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Our latest press releases, and Oklahoma Education news. Subscribe for our teaching tips and resources for school improvement.

NEWS RELEASE: "Success with OAS Awards" honor Oklahoma teachers, students

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  May 14, 2018

CONTACT:  Wendy Pratt, Alpha Plus (405) 842-8408

“Success with OAS Awards” honor teacher and student achievement under the new Oklahoma Academic Standards in 2017-18

Schools have received the first-ever awards congratulating students and teachers for achievements aligned to the new Oklahoma Academic Standards (OAS) for math and reading.

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Daily Q&A: Measurement methods behind Oklahoma's low rankings in student achievement

by Paula Burkes   

"The January 2018 report ranked Oklahoma 39th among the states and (Washington,) D.C. Is this because our students are not as smart as those in Massachusetts, which ranks number 1? It is not. Nor is it because Oklahoma teachers aren't as effective as those in Texas (ranked 24th) — because Texans continue recruiting our teachers. And, it's not because we have more poor children than 36th-ranked Missouri — even though we do." - Jan Barrick, CEO, Alpha Plus

Read more of the "Daily Q&A" - copyright 2018 The Oklahoman

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NEWS RELEASE: State Board of Education approves Success with OAS Mathematics textbook

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  January 25, 2018

Oklahoma State Board of Education votes to add Success with OAS Mathematics textbooks to state-adopted list

OKLAHOMA CITY – At the request of 11 school superintendents from around the state, the State Board of Education unanimously voted today to add the Success with OAS Mathematics textbooks for Kindergarten through 7th grade to the state-adopted textbook list.

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ALPHA PLUS TIP

Help students prove they learned what you taught!

As teachers using the Alpha Plus Model prepare to administer Summative B for their midyear benchmark, we want to remind all that this is a good opportunity to use our simulated state test to teach expected test-taking procedures as well as strategies for determining the best answer to any assessment question.

Download a PDF of our Test-Taking Procedures and Strategies packet that includes student worksheets for reading/ELA and math.  Call Alpha Plus at (405) 842-8408, if you have questions about how to help your students prove they learned what you taught them!

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Made-in-Oklahoma solutions: Do the math

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Alpha Plus Guest Opinion

"Made-in-Oklahoma solutions:  Do the math"

by Edna McDuffie Manning, Ed.D., Mathematics, The University of Houston

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