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Thoughts on Race to the Top: Collaboration and local control

The guidelines presented to the states to prepare their RTT applications contained two clear themes. On the one hand, state education initiatives are supposed to preserve the “flexibility and autonomy” of LEAs. There is clear recognition of the need for districts to be supported in their efforts to make decisions about curriculum assessments and other issues that are in the best interests of their staff and students. In addition to the call for local control there is also a clear mandate for collaboration. States are encouraged to adopt common standards and collaborate to produce common assessments. One of the questions that state governments face in their preparation of their proposals is how best to balance these two, at times seemingly contradictory, objectives. Read complete blog entry

 

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Explore the Ways Galileo Helps You Meet Your Local School District Needs and RTTT/State Requirements:

Implement an Instructional Improvement System to Support Student Achievement

 

Forty states and the District of Columbia signaled their intent to vie for part of the $4.35 billion in federal monies in the US Department of Education's Race to the Top (RTTT). Fifteen states and the District of Columbia have been identified as first round finalists. Proposals for the second round of competition will be due in June.

 

One of four key components in competing for this money at the local level is to have in place a data system incorporating the use of a local instructional improvement system to provide teachers, principals and administrators with meaningful support and actionable data to systematically manage continuous instructional improvement.

 

Discover how the Galileo K-12 Online Instructional Improvement System can help your district support student achievement and meet the requirements set by RTTT. Learn more.

 

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Race to the Top - Instructional Improvement - Webinars

Register to attend a webinar and receive assistance in meeting school district needs and RTTT/state requirements to support student achievement through use of a local instructional improvement system. In addition, learn how to support instructional improvement through new approaches to professional development on the use of data to inform instruction. The webinars are presented by ATI and WestEd and will demonstrate ATI’s Galileo K-12 Online Instructional Improvement System and WestEd’s Curriculum, Assessment and Alignment Services, both articulated to the requirements of RTTT. Registration is free and necessary to participate.

 

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Flagship Products

Galileo K-12 Online is a fully integrated instructional improvement system that combines the strength of research and the power of innovation to assist educators in promoting student mastery of local and state standards. Its patented technology supports customized assessment, data driven instruction, actionable reporting and reliable support services.

 

Galileo Pre-K Online provides preschool educators and other stakeholders a complete assessment, curriculum, and reporting system with online and offline capabilities that links planning, individualization, outcome documentation, and program enhancement.

 



Educational Interventions Forum

The ATI Educational Interventions Forum was held February 12 and 13, 2009 at six sites throughout the country. It was designed to begin, at the grass roots level, a national dialog on interventions that can change current levels of student achievement. Forum Proceedings are available to the public. These include videos from the forums, instructional dialogs regarding forum topics, and white papers. You may also wish to continue the dialog regarding educational interventions at the Town Hall Blog.

 


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Sean and Claire are part of the ATI family. One wants to be an engineer or a veterinarian, and the other wants to be a doctor and maybe do some acting on the side. They are just two of the reasons why improving education is very personal for us at ATI.