"I have seen SuccessMaker improve reading and comprehensive skills. And as the program improves, so do we.” “What a wonderful program. I have been overseeing the SuccessMaker program since the beginning when our school district first purchased it in 1994. I was hooked on how it let students work at their own level…I love the fact that you can see the growth of the students daily, weekly or monthly. The weak areas of work can be readdressed in order to help improve the student’s level."
"Going into the SuccessMaker lab with a positive attitude has a huge impact on students. I challenge them as a class and personally to reach for a goal and push themselves. I’ve even had one student who not only excelled in math, but any time he was done with his class work, he would log on for additional practice. In the end, he finished levels ahead of our expectations. And he’s just one example of students finding great satisfaction that SuccessMaker offers. The program really helps them challenge themselves, set goals and reach them."
"The SuccessMaker program captures the best of both worlds in regards to educating our young minds of today. It allows the students to use a computer on a daily basis, while at the same time instilling the importance of learning basic skills like reading, writing and arithmetic."
"The SuccessMaker lab has been a positive experience for all my students."
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 Franklin Elementary School Cadillac, MI
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Goals Franklin and the entire Cadillac Area Public School District were committed to improving standardized test scores, with a focus on the Michigan Educational Assessment Program (MEAP) and the Comprehensive Needs Assessment. As a Title 1 school, Franklin is also highly focused on closing the achievement gap and improving the education it delivers to all students, regardless of demographic or socioeconomic background. Solution—SuccessMaker With these goals in mind and SuccessMaker being adopted by the entire district, Franklin made the decision to implement its SuccessMaker program in 1994. Today, the school's lab schedules 13 classes each day, with every child using the program four times a week. Each individualized student session consists of 12 minutes of reading and 12 minutes of math instruction. In leveraging SuccessMaker, the school has implemented a method of both individualizing instruction and monitoring and improving performance. To ensure that the Franklin staff works together to maximize student learning, the school runs and analyzes session reports every day and gains reports every month. Through this regular analysis, the staff tracks each student's progress, predicts performance, and continues to more effectively monitor and individualize instruction. Results SuccessMaker has yielded both qualitative and quantitative results for Franklin. Since implementing their ambitious SuccessMaker program, Franklin has realized substantial gains in both reading and math. The graph below shows the gains across all grades from 2004 to 2005 in English/Language Arts; this represents an average 7% increase in test scores, school wide.
District-wide, SuccessMaker has provided an excellent method for not only increasing accountability, but also improving student achievement. At a district level, Cadillac calculates reading and math gains using SuccessMaker reports at the beginning and end of the school year, and uses interim reports throughout the year as data-driven "check-ups" to help ensure that all schools stay on track. Cadillac also uses these reports to help predict district-wide performance in MEAP testing. Since these same reports help demonstrate compliance with NCLB requirements, they serve multiple purposes in helping the school district as a whole—as well as each individual school like Franklin Elementary—achieve success.
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