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Design Standards for Middle and High School Online and Blended Courses

Quality Matters is an award-winning program that provides the tools and training for quality assurance in online education.

Over the course of two years, in an effort to apply our program the secondary education community, we collaborated with leaders in the field to develop the Grades 6-12 Rubric. QM’s peer based course design rubric, course reviews, and professional development opportunities are becoming the national standard for quality assurance in online education and student learning.

The Grades 6-12 Edition (G6-12) of the Quality Matters Rubric is specifically tailored for middle school and high school online and blended courses. Download the brochure listed below.

Featuring:

• Integration of accepted standards from school boards and other respected institutions

• New applications of existing QM Standards

• New tools for improving online and blended courses in secondary education

Potential Users:

• Teachers, Instructional designers and design teams

• Students, Parents, Counselors

• School Administrators

• Public and Private Virtual Schools and Publishers

• School Systems, Local and State Boards

• Teacher Education Faculty

• College Admissions Officers

Hallmarks of the Rubric

Integrating National Standards and Best Practices in K-12 Online Education
The Quality Matters Program collaborated with a leading provider of online courses for students in grades 6 to 12, the Florida Virtual School (FLVS).  The G6-12 rubric has been created to address the need for a set of standards that is specific enough to guide the development, enhancement, and evaluation of online and blended courses for middle and high school students.  In addition to collaborating with FLVS, the G6-12 Rubric integrates existing national standards for K–12 online education promulgated by:

• The Southern Regional Education Board (SREB)

• The North American Council for Online Learning (iNACOL)

• The Partnership for 21st Century Skills

Piloting the Rubric
The G6-12 Rubric was created in collaboration with the Florida Virtual School and the standards were piloted by two Boards of Education, Virtual Schools, and one school district.  

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