"With SuccessMaker, teaching is individualized. There is nothing more important to student performance than the classroom teacher. With Success Maker my teachers now know the exact strengths and weaknesses of each of their students in reading and math thus saving time in assessment. Basically, each student has an "Individual Education Plan." Teachers perform more efficiently in the classroom because of the data they obtain from the labs. Student mobility affects student performance much more than anything else and this program is invaluable to helping to fill in these learning gaps." "Please be advised that I have used the SuccessMaker lab with my class the past three years. It has proven to be a valuable and effective supplement to the district adopted reading and math materials. Daily visits to the lab ensure that the students are engaged in actual sustained reading, along with math practice. The daily reports, when used effectively, are a valuable evaluation tool. I'm pleased with the results from the SuccessMaker program. I can see that it has really helped my students." "SuccessMaker is able to target a student's strengths and weaknesses. It is a valuable tool that allows the teacher to focus on an individual student's weak skills in the computer lab and in the classroom." "SuccessMaker is a wonderful tool for the classroom teacher. It not only charts individual progress, but reports areas of concern as well. Students are able to see skills all year on a daily basis that they have learned in the classroom. This promotes long term memory. They are also challenged with new skills and often times have prior knowledge of a topic when it is introduced in the classroom." "The SuccessMaker program is an outstanding proven tool for FCAT preparation for Exceptional Education students. I had a 4th grade Emotionally Handicapped/Specific Learning Disabled student who refused to participate in any academic or educational activities EXCEPT for the SuccessMaker lab computer assisted instruction. He was able to score from a Level 1 to a Level 2 on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test by participating in just the SuccessMaker lab one hour each day. This a necessary tool for my ESE students as preparation for the FCAT!" "My fifth grade students work in the SuccessMaker lab for additional challenges and to bring themselves to new heights in reading and math. The SuccessMaker lab provides detailed information for me on the student's growth and learning needs. The student's strengthen their academic skills while developing their skills and memorization that will last forever." "I was a little skeptical at first. You are going to take forty minutes a day away from my classroom instruction and send my students to the computer lab? After working with the program a few years, I love it. You really can see what level your students are performing on and you can begin to teach them from that point. It allows the brighter students to move ahead more quickly and at their own pace. As for the lower students, it repeats, repeats and repeats again until they master the skills. This gives them the extra support they need." |
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School District Profile Saturn Elementary School is located in the city of Cocoa, on the east coast of Florida , and is part of Brevard County Public Schools. The school was built in 1966 and serves 785 students in pre-K through sixth grade. Sixty-seven percent of the students are on free or reduced lunch, and the minority rate is approximately 35 percent. Saturn houses many ESE programs including Educable Mentally Handicapped, Learning Disability, Emotionally Handicapped, Speech and Language Impaired, Pre-K EELP, and the Gifted Center for the central area of the county. The school has a 45 percent mobility rate.
Challenge The challenge at Saturn Elementary is for our students to reach and maintain each year a Level 3 or higher on the FCAT test in reading and math. Solution Pearson Digital Learning SuccessMaker was implemented at Saturn Elementary in 2001-2002 school year, and was purchased through Title I funds. Saturn's 88 seat computer lab provides all students in grades one through six an opportunity to go to the lab for reading and math five days a week. The teachers monitor, motivate and encourage their students each day to reach the goals set by SuccessMaker to reach the Level 3 FCAT target for reading and math. Students can see on a daily basis, with the daily reports generated by the program, the progress they are making in reading and in math. When the students see their scores on a daily basis and are shown how they can improve, they take ownership in their progress. Many students give up their recess time to go to the lab a second time during the day to reach the goals that are set by the program. A huge bulletin board in Saturn's Courtyard is dedicated to the pictures of the students that are making progress. The student's pictures and names are also televised throughout the school on the closed circuit TV on the morning announcements. The Teacher Connection Teacher involvement is a critical part of the success of the lab. Teachers review daily and weekly reports on their student's progress and the curriculum is adjusted to meet the needs of the students. These reports are also shared with the students so they can chart their progress and see the improvements that they are making. Results For the 2001-2002 school year, Saturn Elementary's school grade went from a "C" to an "A", vaulting ahead of 27 elementary schools in the Brevard County School District. Saturn has continued to improve the test scores since that year. During the 2003-2004 school year 81 percent of Saturn students scored a level 3 or higher on the FCAT reading. Seventy-two percent of the students scored a level 3 or higher on the FCAT math test. Seventy-four percent of the bottom 25 percent either scored a level 3 or made an Annual Learning Gain. With the exception of one subject on one grade level, all grades raised student performance in all areas. Of the lowest ten Title I schools in the District, with like demographics, Saturn has the highest student performance. "Teachers and students love SuccessMaker as indicated by their motivation and progress, and the program was highly supported by the administration," says Miller. Contact us for additional information on how Pearson Digital Learning can help you achieve results with SuccessMaker Enterprise. |
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