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Webinar Video Now Available
Webinars were held in April to provide assistance in meeting school district needs and RTTT/state requirements to support student achievement through use of a local instructional improvement system. In addition, participants learned how to support instructional improvement through new approaches to provide professional development on the use of data to inform instruction. The webinars were presented by ATI and WestEd and demonstrated ATI’s Galileo K-12 Online Instructional Improvement System and WestEd’s Curriculum, Assessment and Alignment Services. Both presentations were articulated to the goal of continuous instructional improvement and to the requirements of RTTT. Video of the webinars is now available; just click the "View Video" button below.
Explore the Ways the Galileo Instructional Improvement System Helps You Elevate 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). Two states (Delaware and Tennessee) have been identified as the first round grantees. Proposals for the second round of competition will be due on June 1.
States, in order to obtain RTTT grant funds, are being requested to demonstrate comprehensive, coherent, statewide education reform across four key areas. These areas address standards and assessments, building data systems, building effective teacher/principal staffs, and turning around lowest performing schools. Local educational agencies (LEA) within states awarded grant money must compete for a share of the funds.
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.
Assessment Technology Incorporated’s (ATI) Galileo K-12 Online is a standards-based instructional improvement system aligned to state standards using benchmark (interim) and formative assessments to help elevate student learning. Teachers, principals and administrators can use “real-time” data to inform and improve instructional practices and make data-driven decisions for overall effectiveness on an ongoing basis. Articulation to both RTTT and local district needs can be accomplished by using Galileo K-12 Online as part of a continuous Instructional Improvement Cycle comprised of goal setting, planning, implementation, management and evaluation throughout the school year.
Discover the many ways in which the Galileo K-12 Online Instructional Improvement System can help your district meet district goals and RTTT requirements to support student achievement. See the table below, and click here to learn more.
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Standards-based Success
Laveen, Arizona
With state testing (Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards) scores improving in every subject for every grade, by as much as 16 percent, from 2008 to 2009, Laveen Elementary School District in Laveen, Arizona is doing something right. Barbara Marshall, Laveen’s Assistant Superintendent for Academic Services attributes this rise in student achievement to strong administrator support and guidance, a systematic approach for both educator and student development, and the ability to manage and monitor the effects of these approaches through Galileo K-12 Online.
Laveen Elementary School District students show significant gains across three consecutive years (2007-2009).
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Noralto Elementary School
Sacramento, California
“I heard wonderful things … about this elementary school and I wanted to come here and just see it for myself and hear about their great success story, how well you are doing with your grades,” said California’s Governor, Arnold Schwarzenegger during a recent visit to Noralto Elementary School in Sacramento, California. Brad Allen, principal of Noralto, and the staff who have been part of the recent improvement of the school attribute the school’s remarkable gains on the California Standards Test (CST) to staff development, re-teaching and enrichment and a commitment to helping their student achieve.
Noralto Elementary School students show significant gains across three consecutive years (2007-2009).
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Galileo K-12 Online On-site Demonstration
Schedule an on-site demonstration to learn how Galileo’s instructional improvement system makes it possible to support your district’s instructional improvement goals. To schedule an on-site visit with an ATI team member at a district-hosted site, email us or call 1-877-358-7617.