Successmaker Enterprise Software Purchase - Harford County ...

Harford County Public Schools – State Discretionary Grant – HSA FY10
dynamic snapshot of the class detailing needed instructional accommodations. Student Compass also generates
reports to facilitate frequent collection, monitoring, and analysis of both formative and summative assessment
information.
Student Compass includes several features to facilitate the decision making process. The Goal Wizard and PELOP
(Present Educational Levels of Performance) Wizard are designed to work together to help teams write annual
measurable goals that support students with disabilities in accessing and progressing in the general education
curriculum invaluable to the development of IEP Goals and Objectives aligned with the VSC. The Accommodations and
Assistive Technology Wizards support users in the selection of instructional accommodations and assistive technology.
Through the ability of the Performance Tracking feature within Student Compass, teachers will be able to correlate
instruction and assessment to state standards. The Performance Tracking module allows teachers to monitor student
progress on a daily basis, resulting in instructional decisions that can impact student performance in a timely
manner. Finally, the robust reporting module provides teachers with the information needed to be proactive when
planning instruction
SuccessMaker is an integrated learning system developed by the Computer Curriculum Corporation and marketed by
Pearson Digital Learning. It is a standards-based courseware that provides real-time reporting of student’s progress for
lesson customization and differentiated instruction. SuccessMaker is correlated with achievement levels on Maryland
state assessments. Several Maryland school districts are utilizing SuccessMaker at the elementary and middle school
grade levels. Worchester County has had positive results using SuccessMaker when it is used as part of a systemic
improvement plan at the elementary level. Components for success include a regular schedule of lab time, monitoring of
students’ success levels, customized homework support/practice and follow-up with direct instruction. Principals receive
biweekly reports of student progress. Carroll County reports that middle school students are making progress in the
second year of a limited pilot. Schools are most successful with the full support of school-based administration to
develop an expanded schedule of mathematics classes, an additional 20 minute bi-weekly lab sessions and small group
instruction based on needs groups as indicated through SuccessMaker reports.
Outcome Statement(s)
By June 30, 2010, each of the targeted schools will demonstrate an increase >10% of students with disabilities achieving
a rating of proficient on the Mathematics MSA over the 2008 baseline in grades 3 – 8.
Goals, Objectives and Benchmarks:
Goals for this project reflect a multi-year initiative and are aligned with priorities identified by MSDE:
To ensure academic achievement of students in the special education subgroup so that those students
attending middle schools that met AYP in all subgroup areas except for special education will meet the state
standards in Reading and Math.
To promote the collaboration of special education service providers with content area instructional personnel in
order to create a seamless educational system for all students.
The objectives emphasize the need to:
Increase the percentage of SWD achieving AYP through the use of instructional and other accommodations,
supplementary aids and services, research-based instructional strategies, and modifications to the delivery and
response to the general education; and
Improve models for delivering instruction, such as co-teaching to SWD that promote access to the general
curriculum and enable students to meet state standards.
Goal #1: Capacity – building: Boundless Learning
By June 30, 2009, HCPS will increase the knowledge of general and special educators at the targeted schools
through the regular delivery of high quality, targeted professional development and job-embedded coaching
related to effective differentiated instruction utilizing Boundless Learning a collaborative process for planning
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