Practice Planet Team #3 Members

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