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"Utah emerges as the vanguard of the nation, with a 92.3 percent score, because the state has opportunities for students in all grades to access online courses, because it requires credit to be based on mastery of skills and content rather than on seat time, and because of its "Student Achievement Backpack," which creates a portable education record that follows the student from school to school - and gives parents the right and ability to securely access those records."

"Students need to determine if online learning is an option for them because not everyone does well with this type of study. Some questions that any potential online students should ask is whether or not they can learn independently; how organized they are with their time; whether they are computer savvy; their level of reading comprehension; and if they have at least ten hours a week to devote to each course. ...Many make the mistake of assuming that an online class will be easier than one taken in a traditional classroom."

"(1) Face-to-Face Driver Model; (2) Rotation Model; (3) Flex Model; (4) Online Lab Model; (5) Self-Blend Model; (6) Online Driver Model"