requests of any credit value.
- In part this was due to extension of eligibility to home and private school students.
- Most students choose to enroll in maximum allowable number of credits.
Read more about legislation passed in Utah from 2014.