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Alpha Plus Blog: Alpha Plus News, Materials, Partners, and Education Materials

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

Point of View: National curriculum ignores Oklahoma academic standards

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Our CEO, Jan Barrick's column in The Oklahoman: "The crux of the matter is simple. We can have the best standards ever written, but if they aren’t being used, nothing changes. When students use textbooks written for Common Core, they are not prepared for the questions that will be asked by the state of Oklahoma in the spring."

Article published Wed., Dec 18, 2019
by Jan Barrick
In The Oklahoman

There’s an old expression that goes like this: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.”

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The Common Culprit: National Curriculum Ignores Oklahoma Academic Standards

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There’s an old expression that goes like this: “If you always do what you’ve always done, you’ll always get what you’ve always gotten.”

While Henry Ford is credited with this wisdom, evidence of it can be seen clearly in public education in Oklahoma.

Like a distinct scratch on a broken record, we recently heard results from the National Assessment of Educational Progress show test scores on the decline nationally.

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CCOSA Professional Development: Wendy Pratt

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Our own Wendy Pratt got certified today —not as a teacher but as a certified number cruncher! Thanks to CCOSA-OSDE team for the update for school data nerds on how to calculate the Oklahoma School Report Cards, which hit SSO for district review on MONDAY.

😎 At least now we have proof that Wendy is certifiable. 😁

Wendy received her certificate for Number Crunches: Calculating Your Score on the Oklahoma School Report Card.

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Smarter Snails and Academic Standards

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Thanks to the Henryetta Free-Lance for featuring our CEO, Jan Barrick, and her column about Smarter Snails and Academic Standards. No one knows Oklahoma Education like Jan!

 

 

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OSTP Assessment and Data Literacy Guide

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Here's the link for the OSTP English Language Arts Data and Interpretation Guidebook: Click here

But, wait, there's more! ... Here's the official Performance Level "cut scores" : Click here

 

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