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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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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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Alpha Plus first with OAS-aligned math textbooks

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  October 3, 2017                                   CONTACT:  Jan Barrick or Wendy Pratt, (405) 842-8408

Alpha Plus first in publishing textbooks aligned to new Oklahoma standards 

OKLAHOMA CITY - Alpha Plus Educational Systems, Oklahoma’s premier school improvement firm, is publishing its Success with OAS: Mathematics series. Books are now being printed and shipped from offices in Oklahoma City to schools around the state.

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2016-17 will be rapid OAS transition for schools

TO:  Superintendents, Principals, Teacher Leaders

FROM:  Jan Barrick, CEO, Alpha Plus

SUBJ:  2016-17 will see rapid OAS transition for schools

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Schools Beating the Odds on the A-F!

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Going to the CCOSA Summer Conference/USSA New Law Pre-Conference at Embassy Suites in Norman? 

We'll be there on Wed., June 4, and Thurs., June 5, sharing our results. Superintendents, principals and other administrators are invited to our panel discussion on Thursday morning, 8 a.m. (details below).  Participants can enter to win $50 gift to Johnny Carino's Italian Grill. ... We hope to see you there!

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