practice planet team #3 members
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Practice Planet
Team #3 MembersAaron AllisonDevon DrikowJanet KirkpatrickShad McGuire
Our Goal at Cedar Hill Intermediate
To improve student MAP scores– Communication Arts– Math
We have 5th and 6th grade classes that need to be improved in state mandated standardized testing
Product to help with this goal—Practice Planet
Background for improvement
Practice Planet has been purchased for our school on a limited & trial bases
We would like to continue that purchase and increase the district discount by going multi-year
We would like to increase usage to daily by teachers and students
Practice Planet Features/benefit to school
Created as a response to schools needs– More adequately addresses testing standards
Online software– Does not take up server space– 24/7 learning is available to students
Math & Communication Arts MAP– Allows focus for specific standards– Realistic practice for MAP– Designed to help improve scores
Features/benefit to school (cont.)
Based on 2.0 MO GLE’s– Not practicing non grade level assignments
Designed to mimic actual test items– Realistic practice for students– Giving students best possible advantages
Provides assessments– Data is automatically aggregated electronically– Gives teachers necessary tools for improvement
Features/benefit to school (cont.)
Reports– Real time data
View standards met/not met quickly Helps pinpoint needs areas Shows progress of mastery
Individually based– Allows students to move forward at their pace– Not teaching to a specific group area (ie LCD)
Features/benefit to school (cont.)
Teacher has control– Teacher can adjust mastery & frequency
parameters– Allows for teachers to meet their individual
classroom needs– Improves students practice experience
Training for Practice Planet
Without proper teacher training this wonderful learning tool will fall short of goal expectations.
1-2 hour webinars available for $500 All day onsite training for $2,000 Recommendation
– Development by Cedar Hill Staff $250 prep fee.
How Practice Planet Works
Set up– School given site code– All teacher and student accounts created– Administrators and teachers may set preferences– Specific directions are given by Practice Planet
How Practice Planet Works (cont)
Teachers give students grade specific subject area pre-test
Students & Teachers given immediate feedback and test results
Practice Planet then:– Identifies areas of strength and weakness in
subject area.– 80% mastery is default
This too is editable
How Practice Planet Works (cont)
Students given assigned activities to help improve concept in weakness areas.
– When student shows mastery of weakness area Student allowed fun game as a motivator The more correct answers the more game play Teacher can edit amount of game play available
– After each question or each activity
Mastery and games skill activities distinct – Mastery is not dependent upon game skill
Student must master content more than once for mastery to take place
How Practice Planet Works (cont)
After prescribed activities are mastered – Student takes a grade specific subject area post-
test
Post-test shows students level of growth Teacher may assign the student another
grade level pre-test to continue to improve mastery
Reports
Can allow students to view progress Individual students needs can be met by editing what
students can see Teachers
– Class report available for an assessment– Usage Summary Report– Class Pre and Post-test– Individual students reports are available too– Reports can be e-mailed
Practice Planet Reports
Link to Video
5th & 6th Grade MAP Data
Classes that used Practice Planet always had equal to or higher Advanced and Proficient scores of any class in any area
Daily usage by the 5th grade class 3 provided the biggest spread for improvement
Teacher of the 5th grade class 3 said that Practice Planet was the difference in her scores
5th Grade Math MAP Data
Class 3 that used Practice Planet daily had a 34% better average in Proficient and Advanced than all other class averages.
5th Grade Comm. Art MAP Data
Class 3 & 4 that used Practice Planet had a 27% better average in P & A than the two classes that didn’t.
Class 3 with daily usage is 25% better in A&P than all class averages.
6th Grade Math MAP Data
Classes that used Practice Planet had a 4% better average in P & A than the two classes that didn’t.
Note: no 6th grade class used Practice Planet daily.
6th Grade Comm. Art MAP Data
Classes that used Practice Planet had a 11.5% better average in P & A than the two classes that didn’t.
Map Scores (cont.)
The class that used Practice Planet daily had at 10-41% improvement in Advanced & Proficient scores over all classes, even those that used Practice Planet.
Trial study already completed in 5th & 6th grade classrooms
Successes fromPractice Planet developers
Avalon IDS, TX (grades 3rd-11th)– 20% increase in Comm. Arts scores one year– 25% increase in Math scores in one year
Hagemann Elem. (Missouri)– In 8 week usage a 25% improvement in Comm. Arts
Ashtabula Elem. (Ohio)– Ohio Reading Proficiency Test– 52% non repeat failure rate (1 year) 3rd grade– 35% non repeat failure rate (1 year) 4th grade
Pricing
Number of student at time of purchase
All subjects and grades 1 Subject or 1 grade
Up to 250 $1995 $995 251-600 $2995 $1495 601-1000 $3995 $1995 1000+ $4995 $2495 Based on one year subscription
Discounts available for multi-year subscriptions & multiple schools
Recommendation
Continuation of purchase of Practice Planet– Cost– Data to support improvement in local district.– Fits our schools needs– Customizable
Subject area or grade level packages
Increase usage among all classes to daily usage
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