Classworks 'Makes the Difference' in High School Students' Success.DULUTH, Ga. -- The transition year from middle school to high school is critical time for student success and retention in high school. Studies show that the single biggest indicator of a student's graduation from high school is keeping them engaged and successful their freshman year. As a result, high school administrators are constantly looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a way to keep at-risk students The term at-risk students is used to describe students who are "at risk" of failing academically, for one or more of any several reasons. The term can be used to describe a wide variety of students, including,
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Use of instructional material presented by a computer. Since the advent of microcomputers in the 1970s, computer use in schools has become widespread, from primary schools through the university level and in some preschool programs. program that offers intervention and remediation, is integrated throughout South View. Teachers at South View utilize the program in the classroom setting to introduce concepts, as well as for individual use in the computer lab. But it is having the biggest impact as part of the school's Freshman Academy, designed to help students successfully transition from middle to high school. Students in North Carolina North Carolina, state in the SE United States. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean (E), South Carolina and Georgia (S), Tennessee (W), and Virginia (N). Facts and Figures Area, 52,586 sq mi (136,198 sq km). Pop. are required to pass End of Course testing in core subjects, such as Algebra I and English I. Students not meeting the state-mandated proficiency must take 20 hours of remediation before retaking RETAKING. The taking one's goods, wife, child, &c., from another, who without right has taken possession thereof. Vide Recaption; Rescue. the EOC EOC Emergency Operations Center EOC Equal Opportunities Commission (UK) EOC Educational Opportunity Center EOC End Of Course EOC Epithelial Ovarian Cancer EOC Environment of Care (JCAHO) tests. At South View, Classworks is used to help students needing to retake re·take tr.v. re·took , re·tak·en , re·tak·ing, re·takes 1. To take back or again. 2. To recapture. 3. To photograph, film, or record again. n. 1. the tests. "Here is where Classworks makes the difference," said Barnes. Students who didn't pass the End of Course (EOC) test for Algebra I and English I were assigned Classworks units to bring up their proficiency levels. "I have been a high school principal in North Carolina for 30-plus years. I have never found anything that is more beneficial than Classworks," added Barnes. The most at-risk students were placed into a freshman seminar class for English, where South View's students recorded a proficiency average 11-percent higher than the North Carolina state average. In the Geometry EOC test, new, tougher state standards had the majority of schools in the state recording double-digit losses in test scores; South View, though, actually improved its scores under the new norms. Additionally, some students entering high school are not up to grade level in certain subjects and Barnes said that Classworks fills the role of impartial tutor. "Students who are not ready to take, say, Algebra I, can take the benchmark test to find out at what grade-level they are," he added. Because South View bought Classworks for sixth through twelfth grade, freshmen can work on lower grade-levels until they master the course work and get back to grade-level work. "We have found Classworks to be a tremendous money-saver," Barnes said. "It saves us a ton of money on text books and having students work in the lab instead of having to hire extra teachers." The early success seen at South View is getting noticed. Officials at nearby Hoke hoke tr.v. hoked, hok·ing, hokes Slang To give an impressive but artificial, false, or deceptive quality to: hoked up some phony allegations. County School District were so impressed with South View's early success they opted to implement Classworks district wide, including seven elementary schools, a pair of middle schools, a high school and an early college. USDOE USDOE United States Department of Education USDOE United States Department Of Energy studies recently recognized Classworks as the only Computer Assisted Instruction to help improve student achievement. Classworks won the 2006 Software & Information Industry Association CODiE award for Best Newcomer in the education field and as the Best Language Arts Instruction Solution. This year, Classworks is a finalist for two more CODiE Awards: Best K-12 Instruction Solution and Best Mathematics Instruction Solution. Those honors will be awarded in April. About Curriculum Advantage Curriculum Advantage, Inc. (www.curriculumadvantage.com) is based in Duluth, Ga. Curriculum Advantage's flagship product is Classworks, a network-based system of K-12 reading and mathematics curriculum and learning tools that currently comprise over 5,000 hours of curriculum. Classworks activities are correlated to national and state learning standards and state tests, and include prescriptive and summative assessment, remediation and reporting tools. Classworks is installed in more than 3,000 schools in the United States and worldwide. INET INET Internet INET Intranet INET International Networking (conference) INET Institutional Network (Hawaii Department of Education) INET Instinet LLC iNET Integrated Network Enhanced Telemetry Classroom, also from Curriculum Advantage, is a comprehensive library of web-based curriculum linked to state and national standards. |
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